The hosts dropped down from the UEFA Champions League, finishing third in Group E, while their Italian counterparts secured second spot in Group G of Europe's second tier competition.
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Feyenoord will play host to AS Roma in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League knockout round playoff tie at De Kuip on Thursday. The hosts dropped down from the UEFA Champions League, finishing third in Group E, while their Italian counterparts secured second spot in Group G of Europe’s second tier competition. Meanwhile, both sides are heading into the match on the back of contrasting results in their respective top flight outings, with the Eredivisie outfit getting the better of Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 on Sunday, while La Lupa suffered a 4-2 Serie A-defeat versus Inter Milan at the weekend.
L’allenamento prima della partenza per Rotterdam 👊#ASRoma pic.twitter.com/v4G7BypBH6
— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) February 14, 2024
Feyenoord began this term’s Champions League campaign with back-to-back wins, but then faltered, losing their remaining four group games and finished with six points to their name, which gave them a spot in the Europa League playoffs. Nevertheless, the reigning Dutch top flight champions are unbeaten in their last nine competitive outings, since the 2-1 champions League-defeated to Celtic in their final group fixture back in December last year. Meanwhile, Arne Slot’s side are currently occupying second spot in the Eredivisie standings, having collected 49 points from 21 games, ten adrift of leaders PSV Eindhoven. De Stadionclub have recorded 15 league-wins this term and their last success came versus Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday thanks to second-half efforts from David Hancko and Lutsharel Geertruida.
Roma, on the other hand, settled for a second spot in Group G despite collecting 13 points from six league-games. The 2022 Europa Conference League champion now face their first continental encounter since the departure of Jose Mourinho. After sacking the legendary Portuguese tactician last month, Giallorossi won each of their first three outings, against the likes of Verona, Salernitana and Cagliari, under new boss Daniel De Rossi. However, La Lupa lost out to Seria A leaders Inter on Saturday despite the fact that Gianluca Mancini and Stephan El Shaarawy found the back of the net in the first-half. De Rossi’ men are currently sitting at the sixth spot in the Serie A table, with 38 points to their name from 24 games, just one adrift of the top five.
Feyenoord probable starting lineup: Wellenreuther, Geertruida, Beelen, Hankco, Hartman, Wieffer, Zerrouki, Jahanbakhsh, Stengs, Paixao, Gimenez
AS Roma probable starting lineup: Svilar, Karsdorp, Mancini, Llorente, Angelino, Pellegrini, Paredes, Bove, Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy
Feyenoord
| Opponents | Score |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2-0 (W) |
| AZ Alkmaar | 2-0 (W) |
| AZ Alkmaar | 0-1 (W) |
| Twente | 0-0 (D) |
| PSV | 1-0 (W) |
Roma
| Opponents | Score |
| Inter | 2-4 (L) |
| Cagliari | 4-0 (W) |
| Salernitana | 1-2 (W) |
| Al Shadab | 1-2 (W) |
| Verona | 2-1 (W) |
| Last 5 match-results | Score |
| Roma beat Feyenoord | 4-1 |
| Feyenoord beat Roma | 1-0 |
| Roma beat Feyenoord | 1-0 |
| Roma beat Feyenoord | 1-2 |
| Roma draw Feyenoord | 1-1 |
The Europa League fixture between Feyenoord and Roma will take place at De Kuip on Thursday at 11:15 pm IST.
| Feyenoord vs Roma | Key Details |
| Date | February 15 |
| Venue | De Kuip |
| Kickoff time in Netherlands | 6:45 pm |
| Kickoff time in Italy | 6:45 pm |
| Kickoff time in India | 11:15 pm |
The live telecast of the UEFA Europa League matches in India will be available on Sony Sports network. Besides, football fans in India can also live stream the game through Sony LIV. Meanwhile, those in Netherlands can catch the live action via Veronica TV and ESPN network. Football fans in Italy can watch the fixture on Sky Sports 252, Sky Go Italia, NOW TV, Sky Sport Uno and DAZN Italia.
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