Roma coach Luis Enrique has criticised his side's performance in defeat at Siena and demanded a drastic improvement in Sunday's Serie A game against Parma.
Emanuele Calaio's second-half penalty condemned the Giallorossi to a 1-0 loss in Tuscany on Monday, and Luis Enrique was unimpressed by his team's display.
"We did not read the match properly," he said. "We were not ourselves and we never came to life.
"We should have played the match differently but we approached it the wrong way. We are a long way off the consistency we're looking for. We need to improve.
"Our performance at Siena was below par and I expect a response from my players on Sunday."
Roma have won just one of their last five league games and lie seventh in the standings, one point behind Inter Milan.
This weekend's opponents Parma followed their 2-1 triumph at Chievo with a goalless result draw Juventus in midweek.
Wednesday's outcome lifted the Gialloblu, who have two games in hand, to 12th in the table heading into the weekend.
Parma, coached by Roberto Donadoni, have lost just once in their last 10 league encounters.
"We are growing week by week," midfielder Gianluca Musacci said. "We are unbeaten in five games and we want to continue this good run.
"We seem to be playing more concentrated than before and we keep that focus from start to finish.
"Now we travel to Rome looking to give continuity to our results."
Parma will have to be at their best if they are to break Roma's unbeaten run at the Stadio Olimpico - the hosts have not lost at home since October 29.
Donadoni will have all of his players available with the exception of injured defender Gabriel Paletta, while the hosts will be without suspended defender Simon Kjaer.
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