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Roma are surprise leaders of Serie A heading into Sunday's clash with , a fixture which will go some way to showing whether Gian Piero Gasperini's side are the real deal.

Last crowned kings of Italy back in 2001, Roma are two points ahead of the current champions and AC Milan in a crowded early Scudetto tussle.

Roma seem like unlikely title challengers. They haven't even qualified for the Champions League since 2018 while success-starved fans have seen their team win one trophy in the last 17 seasons.

But Roma have been Serie A's best team over the course of 2025, collecting 76 points from 32 matches -- 10 more than Napoli -- in which they have conceded just 17 goals, the lowest in the division over that period.

And last weekend's win at Cremonese suggested that Roma's problem

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