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AS Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Betting tips
AS Roma and Bayer Leverkusen face each other on Thursday evening from 20:00, in the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals. The two teams will face each other for the 5th time in history, but for the first time in the Europa League. The previous four confrontations took place in the UEFA Champions League, each time in groups, and the statistics show one victory each for AS Roma and Bayer Leverkusen, and the other two games ended in a draw. The most spectacular match was the draw in 2015, which ended with a score of 4-4, a match that was played in Germany, and another statistical detail is the fact that both teams scored in all four matches.
AS Roma:
AS Roma have four consecutive matches since they have not won, the period in which they recorded two draws and two defeats, all in Serie A, where they dropped to the 7th place in the ranking with 58 points, the same as Atalanta and the qualification in the cups European is put in danger at this moment. The team coached by Jose Mourinho comes after the defeat with Inter, score 0-2 at home. In the quarterfinals of the Europa League, AS Roma passed Feyernoord, the team against which they contested the Europa Conference League final last season. Jose Mourinho has the chance to win a new European trophy with AS Roma, and if he succeeds in this, he will also qualify for the UEFA Champions League groups next season.
Bayer Leverkusen:
On the other side, Bayer Leverkusen is coming after a home defeat, 1-2 against FC Koln. With three rounds before the end of the Bundesliga season, Leverkusen is in 6th place in the standings with 48 points, a place that at this moment ensures qualification for the Europa Conference League next season. Returning to the Europa League, Leverkusen advanced to the quarter-finals of Royale Union SG from Belgium after 1-1 in the home round and 4-1 away in the return leg. In 1988, Leverkusen managed to win the UEFA Cup, the current Europa League after a double-leg final against Espanyol, in the first leg Espanyol won 3-0 at home and in the return leg Leverkusen won with the same score, and the winner of the trophy it was decided on kicks from 11m.
AS Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen head to head matches
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: 1.90
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