AS Roma hosts Gent in the first leg of the Europa League 1/16 finals. The match will be played on Thursday, February 20th at Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
In the 1/16 finals of the second European tournament in order of importance, Italian Roma will fight with Belgian Gent. Roma got in the 1/16 finals from the second place of Group J, having lagged behind Turkish Basaksehir. Except for the Turks, Roma played against German Borussia Monchengladbach and Austrian Wolfsberger. Roma earned nine points in six matches of the group stage, scored 12 goals and conceded six. As for the Italian championship, Roma is on the fifth line. The team had serious problems in defense in the last matches. Roma lost in three of them, having conceded nine goals.
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Belgian Gent advanced to the 1/16 finals of the Europa League from the first place of Group I, having outranked such teams as German Wolfsburg, French Saint-Etienne, and Ukrainian Oleksandriya. Gent gained three wins ended three matches in a draw, while the goal difference was 11-7. As for the Belgian championship, Gent is second in the standings, and I would like to note the game of this team in attack. It scored 54 goals in 26 games, which is even more than that of the leader, Brugge.
I will not guess who will win this match. I propose to bet on “Both teams to score – yes”. Such my choice is based on the statistics of the games in the group stage, where most of their matches recorded such a result, as well as on the statistics of the last games in their local championships. In the last 10 matches of Roma, the bet on “Both to score – yes” won eight times, and Gent played with such an outcome in six out of the last 10 matches. I think that the upcoming meeting will turn out to be productive, with goals scored by both teams. Roma will most likely win, as the bookmakers believe, but problems in Roma’s defense and Gent’s excellent attack speak in favor of the goal scored by the visitors.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
