Tottenham Vs Roma: Take Advantage Of Giallorossi's Intensiveness

Tottenham Hotspur is favored when they host AS Roma in the Europa League (Instagram/@spursofficial).

Tottenham Hotspur have just won 4-0 over Manchester City in the Premier League on the weekend.

The result brought Spurs to high confidence when they hosted the fragile Rome in North London at the 2024/2025 Europa League event, Friday, November 29, 2024, early morning WIB.

It is almost certain that no team will record an even more extraordinary score across Europe this season in addition to Spurs' 4-0 win over Manchester City, Pep Guardiola's worst home defeat in his managerial career.

Ange Postecoglou's side are now comfortably becoming the top scorer team in the Premier League. However, Spurs only scored three cleansheets in the league showing why they lost so many points.

Spurs are still sixth in the league standings, three points adrift of the top four, with too many recent disappointing results limiting them to climb further in the standings.

The international break came at the right time because the previous two Spurs performances were so bad. Giving Ipswich Town his first Premier League win in more than 20 years and leaving Istanbul with a 2-3 defeat against Galatasaray in the Europa League.

The result ended their 100 percent record in Europe and sent Spurs down to seventh.

Namun, kemenangan terhadap The Citizens begitu melecut Spurs. Terlebih, mereka punya rekor memenangi tujuh pertandingan berturut-turut di balik pada Liga Europa tanpa kebobolan dan mencetak 19 gol.

Not to mention they have a good record at home against Italian teams. Tottenham have only lost once in 10 meetings with Italian clubs.

The duel will be Spurs' first meeting with Roma. Tottenham is in the wind because the Giallorossi are fragile.

The dismissal of three managers in 11 months made Roma unstable. This season, Romanisti has seen a grim start in campaigns in domestic and European competitions.

Daniele De Rossi has been sacked after four games this season. Ivan Juric only lasted 12 games, aka about two months. Previously in January 2024, Jose Mourinho was expelled.

Now, they are carpentry Claudio Ranieri who has previously been in control of Rome.

The 73-year-old coach was persuaded to return from his retirement as a professional coach to overcome the Giallorossi problem.

However, his first match did not go smoothly. Roma lost 0-1 when they visited Napoli on Monday, November 25, 2024.

Roma's position in the standings also came down to ladder 12 with 13 points, only three points clear of the relegation zone.

Not to mention his position in the Europa League standings where Roma are ranked 20th with five points from one win, two draws, and one defeat.

The remaining four AS Roma matches in the Europa League are difficult. Apart from having to face Spurs, they will meet AZ Alkmaar, Braga, and Eintracht Frankfurt.

Securing the smooth pass to the knockout phase through the playoffs also doesn't seem easy. It puts added pressure on Ranieri.

However, the duel will mark Claudio Ranieri to England. He had a sweet memory during his tenure at Leicester City when he defeated Spurs in the race for the Premier League title in 2016.

That's the only motivation for Ranieri who will lead AS Roma later.

Formation Forecast

Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-3): Forster; Spence, Dragusin, Davies, Gray; Sarr, Bentancur, Bergvall; Johnson, Solanke, Werner

AS Roma (4-4-1-1): Svilar; Celik, Mancini, tonight, Angelino; Soule, Baldanzi, Cristante, Zalewski; Dybala, Dovbyk