Roma v Juventus Match Result
According to the latest betting odds, Roma have a 40% chance of landing a success. We think that Claudio Ranieri’s team could end up triumphing considering that Juventus have endured some difficult moments recently. There was a 4-0 humiliation at home to Atalanta on Sunday 9 March and this was followed by a 3-0 reverse away to Fiorentina.
Although there was a 1-0 victory over Genoa to stem the tide, Roma will feel as though this is a good time to be playing Igor Tudor’s team. The opposition still had three shots on target and there’s clearly a weak underbelly considering that Juve went out of the Champions League when losing to PSV.
Roma have also been in excellent form. They have won eight of the previous nine encounters in all competition and they have seven consecutive wins in Serie A. Therefore, they look like great value, with the team having secured 1-0 victories against Empoli, Cagliari and Lecce, with Ranieri running a tight ship defensively.
However, Roma only had one shot on target against Cagliari, with Juventus aiming to finish the season strongly under Tudor. The performance against Genoa was much improved and the bottom line is that this Juve side have only lost two of their fourteen games on the road, meaning that the draw could be a genuine player here.
As for an away win for the visitors, this could also be an option. They have won six times away from the Juventus Stadium and they are generally found to run a tight ship. They have also only lost once at home but that tendency to draw games means that we’ll gravitate towards the prospect of the clash ending all square as the best value bet.
Goals Under/Over
The Serie A betting sites are anticipating that Under 2.5 Goals could be on the cards. Juventus are certainly going to approach the match being defensively organised, with the Old Lady only conceding an average of one goal per game on the road. Michele Di Gregorio is a safe pair of hands between the sticks, with Lloyd Kelly operating well on his loan spell from Newcastle.
The concession of seven goals against Atalanta and Fiorentina combined could end up being seen as a blip and the argument for Under 2.5 Goals is backed up by the fact that we’ve seen 1-0 wins for Roma in recent weeks. Empoli, Cagliari and Lecce have triumphed by a single goal, with Mats Hummels organising the defence very well.
The German central defender works well in tandem with Gianluca Mancini, with a pattern emerging from the recent Roma games where they allow a lot of shots on target but a number of them are from long-range.
BTTS
There’s nothing to split the odds when it comes to BTTS Yes and BTTS No. The first reference point is the meeting between these teams earlier in the season. At the Juventus Stadium, we witnessed a goalless draw where both teams only registered a shot on target each. It was a fairly bland game and a repeat could feasibly be on the cards here.
The past three Roma games have all ended 1-0 in their favour and they will be aiming to continue this winning run in order to qualify for the best European competition next term. Juventus will also have a defensive mindset and certainly want to steer clear of those high-scoring defeats which recently occurred.
The bottom line is that the previous six Juventus games in Serie A have all seen BTTS No happen. There was a 1-0 win over Genoa before those heavy defeats to nil against Atalanta and Fiorentina. That came after a 2-0 success against Verona, while that was preceded by a 1-0 triumph against Cagliari. BTTS No seems like a robust bet and we could consider including this in our Bet Builders.
First Goalscorer
There’s the option to go for No Goalscorer should you think that the game might end up goalless. The advantage of this bet is that you can actually win this wager if the only goal of the game is an own goal. However, most bettors will be looking for an actual player to break the deadlock. Step forward that man Artem Dovbyk.
The Ukrainian has scored seventeen goals in all competitions this term and he’s been a reliable source of goals for Roma. The forward has scored the only goal of the game against Cagliari and Lecce, so you might even want to consider the prospect of a scorecast where Dovbyk is the scorer and the game ends 1-0 in favour of the Romans.
Alexis Saelemaekers is on loan from AC Milan and he was recently on target when firing against Monza and Como, with the Belgian available at attractive odds. Juventus have some sharp shooters of their own, with Dusan Vlahovic scoring fifteen goals in all competitions and the Serbian was able to bag a recent winner away to Cagliari.