AS Roma vs Juventus Italian Serie A - 02-03-2015

AS Roma vs Juventus
Competition: Italian Serie A, Matchday 25
Match date: 2 March 2015
Kick Off Time: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma (Italy)

24 matches are played at the Serie A and Roma is on the second position in the league, once again behind Juventus Turin. The gap is already nine points big. With another loss, the Serie A title would be gone and Juventus could start to plan the party for their 4th Serie A win in a row. Rome will try to stop this early planing not only to keep their chances for the title alive, but to keep away their followers in the table. SSC Napoli is only 3 points behind them and is seeking for Romes UCL position. Roma did not lose in their last 14 league games but won only once in the last 7 games at the Serie A. Last defeat in the league happened in Napoli (0:2) the other loss this season happened against their next opponent in Turin (2:3). They will seek for revenge but it won’t be an easy game. At home they did not lose once in this season at the Serie A. Rome won 7 times and drew 5 times and scored 23:7 goals. At the Euro League they advanced into the round of the final 16 with a 1:1 draw and a 2:1 win against Rotterdam. Last 3 meetings between Rome and Juve ended with wins for the “Old Lady” (2:7 scoring).

Juventus team was able to get an important win at the UCL match against BVB on Tuesday. At the Juventus stadium they beat the Germans with 2:1. Sad for them, Pirlo had to be substituted due to an injury and will miss the next weeks, and probably also the second leg against Borussia. Meeting AS Rome in the Serie A another big team is waiting for them on the upcoming Monday. The “Old Lady” has a nice winning streak against Rome with 3 league wins in a row. With another win they could increase the gap between them and the league runners up, to 12 points. Juve is also the best away team in the league with 7 wins 4 draws and only one defeat against Genoa which is also their only loss in this Serie A campaign. Besides Pirlo most of Juves player are ready for the Italian top clash. Tevez scored again on Tuesday at the UCL and he will try to add some more goals to his account at the league (14 goals so far).

AS Roma last 5 matches:

08/02/15 Cagliari 1 – 2 Roma
15/02/15 Roma 0 – 0 Parma
19/02/15 Roma 1 – 1 Feyenoord
22/02/15 Hellas Verona 1 – 1 Roma
26/02/15 Feyenoord 1 – 2 Roma

Juventus last 5 matches:

01/02/15 Udinese 0 – 0 Juventus
07/02/15 Juventus 3 – 1 AC Milan
15/02/15 Cesena 2 – 2 Juventus
20/02/15 Juventus 2 – 1 Atalanta
24/02/15 Juventus 2 – 1 Borussia Dortmund

Probable lineups:

AS Roma: de Sanctis – Torosidis, Yanga-Mbiwa, Manolas, Holebas – Pjanic, de Rossi, Nainggolan – Gervinho, Totti, Ljajic.

Juventus: Buffon – Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra – Sturaro, Marchisio, Vidal – Pereyra – Morata, Tevez.

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

Categories: Italian Serie A