Roma vs Fiorentina - prediction, team news, lineups

Continuing their quest for Champions League football, Roma volition invited Fiorentina to Stadio Olimpico connected Monday, concluding Serie A's 35th matchday.

Despite caller stumbles, the Giallorossi are inactive vying for a precious top-four finish, portion their Tuscan counterparts are connected the verge of confirming safety.  

Match preview

While Inter Milan person booked their spot astatine Europe's apical array - with Napoli and AC Milan some poised to articulation them - Roma are battling Juventus and Como to assertion 4th spot aboriginal this month.

Though their run-in is comparatively straightforward, it does diagnostic a Derby della Capitale against Lazio, truthful determination volition beryllium unit not to driblet points elsewhere.

Last clip out, the Giallorossi gained a measurement of revenge for their caller Europa League exit to Bologna, winning 2-0 astatine Stadio Dall'Ara acknowledgment to different stellar show from Donyell Malen.

A revelation since his accomplishment midway done January, the Dutch striker has scored 11 goals successful his archetypal 14 Serie A appearances, astir single-handedly keeping Roma's run alive.

Tasked with ending the superior club's seven-year hold for Champions League qualification, caput manager Gian Piero Gasperini has often helped Atalanta implicit the enactment successful akin situations.

The second has conscionable won his nationalist powerfulness conflict with Claudio Ranieri, and the seasoned director's enforced departure has intelligibly strengthened Gasperini's position. 

Before hosting Fiorentina, his squad person Serie A's champion antiaircraft grounds connected location soil, conceding conscionable 10 goals - and they are presently unbeaten successful 10 top-flight games astatine Stadio Olimpico.

Furthermore, Roma person lone mislaid 3 of the past 51 league meetings successful Italy's 'Eternal City', truthful past volition beryllium firmly connected their side.  

Fiorentina's astir caller occurrence successful this fixture dates backmost to 2018; they person lone taken 2 points from 7 consequent clashes astatine the Olimpico.

Roma besides came retired connected apical astatine Stadio Franchi successful October, but overmuch has changed since those acheronian days.

After making an atrocious start, the Viola's main nonsubjective has been staying afloat successful Italy's apical tier, and they are yet closing successful connected completion. 

Extending their unbeaten streak to 7 league matches, Paolo Vanoli's broadside held Sassuolo to a 0-0 draw past weekend, lifting them 9 points supra the driblet zone.

No less than 20 of Fiorentina's 37 points person been claimed from their past 11 top-flight fixtures, and during that play they would fertile 4th successful Serie A.

Victory successful Rome could enactment the seal connected their survival, and caller results mean the Tuscan nine tin caput southbound afloat of assurance alternatively than fear. 

Roma Serie A form:

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Roma signifier (all competitions):

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Fiorentina Serie A form:

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Fiorentina signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Although Bryan Zaragoza has joined Roma's wounded database owed to a genu problem, influential midfielder Manu Kone is acceptable to instrumentality aft being sidelined for astir 2 months.

Lorenzo Pellegrini has not yet recovered from a thigh strain, but his sights are acceptable connected the upcoming Rome derby; chap midfielder Neil El Aynaoui indispensable service a suspension.

As Artem Dovbyk and Evan Ferguson are unavailable - and Paulo Dybala is seeking lucifer fittingness aft his latest layoff - Malen volition proceed to pb the hosts' attack.

Since his debut conscionable implicit 3 months ago, the Netherlands planetary has scored much goals and registered much shots connected people than anyone other successful Serie A.

Meanwhile, Fiorentina's frontman Moise Kean is inactive struggling with a persistent shin problem, and helium volition not question to Rome having been granted permission for household reasons.

Kean's lawman Roberto Piccoli was besides ruled retired of the caller gully with Sassuolo, truthful Albert Gudmundsson whitethorn proceed to capable successful up front.

Though Niccolo Fortini and Tariq Lamptey are inactive sidelined, Robin Gosens and Fabiano Parisi are some expected back, and Marin Pongracic tin commencement successful defence aft serving a one-match ban.

Roma imaginable starting lineup:

Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso; Celik, Cristante, Kone, Wesley; Soule, Pisilli; Malen

Fiorentina imaginable starting lineup:

De Gea; Dodo, Pongracic, Ranieri, Gosens; Ndour, Fagioli, Mandragora; Harrison, Gudmundsson, Solomon

We say: Roma 1-0 Fiorentina 

Extending Fiorentina's hold to observe for astatine slightest a fewer much days, Roma tin adhd different location triumph to their grounds and enactment successful the combat for a top-four finish.

The Viola whitethorn person tightened up successful defence, but their hosts person a much potent attack, led by Serie A's prima antheral for 2026, Donyell Malen.

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