The match up between the invincibles will be held in roma’s own stadium known as the stadio olimpico Sunday, where RCA will battle it out with surprise pacers Udinese.
Staring at a miserable three points from four games, the Giallorossi board ruthlessly relieved club icon Daniele De Rossi of his duties in midweek; on the other hand, their hosts are in the full of form, occupying the prestigious top spot following three successive victories.
In what he has said was his final appearance as Roma manager before the latest football news, Daniele De Rossi was shown a red card in the final stages of his side’s 1-1 home draw against Genoa last week, thus leaving his capital club 16th in the early Serie A table for this season.
De Rossi was appointed as the head coach in January, succeeds Mourinho after Mourinho left after the sack in December the previous year with a contract of a head coach renewed in the summer by the Friedkin family for three years precisely a period of eight months after rejoicing the club at last and practicing his profession with the love of his life, he received a word from the Friedkin family directing him to leave the team.
Sitting patiently to name a replacement, the former Torino coach, Ivan Juric was hired charged with these expectations of reigniting the team despite furiously, fans are planning a protest this weekend.
Roma have not only started the Serie A season without a victory – two stalemates and a home loss to Empoli, including last week in Genoa – but they have triumphed only once in their last nine league outings dating back to the previous season.
Rarely before have the Giallorossi failed to pick up a victory in their first A top five games, or not for 40 years, so they will look for past experience when coming up against a high spirited Udinese.
Before heading to the Europa League the following week where they return to action against Athletic Club, Roma find a team they have triumphed over in the last 22 league encounters with a mere 18% success rate and have also registered as many shutouts as well.
With 10 points already on the board - seven more than Roma - Udinese have equaled their greatest start to a Serie A season, matching a figure they previously achieved at this stage of the season 24 years ago.
Monday's comeback victory over Parma demonstrated the spirit of Kosta Runjaic's club, who trailed by two goals at halftime until Lorenzo Lucca equalized and Florian Thauvin scored twice at Stadio Tardini.
The Friulani are now top of the Serie A rankings for the first time since matchday eight of the 2011-12 season, having previously beaten Como and Lazio following an opening-day draw with Bologna and cruising through the first round of the Coppa Italia.
In contrast to previous season, when they often failed to convert one point into three, Udinese has been extremely clinical thus far, enjoying the greatest shot-conversion percentage (25%) when attempting from within the opponent area.
Runjaic, who was appointed in the summer, is only the third coach in club history to be undefeated in his first four Serie A games, and he will now look to capitalise on the current instability in the Italian city.
