Roma vs Juventus

Romans face Juventus at Stadio Olimpico in the Sunday evening contest of Serie A as the teams hold identical points positions in the league table.

The Serie A title dreams of Juventus have faded since their initial title running as they now occupy the fourth spot outside of the top quartet while Roma moves closer with an eighth consecutive Serie A victory.

Roma secured their seventh straight Serie A win by securing a late Artem Dovbyk goal in their Lecce matchup although they only broke through late in the game which advanced them above Lazio in the standings.

Thanks to Claudio Ranieri's successful third spell as a Roma manager the club has returned to the top-four race with exceptional winning power boosting fan morale alongside his emotional attachment to the club.

The ongoing surge of Ranieri's team resulted in only one conceded goal which equals the total number of clean sheets they reached during the first 23 matches before this run began.

The victory of Roma against Juventus would give the team their eighth consecutive Serie A win representing the league's fifth all-time record and the first since Luciano Spalletti's squad achieved this feat in 2016.

Given Fiorentina and Lazio and AC Milan's advancements ahead of them for European qualification standings Ranieri plans to equal one of his past clubs in the weekend match.

Statistical data suggests the Giallorossi will match Juventus' point total this weekend since they have won eight out of ten home matches against their opponent while scoring in each fixture. This will put them in position to fight AS Roma before the Capital Derby.

The September goalless draw preceding this match has pushed Juventus into a winning record of eight out of nine matchups against Roma in Serie A first division play.

The Bianconeri are also a somewhat unknown quantity under new management, as Thiago Motta was recently replaced following huge back-to-back losses, and Igor Tudor was given the reins until the end of the season.

Tudor, who won two Scudetti with the club as a player, has previously coached Hellas Verona and Lazio in Italy's top division, after serving as Andrea Pirlo's assistant in Turin.

He took over a side that has won the fewest league games since 2011, but last week's 1-0 victory over Genoa gave the former Croatian defender a good start.