It's time for episode two of the Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Roma Semi-finals battle

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 18.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

The first leg ended Roma-Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0. All is set for the decider in this Europa League Semi-finals fixture!

These teams have little in common geographically as Roma have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

Last season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen's Europa League journey ended in the round of 16 against Atalanta.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played 16 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.

The Leverkusen manager Olano and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Stuttgart. Midfielder Demirbay was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.7 (out of ten) in that game. Demirbay hit four key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Roma in the Europa League. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bayer 04 Leverkusen handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Borussia M'gladbach are coming to town in three days.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 33 times. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Roma form and stats

Playing away, Roma have won 7 games, drawn 6 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie A this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 7W-2D-4L. This is both home and away.

Roma aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 246 league minutes without a goal. Insúa was the last player to find the net.

Roma are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Bologna. Ibañez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.35. The defender Ibañez hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

Before that one, the win at home hosting Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Europa League (1-0). Roma are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Roma are hosting Salernitana in the Serie A only four days away.

Roma have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 21 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Roma have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head game ended Roma - Leverkusen 1-0, played this season. Last three meetings involving these participants: Bayer 04 Leverkusen won zero, Roma triumphed in two and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

RomaP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
11 goals
LeverkusenM. Diaby
M. Diaby
9 goals
Bayer 04 LeverkusenJ. Frimpong
J. Frimpong
8 goals

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Roma missing players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Roma
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
14 7   Won W   2 11
5 1   Drew D   4 5
6 4   Lost L   6 9
45 22   Scored S   8 32
26 14   Conceded C   12 22
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 92%
80% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 64%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 32%
36% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 12%
28% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
56% 58%   BTTS BTTS   42% 36%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 48%
20% 8%   Failed to Score F T   42% 24%
 
4.6 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5
3.9 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.8
2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.3
1 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
13.9 14   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 13.3
5.3 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 4.4
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 29%
 
10.8 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 11
3.8 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 32 20 8 4 89 34 16 11 5 0 52 14 16 9 3 4 37 20 55 68
2 Borussia Dortmund 32 21 4 7 78 42 16 14 1 1 53 15 16 7 3 6 25 27 36 67
3 RB Leipzig 32 18 6 8 57 38 16 12 2 2 34 16 16 6 4 6 23 22 19 60
4 Union Berlin 32 17 8 7 48 34 16 10 6 0 29 11 16 7 2 7 19 23 14 59
5 Freiburg 32 16 8 8 48 42 16 9 4 3 26 13 16 7 4 5 22 29 6 56
6 Wolfsburg 32 13 10 9 56 44 16 6 7 3 33 23 16 7 3 6 23 21 12 49
7 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 32 14 7 11 55 44 16 8 2 6 33 21 16 6 5 5 22 23 11 49
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 12 10 10 54 49 16 8 5 3 33 17 16 4 5 7 21 32 5 46
9 Mainz 05 32 12 9 11 51 49 16 6 6 4 30 21 16 6 3 7 21 28 2 45
10 Köln 32 10 11 11 47 51 16 6 5 5 27 18 16 4 6 6 20 33 -4 41
11 Borussia M'gladbach 32 10 9 13 48 53 16 9 3 4 31 18 16 1 6 9 17 35 -5 39
12 Werder Bremen 32 10 5 17 50 62 16 5 1 10 25 27 16 5 4 7 25 35 -12 35
13 Augsburg 32 9 7 16 42 58 16 6 4 6 16 21 16 3 3 10 26 37 -16 34
14 Hoffenheim 32 9 5 18 43 54 16 6 2 8 24 27 16 3 3 10 19 27 -11 32
15 Bochum 32 9 4 19 36 71 16 7 2 7 25 32 16 2 2 12 11 39 -35 31
16 Schalke 04 32 7 9 16 31 65 16 5 4 7 21 34 16 2 5 9 10 31 -34 30
17 Stuttgart 32 6 11 15 40 55 16 5 5 6 22 21 16 1 6 9 18 34 -15 29
18 Hertha BSC 32 6 7 19 39 67 16 5 5 6 23 26 16 1 2 13 16 41 -28 25
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 35 26 5 4 70 25 17 12 3 2 35 14 18 14 2 2 35 11 45 83
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Inter 35 21 3 11 66 37 18 13 0 5 34 12 17 8 3 6 32 25 29 66
4 Lazio 35 19 8 8 54 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 17 9 4 4 25 12 26 65
5 Milan 35 17 10 8 55 41 17 11 4 2 33 18 18 6 6 6 22 23 14 61
6 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
7 Atalanta 35 17 7 11 56 42 17 8 3 6 30 23 18 9 4 5 26 19 14 58
8 Fiorentina 35 13 10 12 47 40 18 8 6 4 28 21 17 5 4 8 19 19 7 49
9 Monza 35 13 10 12 44 45 18 7 5 6 25 21 17 6 5 6 19 24 -1 49
10 Torino 35 13 10 12 37 39 17 5 6 6 14 17 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 49
11 Bologna 35 12 11 12 43 44 18 7 8 3 22 12 17 5 3 9 21 32 -1 47
12 Udinese 35 11 13 11 45 43 17 6 9 2 30 18 18 5 4 9 15 25 2 46
13 Sassuolo 35 12 8 15 43 54 17 8 4 5 22 18 18 4 4 10 21 36 -11 44
14 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
15 Empoli 34 9 11 14 31 44 17 7 4 6 18 20 17 2 7 8 13 24 -13 38
16 Lecce 35 7 11 17 30 43 17 3 7 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 32
17 Hellas Verona 35 7 9 19 28 52 18 6 2 10 19 31 17 1 7 9 9 21 -24 30
18 Spezia 35 6 12 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 17 2 4 11 12 30 -26 30
19 Cremonese 35 4 12 19 31 61 17 3 4 10 12 26 18 1 8 9 19 35 -30 24
20 Sampdoria 34 3 8 23 20 61 17 1 5 11 9 25 17 2 3 12 11 36 -41 17

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.