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AS Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Betting tips
Stadio Olimpico will host the match between AS Roma and Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday evening from 20:00, the match that is part of the first leg of the Europa League semifinals. It will be a repeat of last year’s double semi-final in the same competition, when AS Roma qualified for the final after a 1-0 home leg win, the only goal being scored by young midfielder Edoardo Bove, while the second leg was over tied, score 0-0. Since 2004 when the first confrontation took place and until now there have been six direct confrontations, recording three draws, two AS Roma victories and one Leverksusen victory. The winning team from these two matches will play in the Europa League final with the winner between Marseille and Atalanta.
AS Roma:
AS Roma has the chance of a second consecutive Europa League final or a third consecutive European final, after in the last two years, AS Roma won the first edition of the Europa Conference League and last season was defeated in the Europa League final by Sevilla . Returning to the current season, AS Roma eliminated rival AC Milan in the quarter-finals after a perfect double leg, managing to win both matches, 1-0 in the away round and 2-1 at home in the return leg. At this moment, AS Roma is fighting on two fronts with the goal of the 5th place in Serie A, which would qualify them directly for the UEFA Champions League groups, as well as the Europa League trophy. In the most recent match, AS Roma ended in a tie, score 2-2 away from Napoli and lost two important points. In the next match, AS Roma will face Juventus at home.
Bayer Leverkusen:
On the other hand, Bayer Leverkusen is the team of the moment in Europe and maybe even in the whole world, although they are not playing in the UEFA Champions League. What Xabi Alonso managed to do with this team is indescribable. At this moment, Bayer Leverkusen has collected 46 consecutive matches without defeat this season, a record that will not be surpassed soon, playing in three different competitions, Europa League, Bundesliga and DFB Pokal. Leverkusen managed to win the Bundesliga title for the first time in history, 120 years after the founding of the team, in the 31 stages played so far with 25 wins and six draws. Leverkusen is also qualified for the DFB Pokal final where they will face Kaiserslautern, the 2nd league team. The objective for this end of the season for Leverkusen is to win the triple, Championship-cup-Europa League and remain undefeated. Leverkusen would still have seven games to play if it qualifies for the Europa League final and could raise the record to 53 consecutive games without defeat. In the quarter-finals of the Europa League, Leverkusen eliminated West Ham, after a 2-0 win at home and a 1-1 away draw. In the previous match, Leverkusen managed a new spectacular comeback, managing to come back from 0-2 for Stuttgart and finish the match with a draw, score 2-2. In the next match, Leverkusen will play away to Eintracht Frankfurt.
AS Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen head to head matches
18.05.23 EL Bayer Leverkusen vs AS Roma 0:0
11.05.23 EL AS Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen 1:0
04.11.15 CL AS Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen 3:2
20.10.15 CL Bayer Leverkusen vs AS Roma 4:4
03.11.04 CL AS Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen 1:1
19.10.04 CL Bayer Leverkusen vs AS Roma 3:1
* Our advice is: BTS / YES
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.77
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