Serie A | Juventus 2-1 Roma: Old Lady back in the fight for fourth

Dybala tested Michele Di Gregorio after a give and go into the box, but Juve had a double chance when Lois Openda ran onto the Khephren Thuram through ball, forcing Mile Svilar and Devyne Rensch to scramble clear.

Lorenzo Pellegrini and Thuram failed to get the right finish in promising situations, while Bremer made a decisive block on Manu Koné in the penalty area.

Wesley pulled back from the by-line for Dybala, who turned wide of the near post from six yards when getting there ahead of Bremer.

Di Gregorio was right behind the Pellegrini toe-poke, but Juve created the best chance of the half. Kenan Yildiz found Francisco Conceicao, who dribbled around Rensch to force a desperate Svilar save, then Openda’s follow-up was deflected over.

Moments later, Juventus took the lead. Kenan Yildiz rolled across from the left, Andrea Cambiaso flicked it on with his heel and Conceicao took a couple of touches before placing the precise angled drive into the far bottom corner, through Jan Ziolkowski’s legs.

Juventus threatened again after the restart, Kenan Yildiz combining with Openda to get down the left, his left-footed angled drive flashing across the face of goal to skim the far post.

Svilar kept the scoreline down, rushing off his line to smother the Francisco Conceicao back-heel flick, then getting his gloves stung by a Cambiaso scorcher from the edge of the area.

Gian Piero Gasperini changed his entire front three, while Francisco Conceicao and Bremer went off with muscular issues.

Gianluca Mancini nodded over from a corner, but Juventus doubled their lead instead. Svilar made another big save on the Weston McKennie glancing header from Edon Zhegrova’s cross, then the American reacted quicker than anyone else, prodding the rebound into the path of Openda to tap in from close range. It was his first Serie A goal.

Things went from bad to worse for Roma, who were forced to waste a substitution because Leon Bailey limped off with a flexor injury just 20 minutes after coming on.

Roma got one back when Evan Ferguson’s angled drive was parried one-handed into the path of Tommaso Baldanzi at the back post.

Kenan Yildiz almost made it 3-1, but his strike from the edge of the area thumped the base of the far post with Svilar beaten.

In stoppages, Ferguson shrugged off Daniele Rugani, but scuffed the finish into the arms of Di Gregorio.

Juventus 2-1 Roma

Conceicao 44 (J), Openda 70 (J), Baldanzi 75 (R)

20-12-2025 19:45 MatchDay 16 Juventus Stadium (Allianz Stadium)

JUV

ROM 2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

		21'		Matìas Soulé
Francisco Conceição		24'
Francisco Conceição (Assist: Andrea Cambiaso)		44'

2nd half

		65'		Manu Koné
Loïs Openda (Assist: Weston McKennie)		70'
		75'

Tommaso Baldanzi     84' Bryan Cristante Weston McKennie

86'     JUV ROM

Starting lineups

16 Michele Di Gregorio Goalkeeper 27 Andrea Cambiaso Defender 89' 3

Bremer Defender 61' 6

Lloyd Kelly Defender 15 Pierre Kalulu Defender 19

Khéphren Thuram Midfielder 5

Manuel Locatelli Midfielder 22

Weston McKennie Midfielder 7

Francisco Conceição Attacker 61' 10

Kenan Yıldız Attacker 20

Loïs Openda Attacker 82' 99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper 2 Devyne Rensch Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 24 Jan Ziolkowski Defender 43

Wesley Defender 19

Zeki Celik Defender 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 7

Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder 53' 17

Manu Koné Midfielder 18

Matìas Soulé Attacker 56' 21

Paulo Dybala Attacker

56'

Substitutes

1

Mattia Perin Goalkeeper 14

Arkadiusz Milik Attacker 25 João Mário Defender 42 Simone Scaglia Goalkeeper 40 Jonas Rouhi Defender 17 Vasilije Adžić Midfielder 44 Pedro Felipe Defender 24

Daniele Rugani Defender 61' 11

Edon Zhegrova Attacker 61' 30

Jonathan David Attacker 82' 18

Filip Kostic Midfielder 89' 3

Angeliño Defender 22

Mario Hermoso Defender 95

Pierluigi Gollini Goalkeeper 12

Konstantinos Tsimikas Defender 32

Devis Vásquez Goalkeeper 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 87 Daniele Ghilardi Defender 66 Buba Sangaré Defender 69 Muhammed Bah Midfielder 76 Jacopo Mirra Defender 35

Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 56' 11

Evan Ferguson Attacker 56' 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker

73' 31

Leon Bailey Attacker