Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Bayer Leverkusen
Match Time & Date:
18/05/2023
03:00 PM
Prediction: 1-1
AS Roma
A place in the Europa League final will be at stake when Bayer Leverkusen and Roma square off against each other at BayArena on Thursday evening. The Romans won the first leg thanks to Edoardo Bove’s goal and they are now on a quest to defend their slim lead in the reverse fixture. Both Tammy Abraham and Lorenzo Pellegrini are pushing for a start as well as Gianluca Mancini, while Marash Kumbulla remains in the recovery room.
The Bundesliga outfit, on the other hand, head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Stuttgart. Since Bayer have been struggling in front of goal of late, we believe that there is a big value in betting on under 2.5 goals. All Kossounou, Andrich, Bellarabi, Schick, Lunev, and Aranguiz should miss out with injuries for the home side, while Florian Wirtz is widely expected to return to the starting XI.
Highlighted Player (Kerem Demirbay):
Kerem Demirbay is a product of Schalke 04 football academy. After playing for die Knappen from 1999 to 2007 he joined Borussia Dortmund and it has to be noted that he played for Wattenscheid during his youth career as well. The German footballer of Turkish descent made 28 appearances for Borussia Dortmund II before joining Hamburger SV senior team in 2013.
However, you should know that he played no more than three games in Bundesliga for die Rothosen. Kerem Demirbay played for Kaiserslautern and Fortuna Dusseldorf on loan from 2014 to 2016 and he moved to Hoffenheim in the summer of 2016. Kerem Demirbay scored six goals, while providing ten assists for his teammates in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign.
Demirbay, who was born in Herten, Germany on July 3, 1993 is an attacking midfielder, but he is used as both central and right midfielder as well. The Hoffenheim ace played international youth football for Turkey, but he decided to represent Germany at senior level. Kerem Demirbay made his debut for Germany in a friendly against Denmark on June 6, 2017.
Highlighted Team (AS Roma):
AS Roma is a professional football club based in Rome. Roma were founded by a merger in 1927 and they play in the Italian Serie A. Roma’s fiercest rivals are Lazio and it has to be noted that both capital clubs play their home games at Stadio Olimpico. The two local rivals face each other in the Derby della Capitale, which is considered one of the most exciting derbies in the world of football.
The Giallorossi (The Yellow and Reds) have won three Serie A titles (1941/1942, 1982/1983, 2000/2001), while winning nine Coppa Italia trophies. The colour of Roma’s shirts is imperial purple with a golden yellow trim. A number of top-class footballers were part of Roma in the past, but Francesco Totti is undisputedly the club’s biggest legend.The Prince of Rom made his 601 appearances for Roma on 14 May, 2016 when the Giallorossi recorded a 3-1 win over Milan at Stadio San Siro.
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