Roma aim to overcome their New Year hoodoo on Sunday night at the Stadio Olimpico when they welcome Torino to town for Serie A action.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Roma (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Florenzi, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Diawara, Veretout; Zaniolo, Pellegrini, Perotti; Dzeko.
Unavailable: Santon, Zappacosta, Pastore, Cristante.
Torino (3-4-2-1): Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Djidji; Aina, Lukic, Rincon, Laxalt; Verdi, Berenguer; Belotti.
Suspended: Bremer, Ansaldi.
KEY STATISTICS
– Roma have only lost two of their last 32 Serie A meetings against Torino (W21 D9).
– Roma have won each of their last nine Serie A home matches against Torino, scoring 2+ goals in each of these victories (27 in total, three per game on average).
– Roma have lost their first Serie A game in a calendar year more times than any other side (29), whilst Torino have drawn the most such matches (36).
– Roma have won their last four Serie A home matches and could win five in a row for the first time since December 2017, under Eusebio Di Francesco.
– Torino have won 21 points in 17 Serie A games, their worst start in the competition since 2014/15 (18), under Giampiero Ventura.
– Roma have lost the joint-fewest Serie A games in 2019: five, level with Juventus.
– No side has scored more Serie A goals in the first 15 minutes of play than Roma and Torino this season (three) – moreover, Roma are yet to concede in the same partial.
– Torino coach Walter Mazzarri has lost more Serie A games against Roma than he has versus any other side: 12 (W6 D4).
– Roma’s Aleksandar Kolarov made his Serie A debut against Torino at the Olimpico in August 2007 (for Lazio); Torino are the side against which he has played the most Serie A games without a single defeat (seven).
– Torino have won only 25% of their Serie A games without Cristian Ansaldi this season (1/4) – they have won 39% of their matches with him on the field.
Source: forzaitalianfootball.com