Overview
- Roma’s recent setup features Pellegrini and Soulé sharing the trequartista roles, with both directly involved in each other’s goals in Glasgow.
- Paulo Dybala remains sidelined with a muscular lesion and is expected back around December, keeping the attack in the hands of Soulé, Pellegrini and Dovbyk against Udinese.
- Soulé has scored three of his four league goals this season without Dybala on the pitch, with higher shot and assist numbers in those games, according to Gazzetta’s analysis.
- Through the first quarter of the season Soulé is one of Roma’s top contributors with 4 goals and 2 assists, and he has nine goals overall for the club.
- Gasperini rejects the idea that Soulé is limited next to Dybala, praising Dybala as a key technical reference as some analysts note positional effects from both being left‑footed.