On Sunday, Roma will host Salernitana in the first round of the Italian Serie A.
Below are the main figures of confrontation:
Roma is the team that lost the most to Salernitana in the Italian league (5 matches).
In the first round, Salernitana played three matches in its history, beating Lazio in 1947, losing to Roma in 1998 and Bologna in 2021.
– With the exception of a court defeat against Hellas Verona in 2020, Roma have not lost in the first round of the Italian league since 2011 (Cagliari’s 2-1 loss at Olimpic). The Giallorossi have won 6 matches, drawn 3 and kept 5 clean sheets.
– Davide Nicola, coach of Salernitana, his team did not win a single victory and did not score a single goal in the first round of the season. This happened with Livorno 2013 (against Roma), Crotone 2016 and 2017.
– José Mourinho did not lose in the first round of the Italian league (in 2009 he drew with Inter against Sampdoria, in 2010 he drew with Inter against Bari, and in 2021 he won with Roma over ” Fiorentina).
– Last season, Paulo Dybala scored two “goals” for Juventus against only three teams: Genoa, Udinese and Salernitana.
Tammy Abraham’s first goal for Roma was scored by Salernitana.
– Nemanja Matic has made 118 appearances under José Mourinho. Only Frank Lampard has played more as a midfielder than Matic has played under the Portuguese coach (140 games).
Translated by Mohamed Bazzi.
Source: El Iktisad