There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League Quarter-finals meeting between Roma and Ajax. Game on!
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 Ajax.
These teams have little in common geographically as Ajax have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Roma form and stats
Roma participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Olimpico as Roma have scored 34 goals to get 36 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 11-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.
In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Ajax with a 2-1 scoreline.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Roma as they are travelling to their away game against Torino in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
The Roma manager P. Rodrigues Fonseca has got the team scoring with 34 from 16 home games in the league. On the other hand, Roma have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax was sent out of Europa League in the 16th finals last season.The strength of Ajax on their travels this season is incredible with 38 points collected from 15 Eredivisie away games. Ajax has 12-2-1 on the road, with 43 goals scored and 8 conceded. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 4W-0D-1L. This is both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Ajax who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 17 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against FC Twente. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FC Groningen game have they lost an away game, meaning Ajax has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.
The game before that, in the Europa League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Roma.
A new game in only three days for Ajax, the KNVB Beker home match versus Vitesse. Busy days.
Ajax create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 43 goals in 15 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Ajax - Roma 1-2.Top Goalscorers
  D. Tadić 14 goals |   J. Veretout 10 goals |  H. Mkhitaryan 9 goals |
Roma missing players
Ajax missing players
| Roma | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 12 | 21 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 44 | 30 | Scored | S | 29 | 60 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.4 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 16.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 74 |
| 2 | Milan | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 22 | 63 |
| 3 | Juventus | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 34 | 62 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 61 |
| 5 | Napoli | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 31 | 59 |
| 6 | Lazio | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 55 |
| 7 | Roma | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 54 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -6 | 36 |
| 11 | Bologna | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Udinese | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -8 | 33 |
| 13 | Genoa | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | Spezia | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -15 | 32 |
| 15 | Fiorentina | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -11 | 30 |
| 16 | Benevento | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -24 | 30 |
| 17 | Torino | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -20 | 22 |
| 19 | Parma | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 59 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 32 | -30 | 20 |
| 20 | Crotone | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 37 | 77 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 48 | -40 | 15 |
| 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 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 86 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 66 | 72 |
| 2 | PSV | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 34 | 61 |
| 3 | AZ | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 20 | 28 | 61 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 56 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 58 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 54 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 46 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Heracles | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -8 | 39 |
| 9 | FC Twente | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 37 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -6 | 34 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -12 | 34 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | -8 | 32 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -17 | 26 |
| 15 | Willem II | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 39 | 75 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 36 | -36 | 22 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -28 | 21 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 29 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 35 | -42 | 16 |