Roma vs Leicester. Will Wolves continue their unbeaten home streak in European competition?
On Thursday, May 5, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Roma will face Leicester.
Wolves went on a 12-match unbeaten streak in the Italian league, which ended at the San Siro on April 23 with a 1-3 loss to Inter. After that, last Sunday, without half of the main players, Roma shared the points with Bologna (0-0), failing to score for the first time in almost three months. In the standings, Roma is in 5th place, for which they will fight until the end of the season with Lazio, Fiorentina and Atalanta.
In the playoffs of the Conference League, the "wolves" got from first place in group "C", scoring 13 points. In the 1/8 finals, Vitesse (1-0 and 1-1) went through not without problems, having recovered in the 90th minute in the home game, and in the 1/4 finals they lost to Boude-Glimt away (1-2), but took confident revenge at home (4-0) thanks to Zaniolo's hat-trick.
Leicester
In the Premier League, the Foxes have won only one of the last six matches. There is no motivation for the remaining rounds, since they will not go anywhere from the middle of the standings, now occupying 11th place. At the weekend, Rodgers' team lost without a chance to Tottenham (1-3), scoring a prestige goal already in stoppage time.
In European competition, Leicester started from the Europa League, where they finished 3rd in Group C, two points behind Spartak and Napoli. In the Conference League, at first he easily dealt with the Randers (3-1 and 4-1), and then went through such strong teams as Rennes (2-0 and 1-2) and PSV (0-0 and 2-1).
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Roma vs Leicester
RomaWolves went on a 12-match unbeaten streak in the Italian league, which ended at the San Siro on April 23 with a 1-3 loss to Inter. After that, last Sunday, without half of the main players, Roma shared the points with Bologna (0-0), failing to score for the first time in almost three months. In the standings, Roma is in 5th place, for which they will fight until the end of the season with Lazio, Fiorentina and Atalanta.
In the playoffs of the Conference League, the "wolves" got from first place in group "C", scoring 13 points. In the 1/8 finals, Vitesse (1-0 and 1-1) went through not without problems, having recovered in the 90th minute in the home game, and in the 1/4 finals they lost to Boude-Glimt away (1-2), but took confident revenge at home (4-0) thanks to Zaniolo's hat-trick.
Leicester
In the Premier League, the Foxes have won only one of the last six matches. There is no motivation for the remaining rounds, since they will not go anywhere from the middle of the standings, now occupying 11th place. At the weekend, Rodgers' team lost without a chance to Tottenham (1-3), scoring a prestige goal already in stoppage time.
In European competition, Leicester started from the Europa League, where they finished 3rd in Group C, two points behind Spartak and Napoli. In the Conference League, at first he easily dealt with the Randers (3-1 and 4-1), and then went through such strong teams as Rennes (2-0 and 1-2) and PSV (0-0 and 2-1).
Roma vs Leicester facts
- Roma can't win 4 matches in a row.
- Wolves have not lost 10 games in a row in their home arena;
- In European competition, Roma have an unbeaten home streak of 17 matches;
- Leicester's unbeaten streak is 5 matches;
- Over the past 7 months, the Foxes have conceded every away game except one against Burnley (2-0) in the Premier League;
- In the last five away meetings with the participation of Leicester in European competition, the bet "total over (2.5)" played;
- The Foxes have scored in all but three of their away matches this season (losing 0-2 to Arsenal and Liverpool and 0-1 to Legia).
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