It's Europa League time and the hopeful contenders are Manchester United and Roma

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 29.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

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

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 Manchester United and Roma.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Roma, who are travelling more than 2100 kilometers to play this game.

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Manchester United form and stats

United was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Europa League.

When playing at home in the Premier League, Manchester United have managed 9 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Manchester United has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. United haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Sheffield United, 91 days ago. After failing to beat Everton here at Old Trafford, United has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Burnley in a game that was won 3-1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for United, as the Premier League home game vs Liverpool is only three days away.

The United manager O. Solskjær has got the team scoring with 34 from 16 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Manchester United have conceded 21 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Roma form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals.

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Roma have produced an overall stat of 5-3-8 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Roma seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Atalanta in the Serie A.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Roma manager P. Rodrigues Fonseca as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sampdoria.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Roma have scored 23 goals in 16 league games away. Roma have conceded 33 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Manchester United-Roma H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: United four wins, Roma one win, one draw. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
16 goals
UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
10 goals
RomaJ. Veretout
J. Veretout
10 goals

Manchester United missing players

Roma missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester United Roma
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
14 8   Won W   5 13
9 3   Drew D   2 5
2 1   Lost L   5 7
45 29   Scored S   16 40
17 11   Conceded C   19 32
76% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
64% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 84%
44% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 60%
32% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 32%
12% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
44% 58%   BTTS BTTS   58% 56%
56% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 28%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   33% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.6
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.1 14.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 13
5.4 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.8
34% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%

  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 24 5 4 69 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 16 12 3 1 32 9 45 77
2 Manchester United 32 19 9 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 10 6 0 30 14 29 66
3 Leicester City 32 18 5 9 58 37 16 8 1 7 28 21 16 10 4 2 30 16 21 59
4 Chelsea 33 16 10 7 51 31 16 7 6 3 27 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 20 58
5 West Ham United 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 7 3 6 24 22 10 55
6 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
7 Tottenham Hotspur 33 15 8 10 56 38 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 18 53
8 Everton 32 15 7 10 44 40 16 5 4 7 22 25 16 10 3 3 22 15 4 52
9 Arsenal 33 13 7 13 44 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 46
10 Leeds United 32 14 4 14 50 50 16 6 4 6 22 19 16 8 0 8 28 31 0 46
11 Aston Villa 31 13 5 13 44 35 15 6 2 7 24 21 16 7 3 6 20 14 9 44
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 8 14 32 45 17 6 4 7 18 22 16 5 4 7 14 23 -13 41
13 Crystal Palace 31 10 8 13 33 52 16 5 5 6 16 25 15 5 3 7 17 27 -19 38
14 Burnley 33 9 9 15 30 45 16 4 6 6 13 18 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 36
15 Southampton 32 10 6 16 40 58 15 6 2 7 21 20 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 36
16 Newcastle United 33 9 9 15 36 54 16 5 5 6 22 27 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 36
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 7 13 13 33 39 16 2 8 6 16 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -6 34
18 Fulham 33 5 12 16 25 43 17 2 4 11 9 24 16 3 8 5 16 19 -18 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 32 5 9 18 28 62 16 3 5 8 12 33 16 2 4 10 16 29 -34 24
20 Sheffield United 33 5 2 26 18 56 17 4 1 12 11 25 16 1 1 14 7 31 -38 17
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
3 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
4 Atalanta 32 19 8 5 73 39 16 10 3 3 42 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 34 65
5 Napoli 32 20 3 9 71 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 16 9 1 6 28 20 34 63
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 32 10 8 14 44 48 16 7 4 5 29 24 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 31 6 13 12 46 54 15 2 8 5 23 26 16 4 5 7 23 28 -8 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

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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 Inter 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
3 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
4 Atalanta 32 19 8 5 73 39 16 10 3 3 42 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 34 65
5 Napoli 32 20 3 9 71 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 16 9 1 6 28 20 34 63
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 32 10 8 14 44 48 16 7 4 5 29 24 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 31 6 13 12 46 54 15 2 8 5 23 26 16 4 5 7 23 28 -8 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

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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.