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Europe UEFA Europe League Last 16, First-Leg matches, 12 March
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Sevilla vs Roma Preview:
Possible starting lineups:
Sevilla:
Bounou, Navas, Carlos, Kounde, Reguilon, Oliver Torres, Gudelj, Jordan, Ocampos, Jong, Suso
Roma:
Pau Lopez, Spinazzola, Smalling, Fazio, Kolarov, Mancini, Cristante, Kluivert, Mkhitaryan, Perez, Dzeko
Sevilla will host Roma at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in what is considered as derby match in Round of 16 of UEFA Europe League. The match is going to be played without fans, like Champions League clash between Valencia and Atalanta. This is a very important fact because Sevilla fans are always like a 12th player on the pitch. The Spanish outfit are favorites and it is understandable - they won the competition five times in the last 15 years. The club from Andalusia have lifted the trophy in 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Together with Real Madrid, they are the only teams to have retained their title. Nevertheless, Sevilla had lot of problems to secure the Round of 16. The result against the Romanian side CFR Cluj was 1:1 on aggregate, while the Spanish side went through thanks to away-goal rule. It is also important to be mentioned that VAR have saved Sevilla in the 90th minute at their stadium. The domestic form is good, they have two victories and one draw on the last three matches in La Liga. Sevilla managed to beat Getafe and Osasuna, while shared the points with Atletico Madrid at Wanda. Coach Julen Lopetegui has most of the players ready, only Fernando is out injured. The former Manchester City player is not expected to return until May.
Roma should take Europa League very seriously as they will hardly secure the Champions League through Serie A. That is why this match is extremely important. The Italians managed to eliminate Gent in the previous round. The first leg ended 1:0 at the Olimpico thanks to a Carles Perez strike. Roma traveled to Belgium without many players (Lorenzo Pellegrini, Javier Pastore, Amadou Diawara, Mert Cetin, Davide Zappacosta and Diego Perotti), but remain unbeaten thanks to Justin Kluivert's goal. The Giallorossi have also improved the domestic form lately. They have two victories in the last two rounds. The strikers were excellent, scoring eight goals on the mentioned two matches. Roma beat Lecce with 4:0 at home and beat Cagliari with 4:3 on road. Cengiz Under, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov were the scorers against Lecce, while a brace from Nikola Kalinic followed by Kluivert and Mkhitaryan goals secured the victory at Sardinia. I am sure the atmosphere in the squad is better now, while the players confidence is higher. Nevertheless, coach Fonseca still has lot of issues. Diego Perotti, Nicolo Zaniolo, Davide Zappacosta and Lorenzo Pellegrini are sidelined through injuries, while Amadou Diawara is rated as doubtful. Jordan Veretout is out suspended due to accumulated yellow cards.
Sevilla vs Roma Prediction:
Sevilla had won 18 successive UEFA Europa League games at home against non-Spanish opposition, before drawing 2:2 against Slavia Prague last season. The Andalusians returned to the victories this season, winning all three Group A home games. Even more, the Spanish outfit have kept clean sheet on all four home matches in this competition. The overall record is 10 clean sheets in their last 12 home games in the Europe League. Roma are far from their best form and coach Fonseca has lot of missing players. I think they will lose at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Sevilla vs Roma Pick: Home win @ 2.16 with 1xBet
Possible starting lineups:
Sevilla:
Bounou, Navas, Carlos, Kounde, Reguilon, Oliver Torres, Gudelj, Jordan, Ocampos, Jong, Suso
Roma:
Pau Lopez, Spinazzola, Smalling, Fazio, Kolarov, Mancini, Cristante, Kluivert, Mkhitaryan, Perez, Dzeko
Sevilla will host Roma at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in what is considered as derby match in Round of 16 of UEFA Europe League. The match is going to be played without fans, like Champions League clash between Valencia and Atalanta. This is a very important fact because Sevilla fans are always like a 12th player on the pitch. The Spanish outfit are favorites and it is understandable - they won the competition five times in the last 15 years. The club from Andalusia have lifted the trophy in 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Together with Real Madrid, they are the only teams to have retained their title. Nevertheless, Sevilla had lot of problems to secure the Round of 16. The result against the Romanian side CFR Cluj was 1:1 on aggregate, while the Spanish side went through thanks to away-goal rule. It is also important to be mentioned that VAR have saved Sevilla in the 90th minute at their stadium. The domestic form is good, they have two victories and one draw on the last three matches in La Liga. Sevilla managed to beat Getafe and Osasuna, while shared the points with Atletico Madrid at Wanda. Coach Julen Lopetegui has most of the players ready, only Fernando is out injured. The former Manchester City player is not expected to return until May.
Roma should take Europa League very seriously as they will hardly secure the Champions League through Serie A. That is why this match is extremely important. The Italians managed to eliminate Gent in the previous round. The first leg ended 1:0 at the Olimpico thanks to a Carles Perez strike. Roma traveled to Belgium without many players (Lorenzo Pellegrini, Javier Pastore, Amadou Diawara, Mert Cetin, Davide Zappacosta and Diego Perotti), but remain unbeaten thanks to Justin Kluivert's goal. The Giallorossi have also improved the domestic form lately. They have two victories in the last two rounds. The strikers were excellent, scoring eight goals on the mentioned two matches. Roma beat Lecce with 4:0 at home and beat Cagliari with 4:3 on road. Cengiz Under, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov were the scorers against Lecce, while a brace from Nikola Kalinic followed by Kluivert and Mkhitaryan goals secured the victory at Sardinia. I am sure the atmosphere in the squad is better now, while the players confidence is higher. Nevertheless, coach Fonseca still has lot of issues. Diego Perotti, Nicolo Zaniolo, Davide Zappacosta and Lorenzo Pellegrini are sidelined through injuries, while Amadou Diawara is rated as doubtful. Jordan Veretout is out suspended due to accumulated yellow cards.
Sevilla vs Roma Prediction:
Sevilla had won 18 successive UEFA Europa League games at home against non-Spanish opposition, before drawing 2:2 against Slavia Prague last season. The Andalusians returned to the victories this season, winning all three Group A home games. Even more, the Spanish outfit have kept clean sheet on all four home matches in this competition. The overall record is 10 clean sheets in their last 12 home games in the Europe League. Roma are far from their best form and coach Fonseca has lot of missing players. I think they will lose at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Sevilla vs Roma Pick: Home win @ 2.16 with 1xBet
Game postponed