Roma forward Francesco Totti. (Photo : Getty Images)
Contending squad AS Roma (18-4-11, 65 points) is looking to go back to its winning ways and hold on to the last Champions League berth as the 2015-2016 Serie A season slowly comes down to its end. The team clashes with middling club Torino FC (11-13-9, 42 points) this Wednesday, April 20th at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Roma is at the third spot of the current league table and had been holding on to the last UEFA Champions League qualifying berth in the Italian domestic top flight. However, the team had been struggling to find wins in the last four weeks as it had three draw games in the said time span.
I Giallorossi settled for a high-scoring 3-3 draw with lowly team Atalanta BC at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia last Sunday for their second straight drawn match, via SkySports.
The visitors started strong and scored the first two goals of the contest, at the 23rd and 27th minutes courtesy of defender Lucas Digne and midfielder Radja Nainggolan respectively. However, La Dea was able to level the count before the halftime interval as midfielder Marco D'Alessandro and forward namesake Marco Borriello each scored a goal, at the 33rd and 37th.
Atlanta then took hold of the lead with a second goal from Borriello at the 50th minute, but Roma managed to equalize again with a right-footed shot from seldom-used team captain Francesco Totti five minutes before the full time whistle.
Meanwhile, Torino is coming off a 1-0 nipping of Bologna on the road at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara last Saturday, as reported by ESPN.
It was a scoreless game almost the whole match until Italian striker Andrea Belotti netted the winner in stoppage time of the said contest for head coach Giampiero Ventura's side.
The win was the third straight for Il Toro and they will look to extend their streak against a tough La Maggica eleven in this encounter.
The predicted result is a close 1-0 win for Roma to snap Torino's three-game winning run.
Roma starting lineup (4-3-1-2 formation): Szczesny; Rudiger, Manolas, Zubas, Digne; Florenzi, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Perotti; Salah, Dzeko
Torino starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Padelli; Bovo, Glik, Moretti; Bruno, Baselli, Vives, Obi, Molinaro; Belotti, Martinez
