AS Roma Parma prediction 2024-12-22

AS Roma vs Parma prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-12-21 11:30.
[p]After sealing a spot in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals in midweek, Roma have now won three of their last four games across all competitions (L1), with each victory coming by a three-goal margin. That sequence doesn’t paint the full picture where Serie A is concerned, with Roma losing seven of their last nine league games (W2) and picking up the fewest points of any team in the division since matchday eight (six).[/p]

[p]Sat just two points above the relegation zone pre-round, this dismal league run has already seen a change in manager with Claudio Ranieri returning to the helm. The veteran coach is the fourth different man to take charge of the Giallorossi this calendar year, with the positive omen ahead of this clash that he has lost just two of his last 18 H2Hs in the dugout against former employers Parma (W12, D4).[/p]

[p]Sunday’s newly-promoted visitors have lost four of their last six league games (W2), including each of the last two. Looking at the wider picture, those two victories are actually Parma’s only successes in the last 14 games (D5, L7), with Fabio Pecchia’s side a point worse off than Roma ahead of this clash and at serious risk of spending Christmas day in the bottom three.[/p]

[p]Positively, the Crociati (as Parma are known) have lost just twice on the road in Serie A so far this season (W1, D4), with those defeats both coming against title challengers in Inter (3-1) and Napoli (2-1) – a record which bodes well as they go in search of a first top-flight victory away against Roma since April 1997. Parma have lost 16 of the 20 away H2Hs since then (D4), including five of the last six (D1), conceding 2+ goals in every defeat during that sequence.[/p]

[p]Key battle: Eldor Shomurodov was on target in midweek for Roma and his two goals this term have both been headers that closed the scoring. Parma’s Zion Suzuki has made 3+ saves in seven of his last nine games for club and country, but has just one clean sheet to show for it.[/p]

[p]Hot stat: Parma have faced the most shots in Serie A so far this season, while Roma (265) have taken the fourth-highest number of shots this term (224).[/p]

[p][i]Written by Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]