It's Europa Conference League time and the hopeful contenders are Leicester City and Roma

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 28.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as Leicester City host Roma. This is a Semi-finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!

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Leicester City form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Leicester City have managed 8 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. 4W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Leicester City.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Leicester City, who played 0-0 against Aston Villa. That match was also played at this venue (King Power Stadium). Defender Söyüncü got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Söyüncü won 6 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Everton that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Leicester City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Leicester as a small favourite), we find eight games. Leicester City has won three of these, drawn three and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leicester City as they are travelling to their away game against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.

Leicester have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Power Stadium with 26 goals in 16 league matches. Leicester City have conceded 20 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Roma form and stats

The visitors are W7-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Roma: 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Two away games in a row for Roma, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Inter. Mkhitaryan got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Mkhitaryan scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).

A 1-1 draw at Napoli's stadium before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bologna in just three days.

Roma has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 17 games. Roma have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

RomaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
15 goals
LeicesterJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
10 goals
Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
8 goals

Leicester City missing players

Roma missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leicester City Roma
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
10 7   Won W   6 13
7 4   Drew D   3 7
8 1   Lost L   4 5
40 21   Scored S   21 44
37 10   Conceded C   19 29
92% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 76%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 52%
32% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 40%
24% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 16%
68% 58%   BTTS BTTS   69% 60%
24% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 36%
16% 17%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
5.2 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.4
6.1 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 3.6
1.4 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.9
1 0   Red cards R C   4 7
 
11.6 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 13.8
3.7 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5.1
43% 57%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%
 
14.8 13.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 10.6
4.6 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 33 25 5 3 80 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 16 12 3 1 30 8 59 80
2 Liverpool 33 24 7 2 85 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 63 79
3 Chelsea 32 19 8 5 67 27 16 8 5 3 32 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 40 65
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 34 15 9 10 53 51 17 9 4 4 28 21 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 54
7 West Ham United 34 15 7 12 52 44 17 9 4 4 30 22 17 6 3 8 22 22 8 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 15 4 14 33 29 16 7 2 7 18 16 17 8 2 7 15 13 4 49
9 Newcastle United 34 11 10 13 40 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 17 4 4 9 16 29 -15 43
10 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 9 14 11 31 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 41
12 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
13 Southampton 34 9 13 12 40 56 17 6 7 4 21 20 17 3 6 8 19 36 -16 40
14 Crystal Palace 33 8 14 11 43 41 17 5 8 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 38
15 Aston Villa 32 11 4 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -4 37
16 Leeds United 33 8 10 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 17 4 5 8 20 38 -30 34
17 Burnley 33 6 13 14 29 45 17 5 6 6 16 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -16 31
18 Everton 32 8 5 19 34 55 16 7 2 7 21 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -21 29
19 Watford 33 6 4 23 31 67 16 2 1 13 15 39 17 4 3 10 16 28 -36 22
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 22 69 17 3 3 11 12 34 16 2 3 11 10 35 -47 21
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 34 22 8 4 60 30 17 10 4 3 25 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 30 74
2 Inter 34 21 9 4 72 28 17 12 3 2 41 14 17 9 6 2 31 14 44 72
3 Napoli 34 20 7 7 61 30 17 9 3 5 28 15 17 11 4 2 33 15 31 67
4 Juventus 34 19 9 6 52 30 17 9 4 4 21 11 17 10 5 2 31 19 22 66
5 Roma 34 17 7 10 55 40 17 10 4 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 58
6 Lazio 34 16 8 10 66 50 17 9 5 3 37 22 17 7 3 7 29 28 16 56
7 Fiorentina 34 17 5 12 54 46 17 11 2 4 34 20 17 6 3 8 20 26 8 56
8 Atalanta 34 15 10 9 61 43 17 4 7 6 30 27 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 55
9 Hellas Verona 34 13 10 11 59 51 17 9 3 5 33 21 17 4 7 6 26 30 8 49
10 Sassuolo 34 12 10 12 59 55 17 6 5 6 26 26 17 6 5 6 33 29 4 46
11 Torino 34 11 11 12 42 36 17 8 5 4 29 17 17 3 6 8 13 19 6 44
12 Udinese 34 10 13 11 53 52 17 6 7 4 28 24 17 4 6 7 25 28 1 43
13 Bologna 34 11 9 14 39 48 18 8 4 6 24 21 16 3 5 8 15 27 -9 42
14 Empoli 34 9 10 15 45 62 17 4 4 9 26 40 17 5 6 6 19 22 -17 37
15 Spezia 34 9 6 19 34 59 16 5 3 8 17 20 18 4 3 11 17 39 -25 33
16 Sampdoria 34 8 6 20 41 57 17 4 3 10 24 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -16 30
17 Cagliari 34 6 10 18 31 62 17 3 6 8 18 28 17 3 4 10 13 34 -31 28
18 Genoa 34 3 16 15 25 54 17 2 8 7 12 23 17 1 8 8 13 31 -29 25
19 Salernitana 33 6 7 20 28 70 16 2 5 9 14 33 17 4 2 11 14 37 -42 25
20 Venezia 33 5 7 21 27 61 17 2 4 11 17 35 16 3 3 10 10 26 -34 22

Leicester City:
Roma:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 34 22 8 4 60 30 17 10 4 3 25 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 30 74
2 Inter 34 21 9 4 72 28 17 12 3 2 41 14 17 9 6 2 31 14 44 72
3 Napoli 34 20 7 7 61 30 17 9 3 5 28 15 17 11 4 2 33 15 31 67
4 Juventus 34 19 9 6 52 30 17 9 4 4 21 11 17 10 5 2 31 19 22 66
5 Roma 34 17 7 10 55 40 17 10 4 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 58
6 Lazio 34 16 8 10 66 50 17 9 5 3 37 22 17 7 3 7 29 28 16 56
7 Fiorentina 34 17 5 12 54 46 17 11 2 4 34 20 17 6 3 8 20 26 8 56
8 Atalanta 34 15 10 9 61 43 17 4 7 6 30 27 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 55
9 Hellas Verona 34 13 10 11 59 51 17 9 3 5 33 21 17 4 7 6 26 30 8 49
10 Sassuolo 34 12 10 12 59 55 17 6 5 6 26 26 17 6 5 6 33 29 4 46
11 Torino 34 11 11 12 42 36 17 8 5 4 29 17 17 3 6 8 13 19 6 44
12 Udinese 34 10 13 11 53 52 17 6 7 4 28 24 17 4 6 7 25 28 1 43
13 Bologna 34 11 9 14 39 48 18 8 4 6 24 21 16 3 5 8 15 27 -9 42
14 Empoli 34 9 10 15 45 62 17 4 4 9 26 40 17 5 6 6 19 22 -17 37
15 Spezia 34 9 6 19 34 59 16 5 3 8 17 20 18 4 3 11 17 39 -25 33
16 Sampdoria 34 8 6 20 41 57 17 4 3 10 24 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -16 30
17 Cagliari 34 6 10 18 31 62 17 3 6 8 18 28 17 3 4 10 13 34 -31 28
18 Genoa 34 3 16 15 25 54 17 2 8 7 12 23 17 1 8 8 13 31 -29 25
19 Salernitana 33 6 7 20 28 70 16 2 5 9 14 33 17 4 2 11 14 37 -42 25
20 Venezia 33 5 7 21 27 61 17 2 4 11 17 35 16 3 3 10 10 26 -34 22

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