Last season was quite one to remember for Roma fans, as the Giallorossi came blazing right out of the gate and made an impressive 10 match unbeaten run before being halted by Torino on matchday 11. And while it was not enough to eventually keep pace for Juventus once the Bianconeri got going, Rudi Garcia's men finished the season with a fantastic 85 points, the highest in their club history thus far, and more important, sealed a Champions League berth, allowing them to return to Europe after a several-season long hiatus.
Placed in a tough group, the capital club have shown that they will not be the quartet's whipping boy by holding heavy favorites Manchester City to a 1-1 draw earlier this week, and now Francesco Totti and his squad will turn their attention to their Scudetto rivals.
Meanwhile, Juventus, after a seemingly good Champions League start, suffered their first loss of the season with Atletico Madrid's Arda Turan becoming the first to get past Gianluigi Buffon in a 1-0 win for Diego Simeone's troops. As a result, the Bianconeri, who have yet to concede a goal in league play, will be fired up to go all out against the team that surely will be their only real challenge for a fourth straight title this season.
In general, the two teams are pretty evenly matched. Last season saw the Bianconeri claim all six points in regular league play but the Giallorossi got their revenge by knocking them out of the Coppa Italia. However, indiscipline for the Lupi appears to be an issue, especially when playing in Turin. In the past couple of seasons seasons, Roma have had at least one man sent off with two in January during their 3-0 loss, one in April 2012 while being crushed 4-0, and another in January of that year in another disappointing 3-0 Coppa Italia defeat.
As a result, this is something that will be on the back of Garcia's mind as they make the return to a familiar ground.
His counterpart on the opposing bench Massimiliano Allegri will be keen on snatching all three points against the team that will be fighting them tooth and nail all the way until May. This game will surely be the one to watch for Serie A fans as at the end of 90 minutes, someone will see their perfect win record end.
Will it be Juventus? Or will Roma finally be able to do what many teams have struggled to do--defeat la Vecchia Signora in their own backyard? Tune in to find out.
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Juventus vs Roma team sheets
Juventus starting XI: Buffon, Caceres, Bonucci, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner, Pogba, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah, Tevez, Llorente
Roma starting XI: Skorupski; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga-Mbiwa, Holebas; Pjanic, Keita, Nainggolan; Iturbe, Totti, Gervinho
Juventus bench: Storari, Rubinho, Ogbonna, Evra, Vidal, Pepe, Padoin, Pereyra, Mattiello, Coman, Giovinco, Morata
Roma bench: Lobont, Calabresi, Emanuelson, Torosidis, Cole, Somma, Florenzi, Paredes, Ucan, Destro, Sanabria, Ljajic
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