AS Roma striker Edin Dzeko (middle) scores his team's second goal against Bologna from the penalty area. (Photo : Getty Images)
Contending club AS Roma (8-2-3, 27 points) is in for a tight race with the top four teams of the 2015-2016 Serie A season. They are only separated by one to three points each which means that every game counts for I Giallorossi. With that, they now face a crucial match with Atalanta (5-5-3, 18 points) at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday.
Roma suffered a slight setback last week with a surprising 2-2 draw with lowly squad Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, via Goal.
Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko scored the goals for La Maggica at the 52nd and 72nd minutes respectively while Adam Masina and Mattia Destro netted the equalizers for I Rossoblu at the 14th and 87th minutes.
I Lupi managed to gain a point but with the three points acquired by both Inter Milan and Napoli through their latest wins, Roma is now demoted to fourth place in the league table.
Meanwhile, Atalanta suffered a 0-1 setback against Torino at their own home turf of Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia last Sunday for their third loss in their last six matches, as per Sports Mole.
I Nerazzurri is having an up-and-down season so far, alternating wins and losses to drift at the 10th spot in the overall standings.
The predicted result is a 1-0 win for Roma. Rudi García's boys are favored to win this match and stay in the hunt for this season's title.
Roma starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Szczesny; Maicon, Manolas, Rudiger, Digne; Nainggolan, Keita, Pjanic; Florenzi, Dzeko, Iturbe
Atalanta starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Sportiello; Masiello, Stendardo, Paletta, Bellini; Carmona, de Roon, Cigarini; Moralez, Denis, Gomez
