Roma won’t have much time to dwell on Saturday’s surprise defeat at the hands of SPAL. With CSKA Moscow coming the Olimpico on Tuesday, EdF and company will have to put Saturday’s negative league result behind them quickly. Perhaps a Champions League match is just what the doctor ordered, since Roma has produced better results in Europe than domestically during the Italian technician’s tenure.
Their last time out in the Champions League, the Giallorossi got off to a quick start against Viktoria Plzen at the Olimpico and never looked back. The 5-0 victory was a major boost for the Giallorossiafter their heavy defeat in Madrid to open the group stage. Roma currently sit joint second in the group with Real Madrid on three points. Tuesday’s opponents, CSKA Moscow, currently lead the group with four points after their shock 1-0 victory over Los Blancos in Russia on match day two. The team has also performed well to open the Russian Premier League season, as they sit tied for second just four points behind leaders Zenit after 11 matches. With Plzen looking like the potential whipping boys of the group, Roma’s matches against CSKA look vital. Despite their recent struggles, Real Madrid are still the group favorite, which means Roma and CSKA will likely battle it out for the right to move on to the knockout round. The two teams will square off on consecutive match days, so it’ll be imperative that Roma come away with three points at home on Tuesday. | Competition | Matchday | Date | Home Team | Away Team | Attendance | Result |
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 | Group Stage | Tue Nov 25, 2014 |  | CSKA Moscow |  | AS Roma | 150 | 1:1 | | Group Stage | Wed Sep 17, 2014 | | AS Roma | | CSKA Moscow | 40.888 | 5:1 |  | First Round | Tue Oct 1, 1991 |  | AS Roma | | CSKA Moscow | 45.086 | 0:1 | | First Round | Wed Sep 18, 1991 | | CSKA Moscow | | AS Roma | 40.000 | 1:2 |
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