Juventus v Roma Betting Preview – Serie A 23rd December 7.45pm
There’s a huge top four clash from Serie A to look forward to on Saturday as Roma make the trip to Juventus. This should be a fantastic battle as Juventus haven’t quite had things all their own way this season in the race for the league title and Roma could pull level with the Old Lady if they can be themselves a win in Turin. This should be some showdown between two very good teams.
Juventus v Roma Betting Tips
Juve go into the weekend in second place in the league and they have gone W4 D1 L1 in their last six games. Their last home game saw them play out a 0-0 draw with Inter Milan, who sit just a place behind them in the league standings. Juventus holds a W7 D 1 L1 record at home this season in the league, the only reverse happening against Lazio. They are really being pushed in the title race this season by Napoli, Inter and Roma to some extent. There’s a great battle going up there and there’s little margin for error. Juve have remained strong at the back and they have taken a clean sheet in each of their last four games. Juventus to win to nil at William Hill is worth considering because Roma are more of a defensive side than a powerful attacking one. Juve have scored 21 goals at home this season and have conceded just the four in their nine games. 78% of their home games have gone over 2.5 goals.
Juventus have won their last six home games against Roma now so they are carrying that good streak of form in the head to head. Their last two home wins have been by a 1-0 scoreline over Roma and a Juventus 1-0 correct score at William Hill is a decent option for the game. Each of the last four meetings between the two clubs have ended in a home win so the head to head is pretty even recently and in the last six Serie A clashes, Juventus are W3 D1 L2 against Roma. Juventus have scored the opening goal in 71% of their matches and they have been leading at halftime in 65% of their matches. Paulo Dybala is their top scorer for the season with a twelve goal haul and five of those have been on home soil and he is the second favourite in the anytime goalscorer market to teammate Gonzalo Higuain who is at 11/10.
Roma have impressed this season with 38 points from their sixteen league games and this is such an important game for them. A win takes them level on points with Juventus and they will still hold a game in hand over the Old Lady as well. Roma are the lowest scoring of the current top six in Serie A but they have the best defensive record in all of the Italian top flight. They are unbeaten in their last nine games now, part of a W12 D2 L2 record they have recorded overall this season. Their only two losses this season happened at home against Inter and Napoli, two of the three sides above them. Roma have taken a clean sheet in both of their last two games played and so can hold their own. They have taken a clean sheet in 71% of their away games, scoring in 88% of them. Away from home, they have only shipped the three goals while they have averaged 1.8 of their own. It has been impressive stuff from them and Edin Dzeko goes as their 6/4 anytime goalscorer shortest-priced option.
Juventus v Roma Betting Odds
Juventus 3/4, Draw 14/5, Roma 15/4
Juventus v Roma Predictions
Even though Roma are going well and they have a tough defence to break down, Juventus still look a bit of value to go and collect the win in this one. They have such good home form going against Roma for one, and second is that they have strung together some excellent form of their own lately. A 1-0 correct score for Juve looks a decent proposition.
