AS Roma vs FC Empoli
At the beginning of the second Sunday this March, AS Roma will host FC Empoli at the Olimpico. This will be the closing of the 27th Serie A Giornata this season.
Roma came to this match with not so good confidence after being eliminated from the Champions League. How not, Roma had to be eliminated painfully, where they had to lose through a penalty a few minutes before the end of the second half extra time at Porto headquarters. The 1-3 defeat in Portugal made Rome eliminated with an aggregate of 2-3.
The defeat also made Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco forced to leave his position. Not only Di Francesco, director of Rome, Monchi also officially resigned as a result of the failure. Now, Rome officially appoints Claudio Ranieri as Roma coach until the end of the season and it is clear that Ranieri’s duty in Rome will not be easy.
Ranieri’s main mission is to bring Roma to finish in the Champions League zone. This is definitely not going to be easy, other than because the team’s confidence is not good, Roma are currently 3 points behind Inter in 4th place. Inter, who will play against SPAL one day before the Roma match begins, are predicted to win and this is clear will put more pressure on Justin Kluivert et al.
Besides being going to play at home, Empoli’s own performance is actually no better than Rome. They were only able to win 1 victory and had to swallow 3 defeats in the last 7 matches in Serie A.
However, with confidence that is not so good and with the transition period that is currently being started by Rome, this game is predicted to not be as easy as imagined. Roma must stay focused so they can get up quickly.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.55