Kouassi Gervinho (middle) celebrates with Daniele De Rossi and Lucas Digne after scoring a double versus Palermo. (Photo : Getty Images)
Last season's runner-up team Roma (4-1-2, 14 points) will try to stretch their two-game winning run against lowly club Empoli (2-4-1, 7 points) at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday, October 17 for a Serie A 2015-2016 matchup.
I Giallorossi defeated Palermo in a high-scoring 4-2 affair at the Stadio Renzo Barbera on October 4 behind the exploits of Ivorian forward Kouassi Gervinho, who had a double at the 27th and 92nd minutes of the match.
Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanić and Italian right back Alessandro Florenzi scored one apiece at the 2nd and 13th minutes en route to Roma's four-goal haul, as per SkySports.
It was the second straight victory for Rudi García's men since their 1-2 upset loss against Sampdoria last month.
Meanwhile, I Azzurri is coming off its first win in three games as it outpointed contending squad Sassuolo, 1-0, at their home turf of Stadio Carlo Castellani also on October 4th.
Italian striker Massimo Maccarone found the back of Andrea Consigli's net late in the game with a header to snatch the three points in the overall standings for Marco Giampaolo's side, as reported by ESPN.
Empoli was actually down by a man in injury time after Polish midfielder Piotr Zieliński was sent off right at the 90th minute after getting his second yellow card of the match, but I Neroverdi was unable to take advantage.
Prediction: A 2-1 victory for Roma over Empoli. Gervinho is expected to continue his recent good showings for García.
Roma starting lineup (4-4-1-1 formation): Szczesny; Torosidis, Manolas, De Rossi, Digne; Florenzi, Nainggolan, Pjanic, Falque; Salah; Gervinho
Empoli starting lineup (4-3-1-2 formation): Skorupski; Laurini, Tonelli, Costa, Rui; Zielinski, Diousse, Buchel; Krunic; Pucciarelli, Maccarone
