Ghana forward Felix Afena Ohene-Gyan could be handed a league start by Cremonese against his old team, Roma. Tuesday’s Serie A action kicks off with a lopsided contest between whipping boys Cremonese and top-four hopefuls Roma. A midweek fixture at the Stadio Giovanni Zini has all the makings of a one-sided affair, especially given the home side’s woeful league campaign.
Not even the appointment of proven strategist Davide Ballardini in January has been enough to put the brakes on Cremonese’s thoroughly abysmal Serie A season. Last Monday’s action-packed 2-2 draw at Torino saw La Cremo equal the longest winless streak in Serie A history. Bringing their most recent top-flight campaign into the equation, they’ve not won any of their last 30 league matches.
Yet to pick up a single win in the 2022/23 Serie A season, Cremonese can already start packing their bags for relegation to Serie B as they enter this round ten points adrift of safety.
Since the calendar year flipped to 2023, Ballardini’s men have picked up a league-low two points from eight Serie A outings, with only Valencia and TSG Hoffenheim earning fewer in Europe’s top-flight leagues in that period.
And while their hosts cannot catch a break, Roma steamrolled into the Europa League round of 16 despite going down 1-0 at RB Salzburg in the first leg of their knockout playoff tie. Even without Tammy Abraham, Jose Mourinho’s team thumped the perennial Austrian champions 2-0 in the return fixture at the Stadio Olimpico on Thursday night.
After missing out on Roma’s Europa League triumph over Salzburg, Abraham will return to the fold on Tuesday.
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