Roma vs Athletic Prediction 27 September 2024

AS Roma VS Athletic Bilbao   Livescore / H2H Stats
Time: 27-09-2024 02:00 Friday
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Last weekend, Roma achieved a long-awaited victory in the new season. In the opening games, the "Giallorossi" were unimpressive, dropping points even at home against less formidable opponents, but that didn't stop the team from demolishing Udinese, one of the leaders of the Italian Championship (3-0). Against Udinese, Roma looked like Barcelona in their prime, dominating every part of the field and could have won by an even larger score.

In the opening matches of the new season, Athletic showed quite acceptable results. After seven games, the "Basques" have collected 13 points and sit in third place – only Real Madrid and Barcelona are above them. Special attention should be given to the last three matches. Athletic not only won all of them but played extremely effectively (averaging 2.67 goals per game)

Goaloo Prediction
Roma approaches the upcoming confrontation as a slight favorite, and this aligns with the bookmakers’ opinions. First, the team has been playing quite well since Ivan Jurić took over as head coach. Such a convincing victory over Udinese (3-0) is entirely due to the Croatian specialist. Second, at the start of the season, Athletic faced significant personnel problems. Due to injuries, the "Basques" have already lost two goalkeepers, and in the upcoming match, 21-year-old Mexican-Spanish Alex Padilla (only 3 matches for Athletic's first team) is expected to be in goal. We think the Italian side can achieve the desired result on their home turf, so we predict AS Roma will win. We believe the game will end with a 2-1 scoreline.

Pick: Roma Win