Roma vs Monza

Stadio Olimpico is the venue as Roma and Monza go head-to-head in their first-ever Serie A showdown.

Tammy Abraham scored midway through the second half to rescue a 1-1 draw for Roma in their mouth-watering clash against Juventus at the weekend, maintaining his side’s 100% unbeaten start to the season (W2, D1). Despite landing the likes of Paulo Dybala and Andrea Belotti, Jose Mourinho’s men continue to struggle in front of goal, netting under 1.5 goals in 11 of their last 12 competitive outings, 2021/22 season included. Roma’s scoring woes may not pose a problem for ‘I Giallorossi,’ who have won their previous four Serie A fixtures held on Tuesday (European time), keeping a clean sheet in the last three in a row. Roma will be out to pick up ten points from their opening four Serie A matches for the first time since 2014/15 against a side they’ve shut out in both previous league H2Hs.

On the other hand, newly-promoted Monza cannot catch a break in their maiden Serie A season, with Giovanni Stroppa’s side losing all three league games via an aggregate score of 8-1. Monza’s embarrassing start to the season includes a 4-0 thrashing at Napoli on matchday two, showing they could struggle on the road this term. Ominously, two of the four teams to have conceded at least eight goals in the first three league matches last season were relegated at the end of the campaign. ‘I Biancorossi’ head to the Stadio Olimpico as underdogs, but they hope to avoid becoming the first club since Benevento in 2016/17 to lose their first-ever four Serie A matches.