At 18 pm Rome and Milan will face each other at the Stadio Olimpico, after the 2-2 draw on 8 January. The two teams are both fourth tied with 56 points, after the hook suffered by the Giallorossi last day. With the revocation of the 15-point penalty paid by Juventus, the Bianconeri are now third with 59 points, three more than Roma and Milan. And Inter, sixth with 54 points, are struggling to reach the Champions League.

The one between the Giallorossi and Rossoneri is almost a play-off and the precedents are favorable to Stefano Pioli's team. Out of 174 direct official matches played in the history of football, there have been 78 victories for Milan, 45 for Roma and 51 draws so far. Milan's latest success was a 3-1 win on 6 January 2022. Roma, on the other hand, have not won a head-to-head clash since 27 October 2019, when they prevailed 2-1. In the last ten games in Serie A the Rossoneri have won six times, the Giallorossi once, while the draws have been three.

Here Rome

Seven games in 27 days: it is the tour de force of Roma, who managed to overcome Feyenoord 4-1 after the 1-0 defeat in the first leg, but then had a meltdown against Atalanta in Monday's match in Bergamo, won by the Dea 3-1. After the injuries of Smalling and Wijnaldum, who will have to be out for several more days, Diego Llorente was also injured in the postponement of the championship, leaving the field in tears for a problem with the left flexor that threatens to block him for at least two weeks. Perhaps even more serious for José Mourinho, however, is the blunt sprain injury to the left ankle suffered by Paulo Dybala after Palomino's incorrect intervention in the match against Atalanta.

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Here Milan

Qualification for the Champions League semi-finals against Napoli, thanks to a 1-0 home win and a 1-1 draw at Maradona, provided great self-esteem for Pioli's men. The Rossoneri have not lost in the league since March 18, when Udinese defeated them 3-1. And among the four consecutive useful results in Serie A there is also the 0-4 triumph against Napoli itself. The Milan coach will have to evaluate whether to take the field Zlatan Ibrahimovic, excluded at the last minute from the match against Lecce due to a calf problem. For the Swede, the season could be over. In addition to not appearing in the Champions League list, he has only seven league games left.

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