Serie A

Roma at Frosinone to forget the Inter defeat

Frosinone will host Roma in the hunt for points to save themselves and get going after 2 consecutive defeats. Same goal for Roma who lost to Inter and fell away from fourth

After the defeats to AC Milan and Fiorentina, Frosinone will host Roma in the middle of their fun of 4 difficult games that will see the Ciociari go away to Juventus next weekend. At the moment, Frosinone would avoid going down but Di Francesco’s side can’t afford to lose focus. Roma will be after 3 points after the first defeat under De Rossi last weekend that finished a run of 3 wins against Verona, Salernitana, and Cagliari that saw the Giallorossi closer once again to fourth.

DID YOU KNOW?

No team has won fewer points than Frosinone in Serie A since the start of December: just five points (W1 D2 L8), level with Sassuolo and Salernitana. Roma have scored at least two goals in each of the four league matches with Daniele De Rossi on the bench: only one coach in the history of Serie A has seen the Giallorossi score more than one goal in each of the first five matches under his management (Rudi Garcia in 2013 – 8/8 in his case).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Roma have won each of their five matches against Frosinone in Serie A, with an aggregate score of 14-3; the only team the Giallorossi have previously won each of their first six matches in the competition against is Crotone, between 2016 and 2021. Frosinone have won just one point in 10 Serie A matches against teams from their own region (Roma and Lazio), in a home goalless draw against the Biancocelesti on 21 February 2016. Overall, they have an aggregate scoreline against these opponents in the competition of 4-21.

PLAYERS

Matías Soulé has scored 10 goals in Serie A this season, four of them by penalties: in the last 20 years, only Domenico Berardi has managed to score more goals from the penalty spot in a single Serie A season before turning 21 (six, both in 2013/2014 and 2014/2015). After starting this campaign with six goals in the first nine games, Romelu Lukaku has scored just three goals in his last 12 appearances in Serie A; however, the Roma forward has been involved in 13 goals in his last 14 Serie A games against opponents who started the matchday in the bottom half of the table (10 goals and three assists).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Squalificati: S. Romagnoli (Frosinone) Cautioned: Diffidati: Oyono e Soulè (Frosinone); Pellegrini, Kristensen e Llorente (Roma)

REFEREE

Giua (Berti-Vivenzi) IV: Marcenaro, VAR: Di Paolo, AVAR: Abbattista

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A TIM

Juventus-Frosinone (Sunday 25 February, 12:30 CET) Roma-Torino (Monday 26 February, 18:30 CET) (Photo LaPresse)