AS Roma vs Atalanta — Tips & Analysis

AS Roma -0.5: Roma are flying and Atalanta are winning without playing well. Roma have won five games in a row and the last two both finished 4-0. At the Olimpico they have won 5 of 7, scoring more than 2 goals a game and letting in under a goal. Across their last 15 games they have won by 2 or more seven times. Atalanta are the opposite story. They score just over a goal a game across their last 16 and have won by 2 or more only once in that run. Their recent wins have been 1-0s and 2-1s with very little behind them. They are also without centre back Isak Hien and Kamaldeen Sulemana, which is a problem against a Roma attack in this mood. Expect Atalanta to hold out for an hour before Roma find a way through and add a second, so a 2-0 home win is the likely score. History is the reason for some caution. Atalanta have won 11 of the last 20 meetings, and Roma have not beaten them in the last five. Roma are also missing Lorenzo Pellegrini. This Roma team looks nothing like the one that kept losing this game, and we are happy to back them to win it.