Feyenoord vs Roma Prediction: Europa League Match on 13.04.2023

Feyenoord will host Roma for the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final on Thursday at 16:45 GMT.

    

Feyenoord will look to make a good start to the tie by winning the home leg, while Roma will focus on getting a good result away from home before hosting Feyenoord at the Stadio Olimpico next week.

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Key Highlights

The Scintillating Feyenoord Form

Feyenoord have been in brilliant form in the Eredivisie. They have lost once all season in the domestic campaign; they lead the table with 64 points, five ahead of second-placed PSV.

They will be looking to translate this domestic form into performance in the Europa League when they host Roma for the first leg of their quarter-final tie.

The focus for Feyenoord will be to impose their style on Roma. They like to play expansive football driven by crisp passing and retention of the ball. 

They must display the right mentality and approach to overcome the streetwise Roma side coached by Jose Mourinho.

Roma’s Inconsistency

Roma have bounced back from the consecutive pair of defeats they suffered against Sassuolo (3-4) and Lazio (1-0) with two consecutive wins against Sampdoria (3-0) and away to Torino (0-1).

The upturn in form for Jose Mourinho’s men is the backdrop of their trip to the Netherlands to face Eredivisie side Feyenoord on Thursday.

The focus for Jose Mourinho will be to contain the Feyenoord’s attacking play and pose an attacking threat of their own. They will achieve this by being compact and making it hard for the Eredivisie side to play through them.

Mourinho will seek to make the match as uncomfortable as possible for the Dutch side and as ideal as possible for his Roma side to create the conditions to get the right result. 

Injury Report

Feyenoord

Arne Slot will be without two players typically involved in the matchday squads.

Goalkeeper Justin Bijlow is out of the squad for the clash against Roma on Thursday. The 25-year-old is sidelined with a broken wrist he suffered on February 3, 2023. The shot-stopper has been out of action for 14 matches this season.

Central midfielder Quinten Timber is a long-term absentee for Feyenoord. The 21-year-old has been nursing a knee injury since February 24, 2023. Like Bijlow, Timber has also missed 14 matches for the Eredivisie leaders this season.

Arne Slot will have to rejig the side to achieve optimal performance without the services of these players on his side.

Roma

Besides two injury concerns, Jose Mourinho has a largely fit squad ahead of the trip to face Feyenoord.

Defensive midfielder Ebrima Darboe is a doubt for Roma in the away clash against Feyenoord. Darboe has been out of action with cruciate ligament surgery since July 21, 2022. The 21-year-old has missed 41 matches for Roma since his injury.

Roma is also without right-back Rick Karsdorp; the 28-year-old has been nursing a knee injury, resulting in surgery, since March 21, 2023. The fullback has missed 2 matches for Mourinho’s side and is a doubt for the trip to the Netherlands to face Feyenoord on Thursday.

    

Possible Lineups

Feyenoord

T. Wellenreuther; M. H. Pedersen, G. Trauner, D. Hancko, Q. Hartman; A. Jahanbakhsh, M. Wieffer, O. Kokcu; S. Szymanski, S. Gimenez, O. Idrissi

Roma

R. Patricio; Diego Llorente, C. Smalling, G. Mancini; L. Spinazzola, G. Wijnaldum, B. Cristante, N. Zalewski; II Faraone, P. Dybala; O. Solbakken

Prediction

Feyenoord will look to dominate the ball and play on the front foot; Roma will focus on a pragmatic approach to control the play by ceding possession and using transitions to pose a goalscoring threat.

This match will end in a draw and finely poise the second leg in Rome for both teams. 

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