Roma remain one of Italy’s established names, founded in 1927 and housed at the Stadio Olimpico di Roma. Their scale is obvious enough: a 41-man squad with an average age of 24, giving them depth without the feel of an ageing group being held together by memory.
Their completed 2025-26 campaign ended with a strong run of results. Roma won five straight league matches after a 1-1 draw with Atalanta, beating Hellas Verona 2-0, Lazio 2-0, Parma 3-2, Fiorentina 4-0 and Bologna 2-0. That sequence points to a side that finished with control rather than drift.
At home, they were particularly hard to loosen. Roma averaged 1.7 goals scored and only 0.5 conceded per match at the Olimpico, a defensive return tight enough to make any visit awkward. Away from home they still carried a threat, scoring 1.4 per match while conceding 1.1.
Donyell Malen led their scoring with 15 goals, well clear of Lorenzo Pellegrini and Matìas Soulé on seven each. Evan Ferguson and Gianluca Mancini added five apiece. Roma also had a habit of starting with purpose, scoring the first goal inside 20 minutes in six of their 19 league matches.
For Celtic supporters, Roma profile as a mature European-level opponent: organised at home, productive enough in attack, and coming off a season that ended in form rather than salvage.
