AS Roma take on the visitors Bologna in the round 16 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Wednesday, January 4th at Stadio Olimpico (Rome).
Roma set fairly familiar tasks: climb to 4th place (at least), finally return to the Champions League. Jose Mourinho was called before the start of previous season, but, with all his talent and status, and with some progress, the “Special One” did not cope with the goal No. 1. But at the same time, you still can’t talk about failure: with the Portuguese, the “wolves” became the winner in the debut Conference League. It was under this mentor that summer came, and for free or on loan, such stars as Dybala and Wijnaldum, Matic and Belotti. But at the same time, the intermediate results are again not impressive! In 15 matches of the starting segment, the Gialorossi won 8 times and scored 27 points - this allows them to go to the 7th position in Calcio, clearly lower than expected. However, to “Lazio”, which closes the quartet of leaders, only 3 points, a distance of 1 win. Yes, and in the Europa League it turned out to break into the playoffs. In general, it's too early to criticize Roma, everything is still ahead. Unless, of course, Seu José is still not lured to the post of national team coach.
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Since 2019, Bologna played under the leadership of Sinisa Mihajlovic. And this gave a certain result: at least they did not got relegated, moreover, they finished in quite comfortable positions (13th place last season). But already after the start of the new draw, they broke up with the Michajlovic. He was replaced by Thiago Motta, also a famous football player in the past, who, however, does not work long and rather controversially as a coach. But in a new place, the Italian Brazilian was able to make progress in the game of his new wards. If until mid-October, in 10 matches, there was only 1 win and 7 points, then in the last 5 - 4 at once (except 1-6 with Inter), which allowed us to rise above the “equator” of the standings. And then everything was cut short for almost 2 months - it is clear that there is a risk of losing this courage.
If last season the Gialorossi were able to win both matches, then in the 2021/2022 championship, already under Jose Mourinho, Bologna took 4 out of 6 possible points. In this pair, Roma look like a clear favorite. It is unlikely that Thiago Motta will be able to beat his former mentor. You can bet that the Jalorossi will be able to win with a handicap of “-1 goal scored”.
Prediction for the match: AS Roma to win with -1.0 handicap.
