Roma host AC Milan in the Italian Serie A this weekend and they will be hoping to build on their impressive start to the season.
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Key Statistics
AC Milan have scored at least 2 goals in 26 of their last 30 away matches in Serie A.
AC Milan have won their last 6 matches in Serie A.
Roma have kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 7 home matches in Serie A.
Roma are undefeated in their last 9 home matches in Serie A.
AC Milan have scored at least 2 goals in their last 3 matches against Roma in all competitions.
Head to head
AC Milan have picked up three wins and two draws in their last six meetings against Roma across all competitions. The Giallorossi have picked up just one win in their last six meetings against Milan.
Latest performances in all competitions
Roma: WWLLDW
AC Milan: LWWLWW
AS Roma
The capital club have started the season impressively under new manager Jose Mourinho and they are currently 4th in the standings.
The home side are coming into this game on the back of two defeats and a draw in their last four matches across all competitions. Mourinho’s side will have to improve immensely if they want to grind out a win against Milan this weekend.
Roma have a wretched head to head record against Milan in recent seasons and they will be hoping to make amends this time around.
Possible Roma starting line-up
Rui Patricio, Rick Karsdorp, Gianluca Mancini, Roger Ibanez, Matias Vina, Bryan Cristante, Jordan Veretout, Nicolo Zaniolo, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Tammy Abraham
AC Milan
The Italian giants have been in sensational form this season and they have picked up nine wins and a draw in 10 league matches so far.
Milan are only behind Napoli on goal difference in the second place and they will be hoping to climb to the top of the table with a win here.
They have an impressive head to head record against Roma and the visitors will be hoping to produce another quality performance here.
Possible AC Milan starting line-up
Ciprian Tatarusanu, Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori, Simon Kjaer, Theo Hernandez, Franck Kessie, Ismael Bennacer, Alexis Saelemaekers, Rade Krunic, Rafael Leao, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Prediction
AC Milan are in outstanding form right now and they will have the confidence and momentum with them.
Roma have struggled in their recent outings and it remains to be seen whether Jose Mourinho can motivate its players to step up and deliver a top performance here.
Judging by the recent form of both teams and the head to head record, an away win seems likely.