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Bettingexpert, Daniele Fisichella, is on hand to deliver a Feyenoord vs AS Roma prediction, team news, lineups and fixtures preview with the Europa League readying itself to kick back off again.
Our Feyenoord vs Roma prediction is for it to be a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes.
Feyenoord vs Roma Prediction, Team News, Standings and Lineups Preview
In this article:
- Feyenoord vs Roma Team News and Possible Lineups
- Feyenoord vs Roma OPTA Stats
- Feyenoord Fixtures
- AS Roma Fixtures
- Safer Gambling
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Feyenoord vs Roma Prediction: De Rossi is going in the right direction
Europa League, Play-offs 1st Leg, Thursday, February 15th, 17:45 (UK)
Roma played with great intensity and courage against Serie A leaders Inter and took a deserved lead after 45 minutes. It was nothing like the recent performances under Josè Mourinho, with the Giallorossi pressing high and creating more than a problem for Italy’s best defence. Credit to Daniele De Rossi for sticking to his principles; unfortunately for the new manager, as soon as the rhythm dropped, Inter’s superior quality emerged, and Roma’s two star players, Paulo Dybala and Romelu Lukaku, had a night to forget.
The team’s balance might need some fine-tuning, but the direction of travel is the right one: with De Rossi in charge, Roma have scored ten times in four league games, whereas in the last four matches (excluding the 2-1 win against Serie B side Cremonese in Coppa Italia) of Mou’s reign they only scored twice.
Patchy on the road
Now Roma are called to show the same brand of football in Europe where their away form has been very patchy: they’ve only won one (against Sheriff Tiraspol) of their last eight games. Last year’s Europa League finalist built their success on very cagey away performances. All their four away knockout games produced less than 1.5 goals.
Roma finished second in a relatively easy group, and their attacking numbers have been poor: only five players have scored (Andrea Bellotti, who netted three times, has moved to Fiorentina), as the Giallorossi are 29th for number of attacks and 17th for shots on target (27) in the competition.
The Dutch side are unbeaten in nine matches, but threw away the Champions League qualification by losing the last three games. Perhaps they lacked experience in the big matches but showed they can certainly score: in fact, they’ve found the net in five out of six European games with seven different players.
They’re firmly second in the Dutch league, unbeaten in the last seven at the De Kuip, where they’ve also kept four consecutive clean sheets.
- Feyenoord vs Roma Prediction: Double Chance: Roma Or Draw (TRACKED BET)
- Best Odds: 1.80
- Bookmaker: bet365
- Stakes: 10/10
Feyenoord vs Roma Prediction odds via bet365 as at 06:00, February 12th, 2024. Odds may now differ.
Feyenoord vs Roma Team News and Possible Lineups: Biljow’s presence is a miss
Chris Smalling, Tammy Abraham, and Evan Ndicka, who played 90 minutes for Ivory Coast in their AFCON final win at the weekend, will likely all miss out for AS Roma’s trip to the Netherlands. Sardar Azmoun returns from the Asian Cup, and is line for a start on Thursday.
Justin Bijlow, Feyenoord’s first choice in net, will not be available throughout the month of February as he continues injury rehabilitation.
Feyenoord possible starting lineup:
Bijlow; Geertruida, Trauner, Hancko, Hartman; Wieffer, Timber, Zerrouki; Stengs, Gimenez, Paixao
Roma possible starting lineup:
Rui Patricio; Karsdorp, Mancini, Llorente, Spinazzola; Bove, Paredes, Pellegrini; Lukaku, Azmoun, Zalewski
Match OPTA Stats: Roma not too comfortable on the road
- Feyenoord and Roma will face each other in a European knockout tie for the third time in three seasons, after Roma won the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League final against the Dutch outfit, before I Giallorossi overcame Feyenoord by a 4-2 aggregate scoreline at the quarter-final stage of last season’s UEFA Europa League (W1 L1).
- Prior to winning the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League trophy against Feyenoord in 2021/22, Roma had only twice previously faced Feyenoord in European competition, with the Italians earning victory in a UEFA Europa League last-32 tie by an aggregate scoreline of 3-2 in 2014/15 (W1, D1).
- Including last season’s unsuccessful UEFA Europa League final on neutral ground, Roma have won just one of their last eight games on the road in European competition (D4, L3), with that sole victory coming on MD1 of this season’s UEFA Europa League campaign against Sheriff Tiraspol (2-1).
- After losing their final three matches of this season’s UEFA Champions League, Feyenoord could lose four straight games in European competition for the first time since a seven-game losing streak that was split between the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League (L2) and the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League (L5).
Feyenoord Fixtures: The Romans in quick succession
- Vs Roma (H)
- Vs Waalwijk (H)
- Vs Roma (A)
- Vs Almere City (A)
- Vs Groningen (H)
Roma Fixtures: The three Fs
- Vs Feyenoord (A)
- Vs Frosinone (A)
- Vs Feyenoord (H)
- Vs Torino (H)
- Vs Monza (H)
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