Monza vs AS Roma prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-03-01 17:00.
Two late goals fired Monza to a 2-0 win over Serie A basement club Salernitana last weekend – the perfect way to follow up their 4-2 win at home to AC Milan the week before. Monza are now unbeaten in five games (W3, D2) and have the chance to trouble another top-six side in Roma, and in a strange omen, when the sides met earlier in the season, Raffaele Palladino’s men were also five unbeaten!
They’ll hope for a different outcome to October’s reverse, in which a late goal condemned ten-man Monza to a 1-0 defeat, and given they’re unbeaten across the last two home H2Hs (W1, D1), revenge could well be on the cards. Doing so would require them to post consecutive league wins at the Brianteo stadium for the first time this campaign, but as the Milan game proved, the Biancorossi are dangerous on home turf.
Roma are unlikely to be pushovers for the hosts, having revived their top-four chase under manager Daniele De Rossi. Only league leaders Inter were able to defeat the Giallorossi across their last eight games (W6, D1), a run that includes a 3-2 win over Torino last time out in which Paulo Dybala became the first Roma player to score a hat-trick in top-flight since Mohamed Salah in November 2016.
The upcoming Europa League round of 16 first leg is bound to keep them preoccupied, but the incentive of keeping their top-four chances alive with a win should be enough to ensure they retain their domestic focus. Roma will travel in a confident mood too, after claiming their first back-to-back league wins on the road this season, although they are a bit of a slow burner away from home, with nine of their last ten top-flight away goals arriving during the second half.
Players to watch: Andrea Colpani could lead Monza’s charge, as he was their only scorer of the match with four of his last five league goals. Someone who has recent experience of being a solo contributor is Stephan El Shaarawy, who has scored Roma’s last two goals against Monza.
Hot stat: Monza have conceded a league-high ten goals within the first 15 minutes of action in this campaign.