Sheriff vs Roma Tips & Preview - Hosts backed in handicap market in Europa League

By Ryan Allan

19 Sep 2023

Ryan Allan 19 Sep 2023

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Sheriff vs Roma go head to head in the Europa League (17.45 BST on Thursday)
This match takes place at the Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena
Can Roma avoid a slip-up in Moldova?

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Romelu Lukaku of AS Roma (Getty Images)

Sheriff vs Roma Predictions

This could prove a tricky night's work for Roma, and I expect a tight contest with Sheriff capable of covering a +2 handicap.

Sheriff vs Roma Predictions
Head to Head
Sheriff Form
Sheriff Team News
Roma Form
Roma Team News

Roma tend to struggle on the road, so a low-scoring contest with under 2.5 goals is predicted in Tiraspol.

Sheriff are unbeaten in their last 15 home fixtures
Sheriff have seen under 2.5 goals in 6 of their last 8 home Europa League games
Roma have failed to win in 13 of their last 14 competitive away fixtures
Roma have seen under 2.5 goals in their previous 4 away Europa League matches
Roma have not won by more than 1 goal in 17 of their last 18 away games

Head to Head

This Europa League Group G contest will be the first-ever match between Sheriff and Roma.

Sheriff Form

The Moldovan champions have been in decent form ahead of Thursday´s first group-stage matchup.

Roberto Bordin´s side have won six and lost just one of their last nine games.

Sheriff ensured their safe passage to the Europa League group phase with a hard-fought 3-2 aggregative victory against KI in the playoffs.

Sheriff Team News

Italian boss Bordin will likely retain a settled selection after Sheriff´s dominant 5-1 weekend win in the Moldovan Super Liga.

Peter Adamo could miss out after he was withdrawn at the interval on Saturday.

Roma Form

An indifferent start to the season saw Roma take just one point from their first three Serie A games of the new campaign.

Jose Mourinho´s men responded with an impressive 7-0 take-down of Empoli on Sunday.

Runners-up in last season´s Europa League, Roma failed to score in all four of their away knockout matches en route to the final.

Roma Team News

Mourinho remains unable to call on long-term absentees Tammy Abraham and Marash Kumbulla.

Chris Smalling, Houssem Aouar and captain Lorenzo Pellegrini are also rated doubtful for the trip to Moldova.

Paulo Dybala scored twice in I Giallorossi´s handsome win against Empoli but could drop to the bench with Stephan El Shaarawy in contention for a recall.

Verdict

Sheriff Tiraspol v Roma

Roma have been unconvincing on their travels in 2023, and I fancy Sheriff to cover a +2 handicap.
Goals could prove few and far between, so I´ll take a chance on under 2.5 goals scored at the Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena.

Sheriff +2

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