Real Madrid – AS Roma Prediction & Picks (08.08.2018)

Real Madrid and Roma meet at MetLife Stadium, in a match for this phase of the International Champions Cup (Regular Season). The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to Real Madrid, which records 2 wins and 1 draw in the last 3 matches. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 08-03-2016, ended with Real’s victory by (2-0).

Real Madrid:

The team reaches this stage of the International Champions Cup (Regular Season) after a victory by (3-1) with Juventus. In the last 10 matches, Real Madrid has 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. The team has conceded goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches, so his defense needs to improve, but his attack has scored regularly, as he has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches. In their matches there is a tendency for goals, since 58 of the last 65 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 51 out of 65 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, he suffered the first goal 8 times and only managed 2 comebacks.

The whole of Real Madrid for this game with a victory over Juventus, 3-1, adding the first win in this preseason: the goals were scored by Bale and Marco Asensio (2). In this game against Roma, coach Julen Lopetegui will have to maintain the usual 4-2-3-1, benefiting the maintenance of ball possession and positional attacks: Isco is the main responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process of the game. equipment. It is important to remember that the meringues hired Brazilian Vinícius Junior for this season, one of the highlights in the last game. Everything indicates that the coach still can not count on Varane and Modric, players who were at the service of their selections in the 2018 World Cup.

Roma:

The team arrives at this phase of the International Champions Cup (Regular Season) after having eliminated Barcelona, ​​with a victory by (2-4) in the previous round. In the last 10 games Roma have 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In 15 games, they suffered the first goal 4 times, but got the comeback in 2.

Roma come to this match with a surprising victory over Barcelona, ​​2-4, returning to the triumphs after two straight games without winning in friendly games: the goals were scored by El Shaarawy, Florenzi, Cristante and Perotti. In this game against Real Madrid, coach Eusebio Di Francesco should play in 4-3-3, privileging the organization of his block and direct football for the attack, looking in most cases for striker Dzeko. We emphasize that the Italians showed good ability to maintain possession of the ball in recent games. There are no absences of weight for this game.