This Thursday, Gent receives Roma on behalf of the round of 16 return from the Europa League. Roma won the first leg and will want to keep their advantage while Gent wants to catch up.
Gent vs Roma Soccer Betting Picks
After achieving a record of 3 wins and 3 draws in the group stage, Gent took 1st place in group I with a head start over Wolfsburg and even more over Saint-Etienne and Olexandriya against whom it s ‘is imposed on the last day (2-1). In the championship, the players of Gent have a very good season in occupying the 2nd place in the ranking behind the untouchable Club Bruges which has 9 more points despite their very good series of 6 successes obtained in the last 7 days including the last against Eupen (2-3) and Sint-Truiden (4-1). However, they narrowly lost the first leg (1-0) to Rome.
For its part, Roma had to settle for only 2nd place in group J behind Istanbul Basaksehir but in front of Borossia Mönchengladbach and Wolfsberger despite a single defeat conceded during the group stage against Monchengladbach (2-1 ). On the national scene, the Giallorossi are still struggling in the hard with a disappointing 5th place. After losing 3 consecutive games against Sassuolo (4-2), against Bologna (2-3) and Atalanta (2-1), the players of the Eternal City imposed themselves last weekend against Lecce (4 -0). In the first leg, they made a good move by winning against Gent (1-0).
The workforce for Gent vs Roma
On the Belgian side, the taulier Yaremchuk is still the infirmary. In attack, the excellent Jonathan David, author of 18 league achievements, should be aligned.
For its part, Roma should make the trip without the promising Zaniolo, the important midfielder Diawara and the usual substitutes Mirante, Cetin, Bruno Peres, Zappacosta and Pastore. On Sunday, the Bosnian Dzeko scored his 12th goal of the season.
Key point for the match Gent vs Roma
Roma remain on 3 losses on the move.
Soccer Betting Picks Gent vs Roma
Not necessarily always very exciting off its bases, Roma could be surprised on the ground of Gent on Thursday.
Betting Picks: Gent or Draw
Odds: 1.59
