Roma VS Borussia Mgladbach Match Prediction
2019-10-24
16:55:00
Roma
VS
Borussia Mgladbach
Our Prediction Tip
Roma will win this match.
2019-10-2416:55:00 Roma will win this match.
Roma and Borussia Monchengladbach will be meeting in European competition for the first time.
Injuries on both sides have started to really mount up, with several key players absent for both Roma and Borussia Monchengladbach.
There are unlikely to be any risks taken with the starting line-ups as a result, and there could be fringe players on show on both teams.
Borussia Monchengladbach, stung by defeat to Dortmund at the weekend, will be more focused on their league campaign as they look to stay top of the Bundesliga, while Roma need to turn a run of draws into wins this season too.
So where does that leave this match? A distraction at best, it may not be a classic for those exact reasons.
Nevertheless, there is still quality on show in the fringe players – Justin Kluivert, sent off at the weekend, has something to prove, for example.
There may be very little in this game – Roma do not concede many, especially at home, and Monchengladbach have injuries to contend with too.
Nevertheless, with home advantage, Roma are narrow favourites despite their injury woes.
Roma are favourites to win this game and can be backed at 4/5 with Ladbrokes and Betway to beat Borussia Monchengladbach.
With few goals in Roma’s recent games, you can get a generous 29/20 from Betfair on there being under 2.5 goals in this match.
Both teams to score = no, has been set at 31/20 with 888sport.
Should Edin Dzeko (13/10 to score at any time with 888sport) not start again, Justin Kluivert could be a good anytime goalscorer bet. He is a best price of 7/2 with Betfair and Paddy Power.
Both teams are heavily affected by injuries, but Roma have the better record so far in this group and home advantage too, which may just give them the edge.
Roma took the opportunity to rest players against Wolfsberger, with Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov among those to start on the bench. Given their injury concerns – with Davide Zappacosta, Amadou Diawara, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bryan Cristante, Cengiz Under and Nikola Kalinic all injured – there are less options to change this time. Fit-again Diego Perotti may start, while there seems no harm in starting Justin Kluivert given his red card at the weekend means he misses the next league match anyway. Roma may decide, with their injury problems, wrapping Dzeko and Kolarov up and not taking risks is imperative.
Justin Kluivert – The Dutch forward may feel he has a point to prove after his red card at the weekend. He is looking to add to his two goals this season.
Javier Pastore – One assist so far this season – given Roma’s injury problems he has the chance to cement a regular starting place now.
Nicolo Zaniolo – Will be looking to build on one goal and one assists so far this season, with the likes of Pellegrini, Cristante and Mkhitaryan all absent.
Roma’s draw with Wolfsberger AC in the last round of Europa League fixtures was their first of three consecutive draws. Leonardo Spinazzola had given them the lead before it finished 1-1. Against Cagliari, an own goal ensured another 1-1 draw, while Justin Kluivert’s late red card was the headline in a goalless draw with Sampdoria last weekend.
Marco Rose was spoiled for choice with attacking players this season and it is a good job really, given Raffael and Alassane Plea have been added to the injury list. That should guarantee a start for Patrick Hermann, who stepped off the bench to equalise against Istanbul Basaksehir in the last round. Matthias Ginter, Ibrahima Traore, Fabian Johnson and Tobias Strobl are among the other players still on the injury list.
Patrick Hermann – Scored a last-minute equaliser against Istanbul Basaksehir in the most recent Europa League match, before being in inspired form in Monchengladbach’s defeat of Augsburg too.
Marcus Thuram – Finished last month in inspired goalscoring form and will be keen to get back to those levels with plenty of competition for places up front.
Yann Sommer – The hugely experienced Swiss goalkeeper is an excellent last line of defence for Borussia Monchengladbach
Borussia Monchengladbach had their lead at the top of the Bundesliga cut at the weekend, when they suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund. Previously, Patrick Hermann – fresh from rescuing a point against Istanbul Basaksehir in the Europa League with a last-minute equaliser – had scored two and set up another in a 5-1 defeat of Augsburg. Denis Zakaria, Alassane Plea and Breel Embolo scored the others.
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