#MatchPreview: Real Madrid vs Roma ; Prediction, Team Comparison & Much More

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Real Madrid keen to put an end to their bad run of form against Italian opponents when they travel to Roma for the first leg encounter in the Champions League round of 16. Roma had a terrible run of results under former coach Rudi Garcia, who has been replaced by Luciano Spalletti early this year. Spaletti, who is in his second spell at the Rome based outfit has helped the Serie A side knockout Real Madrid in the quarter finals of the competition in 2007/08 season winning both legs by the same 2-1 scoreline. Since then, Roma have not reached the quarter-finals of the tournament.

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Real Madrid haven’t won against Italian teams in their last eight knockout matches in European cup matches. The last time they got past a Serie A side was in the 1997/98 edition of European Champion Cup, when they knocked out Napoli on 3-1 aggregate, after drawing the second leg in Naples 1-1.

#Real Madrid

Real Madrid have played two International Champions Cup matches so far, out of which they lost their first match against Manchester United with a margin of 2-1 and in the second match, they came up with an outstanding performance of 3-1 against the Serie-A champions Juventus.

Marco Asensio scored two goals in the game against Juventus, after coming on a substitute. He changed the course of the game. Gareth Bale also took the responsibility and scored the opening goal for their side. Asensio and Bale together made sure the absence of Ronaldo was not felt in attack.

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Key Players: Real Madrid are now mainly dependent on the pace of their attack and hence Gareth Bale, Marco Asensio, and Karim Benzema share the responsibility to lead Real Madrid in the upcoming matches.

Real Madrid Last Six Matches: L,W,D,W,L,W

Manager: J. Lopetegui

Predicted Starting lineup: Keylor Navas, Dani Carvajal, Jesu Vallejo, Nacho, Theo Hernandez, Marcos Llorente, Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale, Martin Odegaard, Isco, Karim Benzema.

#AS Roma 

AS Roma have also played two International Champions Cup matches so far, out of which they lost their first match against Tottenham Hotspur with a margin of 4-1 and won their second match against Barcelona with a 4-2 margin.

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In the game against Barcelona, late goals from Alessandro Florenzi, Bryan Cristante, and Diego Perotti helped AS Roma recover from 2-1 down as they took advantage of Barcelona’s changes in the latter stages of the game.

Real Madrid have recently defeated the Series A champions Juventus and will also eye for another win against AS Roma. Similarly, Roma will also try to dominate European champions Real Madrid.

Key Players: Diego Perotti, II Faraone, and E Dzeko have been the most consistent players during the league matches and they have to repeat the feat again in the clash with Real Madrid.

AS Roma Last Six Matches: D,W,W,D,L,W

Manager: Eusbeio Di Francesco

Predicted Starting lineup: R Olsen, D Santon, I Marcano, K Manolas, A. Florenzi, D. De Rossi, K. Strootman, L. Pellegrini, II Faraone, E. Dzeko, J Kluivert.

Roma vs Real Madrid : Form Comparison

Roma qualified to the knock out rounds as second placed team from a group including Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen, despite winning only once out of their 6 matches. They were struggling in all competitions under the management of Rudi Garcia and with the arrival of Spalletti in Januray, things have moved towards a positive direction.

They are coming on the back of 4 successive wins in Serie A and are currently fourth in the table with 47 points, 10 points behind the league leaders Juventus.

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Real Madrid progressed from a group involving PSG with an unbeaten record with 5 wins and a draw to their name. They have scored 19 goals in the group sage, the most by any team so far.

They are almost unstoppable at home, but their recent showing on the road are disappointing as they have won only once in their last four away games in the league.

Match Prediction

The prediction for this match is Real Madrid to win against Roma by 2 goals to 1.

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