Roma meet Feyenoord at Stadio Olimpico in the second leg of their knockout play-off in 2023-24 UEFA Europa League.
Having drawn 1-1 in the first leg, victory would see Roma or Feyenoord advance to the Round of 16 but a draw would send the tie to extra-time and potentially penalties.
Team News
Evan Ndicka could feature on the bench for Roma after he missed their last two matches for fitness reasons, following his return from Africa Cup of Nations.
Edoardo Bove is suspended after he was booked in the first leg which marked his third yellow card in this season’s competition.
Tammy Abraham (ACL) remains absent.
Feyenoord hav no fresh injury concrns to report as Justin Bijlow (calf), Thomas van den Belt (hip) and Gernot Trauner (hamstring) remain ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Roma host Feyenoord at Stadio Olimpico at 6:45pm CET on Thursday 15 February, live on TNT Sport 1 at 5:45pm GMT in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Roma are unbeaten in five of six previous meetings against Feyenoord in all UEFA competition (W3, D2, L1).
- Feyenoord are winless in two previous visits to Roma (D1, L1).
- Both teams have kept one clean sheet in their six previous meetings in all UEFA competitions.
- Roma have scored nine goals at home in this season’s Europa League without conceding (W3).
- Feyenoord are winless in their last nine away matches in all UEFA competitions (D3, L6).
Prediction
After snatching a draw from behind in a tense first leg, Roma now need to make their strong home form in this season’s competition count if they want to kick on and extend their European adventures, yet they need more quality in their end product than we saw in the away leg.
Feyenoord meanwhile must put their poor away record in UEFA competitions aside and treat this like a cup final, because they were marginally the better attacking team in the first leg despite launching less attacks than Roma.
Another tough scrap therefore feels the easy bet at present but I am going for a home win if Roma can step it up a notch, especially given Feyenoord’s struggles on the European road.
Prediction: Roma 2-1 (AET) Feyenoord
Result: Roma 1-1 (AET) Feyenoord (Tie level 2-2 on aggregate, Roma win 4-2 on penalties)