Teams enter the field fighting for a spot in European competitions
Fiorentina and Roma will face each other this Monday, at 15:45 (Brasília time), for the 36th round of Serie A. The game will be played at the Artemio Franchi stadium, in Florence. The teams make an essential duel in the Italian Championship. Fiorentina are still fighting for a spot in the Europa League and Roma want to stay within the European Cup qualification zone.
The hosts come from three consecutive defeats during the last weeks of the Italian Championship. Occupying the 8th position with 56 points, the group still keeps alive the hope of winning a spot in international tournaments next season. For that to happen, they need to win this Monday’s game and hope for stumbling blocks from Lazio, Atalanta and also Roma in the next rounds.
Vincenzo Italiano will have three important absences for the game: Riccardo Sottil, Álvaro Odriozola and Gaetano Castrovilli (injured). Fiorentina has a home campaign of 11 wins in 17 games, and ranks as the third best team in the league. There are 34 goals scored and 20 conceded at home. The team has one of the best averages in the league with 2.9 per game and 22 of the 35 games had 3 more goals.
On the other hand, Roma qualified for the Conference League final last Thursday by beating Leicester in the semi-final. After the celebration, José Mourinho’s group of players focuses their attention on this Monday’s dispute where they appear in 6th place with 59 points, fighting for a spot in the Europa League and also in the Conference League.
José Mourinho’s team has only Henrik Mkhitaryan (injured) as a low for today. Playing away from home, Roma have seven wins and seven defeats, in addition to three draws with 30 goals scored and 25 conceded.
