Looking ahead to Thursday’s Europa League games, we’ve landed on Elfsborg vs AS Roma as a match with high-value markets. Of course, this means we’ve supplied a range of predictions for this encounter based on numerous indicators.
Without further ado, let’s jump right into this match preview.
How the bookies view it: AS Roma marginally favoured
The bookmakers seem to expect AS Roma to secure a victory away from home when they take on Elfsborg on Thursday. We say that since the Serie A squad is priced at 17/20 right now while the home team has odds of 29/10 for the win. Both of these odds are available at Betano at the time of writing.
Head-to-head: Zero history between the teams
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Elfsborg and AS Roma have never faced one another before. Therefore, this will be the first time that the Swedish club gets to test themselves against this formidable Italian side. Of course, it’s also an exciting opportunity for Elfsborg to try and score an underdog victory on home soil.
However, this will no doubt be much easier said than done based on the overall quality of both teams.
Players to watch: Dovbyk and Dybala
Starting from a domestic point of view, Artem Dovbyk is AS Roma’s top scorer. He’s found the back of the net twice in six league games, putting his average at 0.34 goals per game. In fact, he is probably the main player to watch for AS Roma since he has also scored their one and only UEFA Europa League goal so far.
The odds for Dovbyk to score in this game are 6/5 at Betano, and this is certainly a key market to consider. As for Dybala, he is priced at 15/8 to score anytime, which seems fair given he is their spot-kick man and due to his well known creativity in front of goal.
Predicted lineups
It might be fairly early in the season for the Italian squad, but they do have injury concerns. Specifically, Enzo Le Fee and Alexis Saelemaekers remain missing with short to mid-term injuries for AS Roma. As for Elfsborg, they are approaching the end of their domestic season, but they are expected to have a full strength starting 11 for this one.
Elfsborg possible starting lineup:
Pettersson; Holmen, Henriksson, Yegbe; Hedlund, B. Zeneli, Ouma, Hult; A. Zeneli, Baidoo, Qasem
AS Roma possible starting lineup:
Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso; Celik, Kone, Cristante, Baldanzi, Angelino; Dybala, Dovbyk
Anything else catch the eye?
Elfsborg have been involved in high-scoring matches recently, with two of their last three involving over 3.5 goals in all competitions. AS Roma have also been involved in high-scoring games, with two of their last three involving over 2.5 goals. This particular market has odds of 8/11 right now, which is attractive.
Additionally, the both teams to score option is priced at 4/6 by Betano. And with both UEFA Europa League openers for these teams producing a ‘yes’ for this market, this is another solid consideration!
This UEFA Europa League match between Elfsborg and AS Roma will be played on Oct 3, 2024 and kick off at 20:00. Check below for our tipsters best Elfsborg vs AS Roma prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
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