Salzburg host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs game. Roma will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stadio Olimpico (Roma) before the return leg in 11 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Salzburg form and stats
Salzburg was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.21 points is a decent return from 9 Tipico Bundesliga games here at Red Bull Arena for Salzburg. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
The Salzburg goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the Tipico Bundesliga.
A nice win for Salzburg last time playing, versus Austria Lustenau. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Capaldo, Fernando (2) and Seiwald scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Salzburg played a great game against Austria Lustenau and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Seiwald was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.31 (out of ten) in that game. Seiwald scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 65 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Tipico Bundesliga match versus Austria Klagenfurt with a 1-0 scoreline.Salzburg are traveling soon after this match as the Tipico Bundesliga match at Wattens awaits in three days.
The Salzburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively Salzburg have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Roma form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated HJK, Ludogorets and Real Betis in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa League.6-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Roma in their Serie A matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Lecce in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The attacker Dybala got a match rating of 7.61 in that game. Dybala scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that, Roma secured a home win against Empoli with the score 2-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Roma are hosting Hellas Verona in the Serie A only three days away.
Roma have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Roma have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Exequiel Dybala 8 goals |   N. Okafor 7 goals |  J. Chikwubuike Adamu 7 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Roma missing players
| Salzburg | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 51 | 18 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 16.1 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 28 | 42 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Wattens | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 18 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 11 | Ried | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 11 |
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 36 | 56 |
| 2 | Inter | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Roma | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Milan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Lazio | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 39 |
| 7 | Torino | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Udinese | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Bologna | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Empoli | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Juventus | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 12 | Monza | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Lecce | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 21 |
| 17 | Spezia | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 10 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 21 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -22 | 8 |
