Roma vs. Monza concludes matchday 26
Serie A matchday 26 comes to a conclusion at the Olimpico. Roma are on the hunt for their third straight victory – following wins against Venezia and Parma – and their tenth game without defeat as they look to climb the table. Last-place Monza drew with Lecce last time out to put an end to a run of four straight defeats. Now, they are looking for more points in an attempt to climb the table.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Monza have never won in five previous Serie A meetings with Roma (D2 L3), only facing Lazio and Lecce (6 each) more often in the competition without ever winning. Roma have won five of their last seven league meetings (D1 L1) against the team bottom of Serie A table at the start of the matchday, although one of the two occasions in which they failed to win was in the reverse match against Monza (1-1).
DID YOU KNOW?
Roma have picked up the most points (17, +2 over Napoli in the period) and conceded the fewest goals (five) in 2025 in Serie A; in general, the Giallorossi are unbeaten in their last nine league games and only the Partenopei have a longer current such streak (10) than Roma. Monza have failed to score in three of their last four league matches (one goal netted in Rome against Lazio): as many times as they did in their previous 15. No Serie A side has scored fewer (2) or conceded more (13) headed goals this season than Monza – their headed goal difference of -11 is the worst in the big five European leagues this term.
PLAYERS
MatÃas Soulé has scored two goals from direct free kicks in his last two Serie A seasons (against Cagliari and Parma); in the period, he is the youngest (born in 2003) among those with 2+ goals from direct free kicks in the gig five European leagues. The Roma striker could find the net for two league gaames in a row for the first time since December 2023-January 2024, with the second goal coming against Monza. Dany Mota scored his last Serie A goal on October 21st ,2024; since then, only Yann Karamoh and Alieu Fadera (21 both) have attempted more shots without finding the net than the Monza player (20), among the league's forwards.
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: none Cautioned: Pellegrini, Mancini, Cristante, Saelemaekers (Roma); Izzo, Pedro Pereira, Carboni, Kyriakopoulos (Monza)
REFEREE
MARESCA (BINDONI – TEGONI) IV: GALIPO’, VAR: MAZZOLENI, AVAR: GHERSINI
UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A
Roma-Como (Sunday 2 March, 18:00 CET) Monza-Torino (Sunday 2 March, 12:30 CET) (Photo Getty Images)