A settled side can help Roma to keep momentum from their excellent weekend showing ticking over, so expect them to end an ultimately underwhelming year for the club with a win.
While Samp have fared well enough on the road this term, it will be beyond them to maintain the intensity required to better Mourinho's men on Roman soil.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Roma win with a probability of 60.58%. A draw had a probability of 20.9% and a win for Sampdoria had a probability of 18.47%.
The most likely scoreline for a Roma win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.67%) and 1-0 (9.51%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.79%), while for a Sampdoria win it was 1-2 (5.04%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood.
