Serie A

Roma hope to maintain a strong run against Verona

After their derby win, Roma aims to build on their momentum against Verona, who managed to hold Juventus to a draw.

Fresh from last week’s derby triumph, Roma head back to the Olimpico to face Hellas Verona, looking to move on from the home defeat to Torino two weeks ago. While Roma focus on climbing the table, Verona are looking for their first win to move away from the relegation zone and build on their strong performances against Cremonese and Juventus, which so far have only brought two points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The official previous matches between the two teams at Roma's home ground total 37 matches: 27 Roma victories, 8 draws, and 2 Verona wins. Roma have scored at home against Verona for 17 consecutive matches, totaling 44 goals. The last time they failed to score against Verona in Serie A was in February 1989.

DID YOU KNOW?

Roma have 9 points after 4 matchdays - this had not happened since the 2022/23 season, when they had 10 points and were joint first with Atalanta. With only one goal conceded, Roma boast the best defense among Europe's top 5 leagues.

COACHES and PLAYERS

This marks the eighth official encounter between Gian Piero Gasperini and Paolo Zanetti. In the previous 7 meetings, Gasperini's teams have always been victorious, scoring 24 goals for an average of 3.4 goals per match. Lorenzo Pellegrini has scored 3 goals against Verona - two wearing the Roma shirt and one with Sassuolo. He has only scored more goals against Lazio (4). Gift Orban scored his first Serie A goal wearing Verona's jersey and is the first Nigerian player to score for the Scaligeri.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: none

REFEREE

FELICIANI (CAPALDO – CAVALLINA) IV: CREZZINI, VAR: GHERSINI, AVAR: ABISSO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Fiorentina-Roma (Sunday 5 October, 15.00 CEST) Verona-Sassuolo (Friday 3 October, 20.45 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)