Serie A

Salernitana vs. Roma: curtain falls on Matchday 22

Salernitana need points, De Rossi’s Roma will want their second consecutive win to keep up the fight for fourth

3 defeats on the bounce against Juventus, Napoli, and Genoa, all 2-1, and the need for points to avoid isolation at the bottom of the table: another difficult game for Salernitana who host the Roma side of Daniele De Rossi, World Cup Champion alongside Pippo Inzaghi at Germany 2006. The Giallorossi won their first 3 points of 2024 against Hellas Verona last week and will now want to go on a run to continue the fight to finish the season in fourth.

DID YOU KNOW?

In the last match, Daniele De Rossi made his debut as a manager in Serie A, winning 2-1 against Hellas Verona – the last manager to win both of his first two matches in the Italian top-flight with Roma was Rudi Garcia between August and September 2013 (2-0 vs Livorno; 3-0 against Hellas Verona). Salernitana have won only two of their last 22 matches in Serie A (D6 L14) – among the teams that have played at least 20 matches in the period (from the beginning of June 2023) in the Big-5 European leagues, only Almería have won fewer games (zero).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Roma haven’t lost in eight of their nine matches against Salernitana in Serie A (W6 D2), drawing 2-2 in both of the last two – the only Salernitana win was back on 24th January 1999 (2-1 to the Arechi stadium, goals by Bernardini and Giampaolo for the Granata, Di Biagio for the Giallorossi). Roma have won three of their four away games against Salernitana in Serie A (L1), keeping a clean sheet in each of these three wins.

PLAYERS

Antonio Candreva has scored five goals in the last five matches played against the capital's opponents in Serie A (three against Roma, two against Lazio): in the reverse match against the Giallorossi he scored a brace; the last player able to score a brace in both games of the season against Roma in Serie A was Zlatan Ibrahimovic (in 2011/12 with AC Milan). Lorenzo Pellegrini could score in two consecutive league matches for the first time since April 2023; he has scored two goals against Salernitana in Serie A, only against Torino and Hellas Verona (three vs both) has he netted more. Lorenzo Pellegrini (61 - 29 goals and 32 assists) is only one of two Italian midfielders to have been involved in more than 60 goals in Serie A since 2017/18, with Antonio Candreva (71).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Paredes (Roma) Cautioned: Paredes, Kristensen e Llorente (Roma); Bradaric, Kastanos e Gyomber (Salernitana)

REFEREE

Di Bello (Dei Giudici-Rossi M.), IV: Dionisi, VAR: Paterna, AVAR: Doveri

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A TIM

Torino-Salernitana (Sunday 4 February, 12:30 CET) Roma-Cagliari (Monday 5 February, 20:45 CET) (Photo Getty Images)