Roma definitely improved their performance after Claudio Ranieri took over. Even in the first match, they didn't play badly, but they conceded an equalizer, as well as a red card for Bryan Cristante, who will now be absent. Roma has been performing quite strongly at home lately. Before drawing 1:1 with Napoli, they had seven consecutive home wins in all competitions. They won without conceding a goal in their last three home games in the Europa League, the last one being a 2:0 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Porto is not performing well latelyPorto recently changed their coach, but they are still in poor form. They have only two wins in their last 10 matches in all competitions. One of them was a 1:0 victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the group stage, and it didn't come easily, but thanks to that win, they managed to advance from the difficult group stage. They also lost in Rome in the group stage, against Lazio with 1:2 in November.
Prediction: Roma to win, under 2.5 goalsRoma has started to gain momentum and has been performing quite well at home lately. Porto is not in good form and may suffer again in Rome. I expect a victory for Roma and not many goals in the match.
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