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The Italian Serie A ends the week of fixtures with a Monday fixtures, this one sees AS Roma travel to Stadio Artmio Franchi to take on Tuscan side A.C. Siena.

Siena comes into this match sitting 17 th in the table and are coming off a hard fought 0-0 draw against the league leaders Juventus, followed up by a 2-1 victory over Napoli in the first leg of Coppa Italia Semifinals has this team is showing they are in a good frame of minds and when on their game won’t be an easy match up. While this team does have a poor overall record much of their struggles come away from home and they have a decent home record of 4-3-3 with a goal difference of +8, coach Giuseppe Sannino has his team well drilled defensively as they are amongst the best in the league only conceding 22 goals. Key players for this match are forward Emanuele  Calaio, midfielder Gaetano D’Agustino and goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic, the play of D’Agustino in particular has a good amount of Serie A experience while giving the side balance from defense to attack.

As for Roma, they currently sit 6 th in the table and are coming off a 1-1 draw against Catania, in which they played the remaining 25 minutes from a match that was previously abandoned due to weather conditions. This is a team that’s showing real signs of significant improvement under Coach Luis Enrique, the squad are now familiar with the system and the young players are starting to flourish. The Giallorossi are looking to keep pace with Inter Milan, Udinese and Lazio for a European place, the next few matches for this club will be interesting to watch in this regard. The key players for this match are midfielder Daniele De Rossi, forward and Captain Francesco Totti and Argentine playmaker Erik Lamela, the play of De Rossi has been revolutionary and is a key reason why this new system is really beginning to click. The Italian midfielder signing a new 5 year contract is a major positive for the club; playing in the “sweeper” role he has raised both the level of the club as he has developed himself to be one of the more dynamic players in the league.

I’m going with Roma in this one, this match won’t be easy and Siena is capable of stifling many of the Roma attacks. That being said, the club from the capital has been playing at another level as of late and are proving to be very dangerous.