Roma meets Empoli at their "Stadio Olimpico in a match of the 21st round of the Italian Serie A. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 1.50 for a home win, with a draw at 4.00 and 7.50 for the victory of the guests. The teams already faced in Primera Division and "Roman Wolves" won with 1:0 and about ten days ago came to 2:1 in the extra time in the Cup of Italy.
Roma is not performing satisfactorily in the recent meetings, but is still second in the table with a total of 42 points. The poor performance of the team sends them seven points behind the leaders Juventus in the fight for the championship. Roma is in a series of three consecutive draws in Serie A. Now they have the possibility to interrupt this statistic and they will not miss this chance. During the week, striker Mattia Destro left the composition and moved to Milan. In the Italian media was told that scorer of CSKA Moscow - Seydou Doumbia, would replace him. Kevin Strootman, Daniele De Rossi, Vassilis Torosidis and Leandro Castan will remain outside of the group for this match due to injuries. Also, Gervinho`s participation in the African Nations Cup continues, but Rudi Garcia has enough class players and probably doesn`t feel their absence.
Empoli is among the teams fighting to come out of the relegation zone. The team takes the 16th place with a total of 19 points collected. Empoli has been defeated with 1:2 by Udinese in the previous round of Serie A, as in eight consecutive games in the championship doesn`t score a victory. In his previous nine visits have only one win, five draws and three defeats. Tiberio Guarente is the only player with injury in the camp of Empoli.
Last six direct meetings:
Roma - Empoli 2:1
Empoli - Roma 0:1
Roma - Empoli 2:1
Empoli - Roma 2:2
Empoli - Roma 1:0
Empoli - Roma 1:0
Prediction Roma - Empoli: 1
Security: 6/10
Odds: 1.50 at bet365
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