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Roma entertain Benevento at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday night as they look to record back-to-back wins for the first time in 2018.
Following last week’s victory over Hellas Verona, Eusebio Di Francesco will be looking to outwit another relegation zone opponent. Serie A’s bottom side have picked up just seven points this season, but the calibre of opponents they have taken points off has been reasonably impressive. They beat Chievo and Sampdoria, and drew against AC Milan. Roma, although vastly superior to their opponents in terms of technical quality, will have to retain high levels of focus in order to see out the game and ensure Benevento don’t take any points away from the capital. Roma’s squad for the match is a little depleted; Lorenzo Pellegrini is suspended after last week’s red card, Bruno Peres has been suspended by the club after his involvement in a drink-driving accident, and Radja Nainggolan is also ruled out. However, Daniele De Rossi and Patrik Schick have returned to the matchday squad after brief injuries. Three Primavera players, Devid Bouah, Alessio Riccardi, and Andrea Marcucci, have also been called up. Benevento recently captured former Arsenal and Manchester City full back Bacary Sagna, as well as ex-Spurs midfielder Sandro. Could the experience they have added help them in their unlikely bid to retain Serie A status? The side from Campania have failed to score in their last three games. Indeed, they are the league’s lowest scorers this season with just 13 goals from 23 matches. And whilst Roma have been far from the most clinical in front of net in this campaign, they will be confident of scoring more than their visitors when they face off, at 7:45pm UK time tomorrow.
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