Roma will play home match against Bologna. But the home Roma team is very weak. Roma managed to get only 10 points in 7 home matches. Bologna team cannot be called weak. This team is good enough. They have won 4 of their last 5 matches. But it is very difficult to predict how the teams will perform after a long break of almost 2 months. But in this match I am interested to bet Roma to win.
Roma are not having a good time this is for sure but Bologna is certainly not a team that can make Mou worry. I am sure that despite the period of uncertainty of the team they will be able to bring home the 3 points of the victory. I would bet on Roma's victory.
If you look at the head-to-head stats between Roma and Bologna, you will see roughly the same number of wins in Serie A - 53 Roma, 52 Bologna. Especially since the last two games against Bologna, Roma have failed to win. As you said, Roma are not in the best shape at the moment unlike Bologna. Therefore, I think this game will be tough for the hosts. I would guess that both teams will score one point each.
You are right. Considering the performance of the last few matches, the Bologna team can be considered favorites. While the Roma team has been good, their performances this season have not been consistent. But let's not forget that the teams will be playing after a long break. So we don't know if their performance will be as stable now as before.
Roma secured a 3-0 win in their first match after the World Cup break which was truly commendable. Roman is currently one of the best players Paulo Dybala, he has returned from injury and now joins Roma to prove his worth and hopefully Roma will progress.
It is foolish to compare the performance of friendly matches with the performance of league matches. No team performs seriously in friendly matches. All teams perform in all matches to realize their weaknesses. In these matches, victory or defeat does not matter. So even if Roma win the friendly matches, we cannot say for sure that they can continue their good performance in the Serie A matches as well.
You are right about that, a friendly game is very useful for the technical directors to see how their players are doing, even those who are a doubt for them and keep them on the bench, I think it is a way of seeing that they can use them in the best way, This is what the friendlies are for and also to see how connected they are within the team and if they are mentally and physically well prepared for a high-level football team, then if we are going to compare ourselves to Roma, obviously a game that has to be being friendly will not show their true level, especially with a technical director like Mou who always has many Aces up his sleeve.
And some of the speculations that you see are:
Sources Say Roma Could Include Bove and Volpato in Frattesi TransferDespite not being fierce rivals on the pitch, Roma and Sassuolo have a rather unique relationship. While the powers that be grapple with whether or not to allow top-flight clubs to have B-teams in lower leagues, Roma has used Sassuolo as a veritable petri dish over the past decade. From failed prospects like Luca Antei to success stories like Lorenzo Pellegrini, Roma has farmed out a lot of talent to Sassuolo over the years.
And the latest name coming off that production line is former Roma academy graduate Davide Frattesi. Like Pellegrini before him, Frattesi was the jewel of the Giallorossi academy, but economic forces conspired in the summer of 2017, forcing Roma to sell Frattesi to Sassuolo, though they were smart enough to retain a 30% future sell-on fee.
Source:
https://www.chiesaditotti.com/2022/12/25/23525928/sources-say-roma-could-include-bove-and-volpato-in-frattesi-transfer