Fiorentina and Roma are both aiming for victory in their Serie A Week 9 match on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy. Fiorentina has managed to secure only two wins in their last 12 encounters with Roma in Serie A (with 4 draws and 6 losses). Interestingly, the last two matches between these teams ended in draws, and if Fiorentina draws again, it would mark the first time since 1977 that they have recorded three consecutive draws against Roma in this competition.

Stats before the game

Roma have not won any of their last three away games (W2 D1) against Fiorentina in Serie A, after having recorded three wins in the previous four (D1); furthermore, the last time the Giallorossi kept a clean sheet away from home against the Viola in the league dates back to 19 April 2014 (1-0 with a goal from Radja Nainggolan), since then they have conceded at least one goal in 10 consecutive away games.

Fiorentina have lost on each of the last four occasions in which they have faced Roma with more points in the Serie A table at the start of the matchday (+3 in 2024/25): the most recent of these was on 25 October 2015 (1-2).

After starting this season with three draws and a defeat, Fiorentina have won three of their next four games (1D) in Serie A, including the two most recent ones; Raffaele Palladino's team can win in three consecutive matches in the competition for the first time since last December.

Roma have collected 10 points (2W, 4D, 2L) in this championship: it is the lowest haul for the Giallorossi after the first eight games of the season since 2010/11 (nine); furthermore, the only time in which the Capitoline team have recorded two or fewer wins in their first nine games in a Serie A tournament in the three points for a win era dates back to 2008/09 (two), when they finished the championship in sixth place.

While Roma have made the most offensive recoveries (71) in this Serie A, Fiorentina, along with Lazio, have conceded the fewest (31 each) to their opponents in the current tournament.

Fiorentina are the only team that have not conceded a goal in the last 30 minutes of play in this Serie A; on the other hand, Roma have scored 63% of their goals after the hour mark (five out of eight).

Ivan Juric is close to totalling 300 points (298 at the moment) as a coach in Serie A, becoming the fifth foreign coach in the three points for a win era to reach this milestone, after Sinisa Mihajlovic (505), Sven-Göran Eriksson (373), Zdenek Zeman (360) and José Mourinho (321) – including forfeit results, and excluding points obtained before 1994/95.

Robin Gosens - who has been involved in three goals (one goal, two assists) in six games in the current tournament - is close to being involved in 50 goals in Serie A (49 at the moment, of which 29 goals and 20 assists); the Fiorentina defender has scored or provided an assist in each of the last three games in which he has started against Roma in the league (one goal and two assists). Matías Soulé is the player who has recovered the most possessions (10) in the attacking third of the pitch in the current tournament. The Roma striker's first goal as a starter in Serie A was scored against Fiorentina, on 28 September 2023, with Frosinone.





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