Roma striker Edin Dzeko. (Photo : Getty Images)
Title contenders AS Roma (17-5-2, 53 points) will look to win their third straight game as they clash with middling squad Torino FC (9-7-8, 35 points) at the Stadio Olimpico on Feb. 19, Sunday in a 2016-2017 Serie A season encounter.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 12:00 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Roma has won two consecutive matches after falling to lowly club Sampdoria three rounds ago. The team is currently in the second spot of the Italian top flight table, 10 points behind defending champions and current league leaders Juventus.
I Giallorossi is coming off a 2-0 victory over bottom three side FC Crotone on the road at the Ezio Scida Stadium last Sunday, as per Daily Mail Online.
Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan opened the scoring for head coach Luciano Spalletti's squad with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box off in the 40th minute off a pass by teammate Mohamed Salah.
Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko then doubled Roma's lead in the 77th minute with his own right-footer, this time from the left side of the six-yard box with the assist again coming from Salah.
Meanwhile, Torino is on a downward spiral at the moment as the team has been winless in five of their last six matches. As a result, they remained in the ninth spot in the overall standings, 10 points below Atalanta and the final Europa League qualifying berth for the next season.
Il Toro pulled off a 5-3 win over cellar-dwellers Pescara at the Olimpico di Torino last Sunday to snap a five-game winless slide, Four Four Two reported.
Andrea Belotti led head coach Siniša Mihajlović's side with a brace in the 15th and 61st minutes while Iago Falque and Arlind Ajeti netted the first two goals of the contest in the second and ninth minutes.
Adem Ljajic's 53rd-minute goal completed Torino's five-goal haul in the match.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 3-1 romp by Roma.
Roma starting lineup (3-4-2-1 formation): Szczesny; Manolas, Fazio, Rudiger; Peres, Maksimovic, Strootman, Emerson; Salah, Nainggolan; Dzeko
Torino starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Hart; De Silvestri, Ajeti, Moretti, Barreca; Benassi, Lukic, Obi; Falque, Belotti, Ljajic
