Roma won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 0-1 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of Inter Milan.
In that match, Roma had 57% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. Inter Milan had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Ange-Yoan Bonny (6') scored for Inter Milan.
Their most recent results highlight the fact that not much more can be done by the Roma rearguard. Roma have given the opposition little, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past six games standing at 4. Such a trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, however.
Viktoria Plzeň go into this meeting following a 0-1 First League win vs Bohemians 1905 in their previous fixture.
In that game, Viktoria Plzeň managed 58% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Viktoria Plzeň was Rafiu Durosinmi (9'). On the other side, Bohemians 1905 had 12 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
Viktoria Plzeň have turned their attacks into goals 9 times in the course of their previous sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during those matches comes to 7.
The previous league game featuring these sides was Champions League match day 6 on 12/12/2018 when it ended Viktoria Plzeň 2-1 Roma.
That day, Viktoria Plzeň managed 37% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Jan Kovařík (62') and Tomáš Chorý (72').
On the other side, Roma got 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Cengiz Ünder (67') scored.
The match was refereed by Anthony Taylor.
The Roma manager Gian Gasperini will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all ahead of this clash owing to a completely injury-free squad to pick from.
Due to a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Viktoria Plzeň manager does not have any fitness worries whatsoever before this match.
In our opinion, Roma have it within them to convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
Conversely, Viktoria Plzeň could well struggle to score themselves but we can see them hitting back at some stage, too.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a decent 3-1 win for Roma after 90 minutes.