It's time for episode two of the Roma - Vitesse 8th Finals battle

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 17.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League 8th Finals between Roma and Vitesse. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

Vitesse have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Roma and Vitesse.

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Roma form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Roma have managed 8 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.

The Roma manager Mourinho and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Udinese.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Roma home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Roma as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Lazio are visiting.

Roma are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Roma are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Olimpico in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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Vitesse form and stats

Playing away, Vitesse have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Vitesse: 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.

Vitesse are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Heracles. Wittek got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Wittek hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A new game in only three days for Vitesse, the Eredivisie home match versus RKC Waalwijk. Busy days.

Vitesse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Vitesse have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Roma and Vitesse have faced each other earlier this season: Vitesse - Roma 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

RomaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
13 goals
VitesseL. Openda
L. Openda
11 goals
RomaL. Pellegrini
L. Pellegrini
7 goals

Roma missing players

Vitesse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Roma Vitesse
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
12 6   Won W   3 11
6 4   Drew D   4 5
7 3   Lost L   5 9
42 21   Scored S   18 38
32 15   Conceded C   23 39
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
72% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 80%
52% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 64%
44% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 36%
20% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 24%
52% 46%   BTTS BTTS   58% 56%
36% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 24%
16% 15%   Failed to Score F T   33% 28%
 
5.8 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.2
3.7 3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.3
2.9 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
6 3   Red cards R C   4 5
 
15.5 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   14.3 15.1
5.5 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.3
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%
 
10.8 9.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 11
4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 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 Milan 29 19 6 4 55 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 14 10 3 1 32 17 26 63
2 Napoli 29 18 6 5 51 21 14 8 2 4 23 10 15 10 4 1 28 11 30 60
3 Inter 28 17 8 3 61 23 14 10 2 2 35 12 14 7 6 1 26 11 38 59
4 Juventus 29 16 8 5 45 26 14 8 3 3 18 9 15 8 5 2 27 17 19 56
5 Lazio 29 14 7 8 58 42 14 8 4 2 33 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 16 49
6 Atalanta 28 13 9 6 50 31 14 4 6 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 48
7 Roma 29 14 6 9 47 35 15 8 4 3 20 14 14 6 2 6 27 21 12 48
8 Fiorentina 28 14 4 10 47 37 14 9 2 3 32 16 14 5 2 7 15 21 10 46
9 Hellas Verona 29 11 8 10 54 46 15 8 2 5 31 20 14 3 6 5 23 26 8 41
10 Sassuolo 29 10 10 9 51 48 14 4 5 5 19 22 15 6 5 4 32 26 3 40
11 Torino 28 9 8 11 34 29 15 7 4 4 27 16 13 2 4 7 7 13 5 35
12 Bologna 28 9 6 13 32 43 14 6 3 5 18 17 14 3 3 8 14 26 -11 33
13 Empoli 29 8 8 13 40 54 14 3 2 9 22 37 15 5 6 4 18 17 -14 32
14 Udinese 27 6 12 9 35 44 14 4 7 3 19 21 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 30
15 Spezia 29 8 5 16 30 50 14 4 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 15 33 -20 29
16 Sampdoria 29 7 5 17 37 51 15 4 3 8 23 28 14 3 2 9 14 23 -14 26
17 Cagliari 29 5 10 14 28 53 14 2 6 6 16 25 15 3 4 8 12 28 -25 25
18 Venezia 28 5 7 16 25 52 14 2 4 8 15 28 14 3 3 8 10 24 -27 22
19 Genoa 29 1 16 12 22 47 14 0 8 6 9 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -25 19
20 Salernitana 27 3 7 17 22 63 14 1 5 8 12 31 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 16
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 26 20 3 3 77 11 13 10 1 2 49 5 13 10 2 1 28 6 66 63
2 PSV 26 20 1 5 63 31 13 10 0 3 35 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 32 61
3 Feyenoord 26 17 4 5 59 24 13 9 2 2 32 12 13 8 2 3 27 12 35 55
4 AZ 26 16 3 7 50 30 13 9 2 2 28 13 13 7 1 5 22 17 20 51
5 FC Twente 26 15 6 5 40 30 12 7 4 1 18 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 10 51
6 Vitesse 25 12 5 8 32 38 12 5 2 5 15 22 13 7 3 3 17 16 -6 41
7 FC Utrecht 26 11 7 8 43 33 13 7 4 2 27 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 10 40
8 FC Groningen 26 8 9 9 32 36 13 4 6 3 14 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 -4 33
9 SC Cambuur 26 10 3 13 43 55 13 5 1 7 25 29 13 5 2 6 18 26 -12 33
10 NEC 26 8 7 11 33 43 12 2 4 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 31
11 Heracles 26 7 6 13 27 35 14 7 4 3 19 13 12 0 2 10 8 22 -8 27
12 SC Heerenveen 26 7 6 13 22 36 13 3 2 8 12 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -14 27
13 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 6 13 27 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -16 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 26 5 9 12 28 42 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 1 7 5 17 21 -14 24
15 Willem II 26 6 4 16 21 44 13 4 2 7 10 18 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 22
16 Fortuna Sittard 25 6 4 15 26 53 12 4 2 6 14 24 13 2 2 9 12 29 -27 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 24 4 8 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 10 1 3 6 7 18 -18 20
18 PEC Zwolle 26 5 5 16 20 41 13 2 4 7 9 15 13 3 1 9 11 26 -21 20

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 Ajax 26 20 3 3 77 11 13 10 1 2 49 5 13 10 2 1 28 6 66 63
2 PSV 26 20 1 5 63 31 13 10 0 3 35 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 32 61
3 Feyenoord 26 17 4 5 59 24 13 9 2 2 32 12 13 8 2 3 27 12 35 55
4 AZ 26 16 3 7 50 30 13 9 2 2 28 13 13 7 1 5 22 17 20 51
5 FC Twente 26 15 6 5 40 30 12 7 4 1 18 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 10 51
6 Vitesse 25 12 5 8 32 38 12 5 2 5 15 22 13 7 3 3 17 16 -6 41
7 FC Utrecht 26 11 7 8 43 33 13 7 4 2 27 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 10 40
8 FC Groningen 26 8 9 9 32 36 13 4 6 3 14 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 -4 33
9 SC Cambuur 26 10 3 13 43 55 13 5 1 7 25 29 13 5 2 6 18 26 -12 33
10 NEC 26 8 7 11 33 43 12 2 4 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 31
11 Heracles 26 7 6 13 27 35 14 7 4 3 19 13 12 0 2 10 8 22 -8 27
12 SC Heerenveen 26 7 6 13 22 36 13 3 2 8 12 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -14 27
13 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 6 13 27 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -16 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 26 5 9 12 28 42 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 1 7 5 17 21 -14 24
15 Willem II 26 6 4 16 21 44 13 4 2 7 10 18 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 22
16 Fortuna Sittard 25 6 4 15 26 53 12 4 2 6 14 24 13 2 2 9 12 29 -27 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 24 4 8 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 10 1 3 6 7 18 -18 20
18 PEC Zwolle 26 5 5 16 20 41 13 2 4 7 9 15 13 3 1 9 11 26 -21 20

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