Preview: Roma vs. Napoli – prediction, team messages, lists

RomaThe revival will be put to the test on Sunday evening when the head of Series A Napoli Visit Stadio Olimpico for the Derby del Sole.

After the ninth in the Italy’s top flightThe Gialorossi secured progress in the Europa League, while her southern rivals kept the chase of the past week away with the victory over Juventus last week.

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The 2-0 home win on Thursday through a Eintracht Frankfurt team that is flying high in the Bundesliga Claudio Ranieri.

The boss, born in Rome, helped his youth club to recover from a slow start in the Europa League to take the 15th place The league And set up a playoff to reach the last 16 for a third season in a row.

The Giallorossi are undefeated in six games in Serie A after they have lost seven of the previous nine; After the recent victories against Genoa and Udinese, they will achieve three victories in successive league for the first time since March.

The victory of last week in Udine – a first success of the season, which is secured by Spots in the second half of top scorer Artem Dovbyk and captain Lorenzo Pellegrini – Ranieri became the 15th coach in the top Italian story, which achieved 200 victories.

The ex-Napoli manager now appears in two hard games and first sees his former club in Serie A and then visits AC Milan in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals.

The most recent story will not be on his side this weekend: Roma only won two of her last eight home games against the visitors on Sunday and did not find the net in three of the last four.

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In fact, Napoli was only beaten once in the last 10 meetings of the clubs, with her sole defeat being sealed during this time by a goal of the then striker Romelu Lukaku.

The widely grown striker now has his trade in Naples and his punishment has completed the Annenopeis comeback at home last week after a midfielder of Juventus Frank Anguissa Had brought her back to level.

A winner of Multiple Scudetti as a player and trainer Napoli Boss Antonio Conte Has a squad that distributes such a tame defense of her title last season, clearly conveyed resilience – although she lost two star players.

Conte’s Tabletopper I not only won most of the games after they had gone before the procedure before the procedure before 18, but they also won the joint conclusion (four), which they left shortly before the incumbent Champions Inter Milan The evaluation.

Now that you have won your last seven games in Serie A, another victory in the derby del Sole – “The Derby of the Sun” – would put together a run of eight years since the early 2023.

Then they were on the way to a third division title, and number four will come a step closer if you can prevail in the Stadio Olimpico.

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After Claudio Ranieri was forced to find his strongest team a week during the week to avert an early exit from the Europa League, please ask the same men to go back on Sunday evening.

The Roma enjoys a rare injury -free time and has just lost the Spanish central defender Mario Hermoso On Bayer Leverkusen – but he had become a backup player under Ranieri.

Artem Dovbyk starts in the last three league games. The Ukrainian striker was also involved in more goals in the last six match days of Serie A game days than everyone else – four of his own and two templates.

In the meantime, Romelu Lukaku Napoli’s attack will lead to his old club after using the winner in the reverse game in November. Last week the Belgian international performed his 150th series, 32 of whom were with Roma last season.

Left -back Mathias Olivera is the sole absentee of the visitors as a defensive rock Alessandro Buongiorno has resumed full training and could be named on the bench.

Ex-roma duo Leonardo Spinazzola And Juan Jesus will fill out again, the former deputy for Olivera and the latter keep the fort to be Buondiorno.

Roma possible starting line -up:
Svilar; Mancini, Hummels, Ndicka; Saelemaeekers, Kone, Paredes, Angelino; Dybala, Pellegrini; Dovbyk

Napoli possible starting line -up:
Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Jesus, Spinazzola; Anguissa, Lobotka, Mctominay; Politano, Lukaku, Neres

We say: Roma 1-1 Napoli

Roma is much more difficult than beating at home so that you can take Napoli’s victorious run to standstill and keep your own swing building.

Switching off Antonio Conte’s side can ask too much, but Claudio Ranieri’s men have sufficient firepower to score at least once.

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