KAA Gent vs AS Roma
Gent still has a huge chance to qualify for the last 16 of UEL. Requirement, they must be able to pursue a goal deficit from AS Roma when appearing in the second leg. This time they acted as hosts to stage the match at the Ghelamco Arena.
Gent only lost through Carles Perez’s only goal (13 ‘) when he appeared in the first game a week ago. In fact, they actually perform better with 3 shots on target versus 5. In other words, they should be able to achieve better results in tomorrow’s match.
Regarding that, they are quite confident because they keep unbeaten records in Ghelamco since the new year. Finally, they successfully frustrated St Truiden 4-1 on Monday (2/24) to claim 3 wins and 1 draw with a 12-4 aggregate.
Meanwhile, AS Roma also won 4-0 over Lecce on the same day, but have always lost the last three away matches against Juventus (3-1), Sassuolo (4-2) and Atalanta (2-1). It is this poor record that predicts they will have difficulty in tomorrow’s match, even though the first visit to Ghelamco won with a landslide score, 1-7, at the same event in 2009.
Such a long pause certainly makes I Giallorossi have to adapt again, especially this time it will not be strengthened by four players, namely Nicolo Zaniolo, Antonio Mirante, Davide Zappacosta, and Amadou Diawara who are all injured, while Gent only has one absent player, namely Roman Yaremchuk, with same cause.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5 goals
Odds: 1.68