AS Roma will play hosts to AC Milan in the standout fixture of the Serie A matchday 24 on Sunday. The kick-off is at 20:45 CET.

Preview

Even though the Giallorossi come into this encounter on the back of a greater run of results, Paulo Fonseca's men are still only fourth in the league table. Roma defeated Braga in midweek to reach the Europa League last-16 round after sharing points at Benevento in the Italian top flight last weekend.

The Rome-based club could reduce the gap to the Rossoneri to just two points on Sunday as Stefano Pioli's side have dropped to second in the standings after suffering back to back defeats at the hands of Spezia and Inter Milan over the past two weeks. Milan have also reached the EL last-16 round after their double-header against Red Star Belgrade in the previous stage.

No less than seven Roma first-team players are set to miss the encounter through injuries, namely Marash Kumbulla, Roger Ibanez, Chris Smalling, Riccardo Calafiori, Bryan Reynolds, Nicolo Zaniolo and Edin Dzeko.

The visitors, on the other hand, will be without injured Mario Mandzukic and Ismael Bennacer on Sunday.

Prediction

Roma surprisingly drew Milan 3-3 in their previous head-to-head meeting in October. Even though Kumbulla and Dzeko, who scored in that draw at the Giuseppe Meazza, won't feature this time around, the Giallorossi have hardly dropped their form since then. Milan, in turn, badly need to return to winning ways to keep their title hopes alive and thus we can envisage another fascinating encounter with goals scored from both ends on the weekend.

Tip

Total over 3 at 1.98 with 1XBET.