Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
All eyes will be on Stadio Olimpico when Roma and Bodo go head to head in a highly-anticipated Conference League game. The Romans suffered an embarrassing 6-1 loss to Bodo in Norway two weeks ago, and, no doubt, the Giallorossi are hungry for revenge. Both Smalling and Spinazzola are out of contention with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Norwegian champions, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Molde and Sandefjord. Considering that both sides are likely to adopt an attack-minded approach in Thursday’s clash, we believe that there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals. The bad news for the visitors is that defender Fredrik Bjorkan limped off with injury in the last league match. The likes of Sorli, Saltnes, Berg, and Boniface remain in the treatment room as well.
Highlighted Player (Nikola Kalinic):
Nikola Kalinic is a product of Hajduk Split’s youth school. The 187-cm-tall striker scored 32 goals in 59 appearances for Hajduk at senior level and he played for the likes of Pula and Sibenik in Croatia as well. In 2009 he moved to Blackburn Rovers for fee of £6 million.
Nikola Kalinic made his Blackburn Rovers debut against Sunderland on 22 August, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the Riversiders against Peterborough United in the League Cup. After making 44 league appearances for Blackburn Rovers, the Croatian attacker joined Dnipro in 2011 and he played for the Ukrainian outfit until 2015.
Kalinic signed a four-year deal with Fiorentina on 15 August, 2015 and he impressed in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring 12 goals in 36 games. The Fiorentina striker made two appearances for Croatia at the 2016 European Championship in France and it has to be noted that he found the net in a 2-1 win over Spain in the group stages of the competition.