Roma vs Feyenoord Europa League quarter-final second leg preview: Where to watch, kick-off time, predicted line-ups
Thursday, April 20, 2023
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When is it? How can you watch it? What are the possible line-ups? All you need to know about the UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg between Roma and Feyenoord.
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Roma and Feyenoord meet in their UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg on Thursday 20 April.
Roma vs Feyenoord at a glance
When: Thursday 20 April (21:00 CET kick-off)
Where: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
What: UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg (first leg 0-1)
How to follow: Build-up and live coverage can be found here
Winners face Leverkusen or Union SG in the semi-finals, playing the home leg first
Where to watch Roma vs Feyenoord on TV
Fans can find their local UEFA Europa League broadcast partner(s) here.
What do you need to know?
Mats Wieffer's powerful drive from distance gave Feyenoord victory at De Kuip, but Roma's two attempts against the woodwork in the first leg showed the slender margins separating last season's UEFA Europa Conference League finalists.
The Italian side have won all five of their previous UEFA club competition knockout ties against opponents from the Netherlands, and they will take encouragement from how close they came when Lorenzo Pellegrini's penalty struck a post and Roger Ibañez hit the crossbar with a diverted header.
Paulo Dybala and Tammy Abraham were both forced off injured in Rotterdam to compound the visitors' sense of misfortune – while the Englishman has recovered, Dybala's availability for the decider could prove pivotal against opponents eager to exact revenge for that final defeat.
Predicted line-ups
Roma: Rui Patrício; Mancini, Smalling, Ibañez; Zalewski, Matić, Wijnaldum, Spinazzola; Pellegrini, Dybala; Abraham
Misses next match if booked: Mancini, Matić, Spinazzola
Suspended: None
Feyenoord: Bijlow; Geertruida, Trauner, Hancko, Hartman; Orkun Kökçü, Wieffer, Szymański; Jahanbakhsh, Gimenez, Idrissi
Misses next match if booked: Timber, Wålemark, Wieffer
Suspended: None
Form guide
Roma
Form (all competitions, most recent first): WLWWLD
Where they stand: 3rd in Italian Serie A
Feyenoord
Form (all competitions, most recent first): WWWLWW
Where they stand: 1st in Dutch Eredivisie
Expert prediction
Francesco Corda, match reporter
Roma have been here before. In the knockout round play-offs they lost 1-0 at Salzburg before turning the tie on its head on home turf. The Giallorossi have cause for optimism on this occasion, too. José Mourinho's men have won their last three Serie A games without conceding, strengthening their grip on third, and there's the "Olimpico factor" – the stadium will once again be sold out. Abraham and Lorenzo Pellegrini returned to goalscoring form at the weekend, but attack-minded Feyenoord will likely fight fire with fire.
What the coaches say
José Mourinho, Roma coach: "We have to score two goals to beat them. It doesn't matter how or when, the only thing that counts is going out on to the pitch with the desire to score two goals more than them. We have to be more clinical, but I'm not worried because we know how it's done."
Arne Slot, Feyenoord coach: "At the Olimpico we will start all over again despite the 1-0 advantage. A very tough match awaits us in Rome, we already realised that in the last 25 minutes at De Kuip. We felt pressure and we know what lies ahead. It’s an incredible duel in which everything is still up for grabs."
Where is the 2023 Europa League final?
Budapest's Puskás Aréna will host the final on 31 May 2023. The winners gain a place in the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage, if they have not qualified via their domestic competition.