Roma vs Reggina

Reggina will have it all to do this week as they visit the mighty AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. Roma will be looking to get back on track after having their 13 match unbeaten run snapped last week.

Roma suffered a shock defeat away to Siena by a score of 3-0 at the MPS Arena in week 21. The pressure was on Roma to continue winning in order to keep pace with Inter Milan but the loss sees them lose significant ground in the league table. The side managed by Spalletti now remain in second place with 45 points but are 8 points back of 1^st place Inter and just 4 ahead of the steady Juventus. The good news for the giallorossi this week is that they will be back at home and with just 1 injury concern as Brazilian defender Juan remains sidelined. They are set to go with their usual 4-2-3-1 with Francesco Totti as the lone striker. He leads the club with 10 goals so far.

Reggina continued their troubled campaign with yet another loss at home, this time by a score of 1-3 to Torino at the Oreste Granillo. The loss leaves them in 18^th place of the Serie A table with 18 points, 1 back of 17^th place Parma. If the season were to end today they would make the drop to Serie B. Their winless run now stands at 3 matches. This week manager Renzo Ulivieri could give new signing Makinwa from Lazio a chance to make his debut for the club. The two players ruled out are Garcia and Joelson while top scorer Amoruso is expected to return to the starting eleven. This would slide Brienza back over to the bench.

Reggina would have had a better chance in this match if Roma were still on their undefeated run. Having lost last week expect Roma to come out completely focused as they look to make up lost ground.

Prediction: Roma (2-0)