AS Roma hosts Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of the Europa League 1/8 finals. The match will be played on Thursday, March 11th at Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
Roma is a solid team that every season sets itself a task of getting into the top four of Serie A and playing in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Truth be told, now the Romans play in the Europa League and gain points only in matches against the middle peasants of the Italian championship. Despite two misfires in the Europa League, the Wolves advanced to the knockout rounds. In the 1/16 finals, they eliminated Portuguese Braga, scoring five goals in total.
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Shakhtar is a regular participant in European Cups. The team from Donetsk performed well in the group stage of the Champions League but failed to achieve the desired result at the decisive moment. As a result, the team migrated from the Champions League to the Europa League. Here Luis Castro's men defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv twice in the 1/16 finals (0-2 away and 1-0 at home). However, if Roma won two consecutive matches in its league, then the Miners had not so rosy news. The Orange-and-Blacks sensationally left the Ukrainian Cup, losing to the representative of the First League Ahrobiznes in extra time. Beyond that, Shakhtar lost to Zorya in the championship. Some media resources and analysts began to talk about the fact that the club should already be thinking about changing the coaching staff.
The teams have regularly met in the Champions League. Now we will see the battle in the Europa League. As a rule, head-to-head confrontations turned out to be scoring, and the average total was 2.83 goals for two teams. We expect a spectacular game this time too. Roma has such strong attacking players as Dzeko, Mkhitaryan, Mayoral, Pedro, and El-Shaarawi. All of Europe knows about Shakhtar's Brazilian vector. Due to their technical footballers, the Miners score a lot in all competitions. The visitors understand the importance of away goals in a two-legged confrontation, so they will be disturbing the opponents’ goalkeeper to ensure a comfortable result before the return leg. On the other hand, the defense of the Ukrainians cannot be called reliable. All these factors should lead to an abundance of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
