Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Salernitana
Match Time & Date:
29/08/2021
20:45
Prediction: 2-3
AS Roma
Buoyed by a 3-1 win over Fiorentina, Roma will be looking to overtake Inter in top position in the standing when they take on newcomers Salernitana on Sunday. New signing Tammy Abraham proved his worth in the season opener, with the former Chelsea striker providing two assists for his teammates, and, no doubt, the pacey England international will pose a big threat for the opposition defenders.
Zaniolo is banned for the match, while both Smalling and Spinazzola are likely to miss the game through injuries. Salernitana, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-2 loss to Bologna, meaning that a high-scoring affair is on the cards at Stadio Arechi. Norway defender Strandberg misses the game through suspension, while Frederic Veseli has yet to recover from a knee injury. Anyhow, the Romans are closer to picking up all three points from the match than the newcomers.
Highlighted Player (Nikola Kalinic):
Nikola Kalinic is a product of Hajduk Split’s youth school. The 187-cm-tall striker scored 32 goals in 59 appearances for Hajduk at senior level and he played for the likes of Pula and Sibenik in Croatia as well. In 2009 he moved to Blackburn Rovers for fee of £6 million.
Nikola Kalinic made his Blackburn Rovers debut against Sunderland on 22 August, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the Riversiders against Peterborough United in the League Cup. After making 44 league appearances for Blackburn Rovers, the Croatian attacker joined Dnipro in 2011 and he played for the Ukrainian outfit until 2015.
Kalinic signed a four-year deal with Fiorentina on 15 August, 2015 and he impressed in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring 12 goals in 36 games. The Fiorentina striker made two appearances for Croatia at the 2016 European Championship in France and it has to be noted that he found the net in a 2-1 win over Spain in the group stages of the competition.
Highlighted Team (AS Roma):
AS Roma is a professional football club based in Rome. Roma were founded by a merger in 1927 and they play in the Italian Serie A. Roma’s fiercest rivals are Lazio and it has to be noted that both capital clubs play their home games at Stadio Olimpico. The two local rivals face each other in the Derby della Capitale, which is considered one of the most exciting derbies in the world of football.
The Giallorossi (The Yellow and Reds) have won three Serie A titles (1941/1942, 1982/1983, 2000/2001), while winning nine Coppa Italia trophies. The colour of Roma’s shirts is imperial purple with a golden yellow trim. A number of top-class footballers were part of Roma in the past, but Francesco Totti is undisputedly the club’s biggest legend.The Prince of Rom made his 601 appearances for Roma on 14 May, 2016 when the Giallorossi recorded a 3-1 win over Milan at Stadio San Siro.
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