The Giallorossi will be travelling to the Renzo Barbera on the back of a derby defeat, whereas Palermo will be nursing from the AC Milan thrashing.
Palermo (9th) will take on AS Roma (7th) in matchday 27 encounter of the season at Stadio Renzo Barbera on Saturday, 10 March at 19:45 GMT.
AC Milan made a mockery of Palermo’s great home run, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 scoring a hat-trick in the first 35 minutes of the match. The game ended in a 4-0 victory for the Rossoneri.
On the other hand, AS Roma suffered 2-1 heart-break against local rivals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775, last weekend.
Luis Enrique’s men emerged victorious by a 1-0 margin in the return fixture of the season between the two sides in October 2011.
Palermo
Bortolo Mutti’s men still boast a great record at home, despite the absolute annihilation given to them by the Italian Champions. This can be witnessed from the fact that the Aquile have won four consecutive
home games prior to their defeat against the Diavolo.
The Rosanero have won 30 points at their home stadium and boast one of the best home records in the Serie A.
AS Roma
The form of AS Roma has been indifferent in their last five matches, with a solitary victory coming against Parma in matchday 24. The disturbing statistic in this streak of results is that they have suffered
three defeats.
It has been an even contest between the two sides in their last five head to heads, with both teams winning on two occasions and drawing on the other.
Team News
Palermo
The Rosanero will be pleased to have the services of their trusted left-back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Federico-Balzaretti-c13451, who will return from the suspension he received in week 25. However, that is where the good news for Palermo
will finish, as they will be still without the services of midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Armin-Bacinovic-c6579.
Probable starting-eleven: Viviano, Pisano, Migliaccio, Mantovani, Balzaretti, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barreto-c7308, Donati, Bertolo, Ilicic, Miccoli, Budan.
AS Roma
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Osvaldo-c28821
is also serving his three-match ban.
The Roma manager has a lot of injury concerns coming into the match, with his first-choice defender, Juan, out for the season owing to a knee injury. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miralem-Pjanic-c25984 will be out of contention for the match
as well.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Francesco-Totti-c13940, is expected to be fit for the game.
Probable starting eleven: Lobont, Rosi, Kjaer, Heinze, Jose Angel, Simplicio, De Rossi, Gago, Borini, Lamela, Bojan
Players to Watch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabrizio-Miccoli-c13236 (Palermo)
The Aquile striker will be looking to carry the team towards victory after their abysmal showing in front of their fans last week. The tough striker will be a handful for the Roma defence to deal with, and
any lapse in concentration would be pounced on by the attacker.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-Borini-c13163 (AS Roma)
In the absence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 goal in their defeat to Lazio. The former Parma star will be looking
to give a good account of himself to cement his position in the Italian national team for Euro 2012.
Prediction
Roma will need a miracle to pull off a victory at the Renzo Barbera, as the Rosanero will be looking to bounce back strongly after their disappointing result in the last match.
Verdict: 3-2.
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