Roma still have a chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League (UCL) when they travel to the Allianz Stadium to face Torino in Serie A on Sunday night.
Indeed, the visitors are in fifth and just one point away from fourth-placed Juventus at the time of writing, heading into the final round of fixtures. The fact they are in with a chance of UCL football is quite remarkable considering the poor start they had to the season.
Roma are in great form as their 3-1 win at home to AC Milan last time out was their fourth in five games. However, they did lose 2-1 to Atalanta in their last away outing.
Torino cannot finish higher than 11th where they are now, but they could drop to 12th without victory. Wins have been hard to come by of late for the hosts, who after losing 1-0 at Lecce last time out, have now gone four matches without a win.
Roma are also unbeaten in seven H2Hs, making Torino's task more difficult. Nonetheless, it is hard to bet against Claudio Ranieri's side doing their job.
How the bookies view it: Roma odds-on favourites
Roma are 1/2 odds-on favourites with BoyleSports to claim victory, while a draw is priced at 3/1 with the same bookmaker. A Torino win is rated at 9/2 odds.
Recent head-to-head: Dybala decides match
Paulo Dybala scored the only goal of the game as Roma were victorious 1-0 in the reverse fixture earlier this season. Unfortunately, the Argentine is ruled out of Sunday's clash with injury.
Players to watch: Shomurodov has big shoes to fill
One more goal for Che Adams would take the Torino striker's goal tally to 10 for the season, the first time he could accomplish this in a major league in his career.
With key injuries up front, Eldor Shomurodov will likely lead the line for Roma. He can be backed at 13/8 with BoyleSports to score anytime.
Predicted lineups
Borna Sosa and Alieu Njie are injury doubts for Torino, while Saul Coco and Eljif Elmas may only be fit enough for the bench.
Alongside Dybala, other key attacker and Roma's top scorer Artem Dovbyk may also miss out, as well as captain Lorenzo Pellegrini.
Torino: Milinkovic-Savic, Dembele, Maripan, Masina, Biraghi, Ricci, Gineitis, Lazaro, Vlasic, Elmas, Adams.
Roma: Svilar, Celik, Mancini, Ndicka, Saelemaekers, Cristante, Kone, Angelino, Pisilli, Soule, Shomurodov.
Anything else catch the eye?
Torino have been toothless of late with just one goal in their last four outings, so backing Roma to win to nil at 6/4 with BoyleSports seems logical. The same bookmaker are also offering a price boost of 10/3 for Roma to win both halves, which given what is at stake for them compared to Torino, we can also see happening.
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