Two sides separated by just one point and boasting similar form will battle it out in this Serie A (SA) fixture, as Roma look to bounce back from their lowest points total at this stage since 2009/10.
The hosts are winless in three SA games (D2, L1), a run that came on the heels of three previous league victories. Ahead of this round Roma remain two points behind the top six, but have the league’s joint-second highest number of draws (four).Their home form was blotted by a surprise 2-0 loss to Spal in their last SA outing here (W2, D2, L1), however that remains Roma’s only home game they have failed to score in. Despite that, their home average of 2.4 goals per match remains above the league home average of 1.52 goals.
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Sampdoria are also winless in three (D1, L2) and start this round one point behind their hosts. They have the fourth-best SA defence this season with 11 conceded, albeit seven of those goals came in their last two matches.
The visitors have lost two of their five SA away games this season (W2, D1, L2), and have lost six of their last ten away league outings (W3, D1, L6), failing to score in five of those.
