Roma vs Juventus: Tips, Odds, and Match Preview

Roma’s remarkable turnaround under the tutelage of Claudio Ranieri continues, and the Giallorossi are making a strong push to qualify for the UEFA Champions League of the 2025-26 season. However, they won’t have it easy this Sunday when hosting Juventus at Stadio Olimpico.

Even though Roma have been scorching hot and enter this matchup as the best team in the league over the last five rounds, Juventus are breathing fresh air following the arrival of Igor Tudor to the bench. The Croatian manager debuted with a 1-0 win over Genoa last weekend, and a win here could create a cushion over Roma in the race for a Top 4 berth.

Roma Are Scorching Hot Under Ranieri

There are plenty of cases where numbers don’t tell the whole story in football, but when it comes to analyzing Roma lately, the numbers do back up what they’ve been doing. They secured a 1-0 away win at Lecce the last time out, and that result extended their winning run in the Serie A to seven matches, a span during which they’ve kept six clean sheets.

Furthermore, Roma are undefeated in their previous 14 Serie A matches (W11, D3), with their last loss coming against Como on December 15th, 2024. Roma have looked excellent on both ends of the pitch in recent weeks, although their defensive play has solidified their recent run, and another low-scoring contest might be on the cards. The under 2.5 goals play is 1.67 at Stake.

AS Roma Injury & Suspension News

Roma will be without Paulo Dybala (thigh), Alexis Saelemaekers (suspension), Devyne Rensch (thigh) and Saud Abdulhamid (thigh). Zeki Celik (hamstring) is questionable and will be a game-time decision.

Igor Tudor to Lead Juventus’ Revival?

Juventus’ season didn’t go as planned in 2024-25, and the management decided to sack Thiago Motta due to the negative run of results. The “Vecchia Signora” was eliminated by Feyenoord in the UEFA Champions League and is currently sitting outside of the UEFA Champions League qualifying zone.

Tudor might not have enough time to implement what he wants at Juventus, but the Croatian manager needs to get results to keep the team’s chances of reaching the UEFA Champions League for next season alive. Based on Juventus’ scoring deficiencies and Roma’s excellent defensive play, however, maybe the best outcome for Juve would be to snatch a draw out of the Stadio Olimpico. A low-scoring game where both teams do not score is a realistic possibility, and that play is 1.89 at Stake.

Juventus Injury & Suspension News

Juventus will be missing Arkadiusz Milik (knee), Gleison Bremer (knee), Federico Gatti (lower leg) and Juan Cabal (knee). Meanwhile, Douglas Luiz (thigh) and Andrea Cambiaso (ankle) have been tabbed as game-time calls.

Roma vs Juventus Prediction

All signs point to this game being a low-scoring affair, and that shouldn’t surprise anyone, as it’s been increasingly hard to score goals against Roma of late. Plus, the previous two H2H meetings between these two clubs at Stadio Olimpico have ended with under 2.5 total goals. There will be a winner here, though, and Roma will rely on their defensive prowess to secure the win by taking advantage of the very few chances they’ll have to score at home.

CryptoGamba tip: Roma to win – 2.42 @BC.Game.