AS Roma vs Chelsea Predictions, 31 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 3-0

AS Roma v Chelsea Predictions for Tuesday's 8.45pm kick-off Champions League group fixture facing Serie A hosts AS Roma and Premier League side Chelsea at Stadio Olimpico. Roma have won only 2 of their last 22 Champions League (CL) matches, including just 1 of their last 8 home games, which was a 3-2 victory against Bayer Leverkusen nearly two years ago.

Match status: 2017-18 Champions League Group Stages
Kick-off: Tuesday 31 Oct 2017, 08:45pm GMT
Venue: "Stadio Olimpico" in Rome, Italy

AS Roma v Chelsea Team News

Eusebio Di Francesco’s side have scored just 5 goals in their last 8 home games in the CL, conceding a total of 17 goals in the process, and failed to find the net in their last 4 matches.

Roma striker Edin Dzeko has scored 3 goals in his last 2 CL matches, with 2 of them coming against Chelsea in the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge a fortnight ago.

Chelsea have scored at least 1 goal in 19 of their last 20 CL matches, including 8 of their last 9 trips away from home, which has resulted in them avoiding defeat in 16 of their last 19 games in the competition.

Antonio Conte’s side have failed to win on their last 5 visits to Italy in the CL, losing to Juventus, Napoli, Inter Milan and Roma, since beating Lazio 4-0 in November 2003.

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

AS Roma: Alisson - Kolarov, Jesus, Fazio, Peres - Strootman, Rossi, Nainggolan - Perotti, Dzeko, Florenzi (4-3-3 formation)

Chelsea: Courtois - Cahill, Luiz, Azpilicueta - Alonso, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Zappacosta - Pedro, Hazard - Morata (3-4-2-1 formation)

Missing Players of AS Roma and Chelsea:

AS Roma: Emerson, Rick Karsdorp, Kostas Manolas.

Chelsea: Victor Moses, N'Golo Kante.

Head-to-Head Record: AS Roma v Chelsea

2017-18 Champions League Group Stages
Chelsea 3-3 AS Roma

2013 Club Friendly
Chelsea 2-1 AS Roma

2008-09 Champions League Group Stages
AS Roma 3-1 Chelsea

2008-09 Champions League Group Stages
Chelsea 1-0 AS Roma