With two wins from as many games, Betis are occupying top spot in Group C, while the hosts are sitting at the third spot, having recorded one win and a defeat thus far.
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AS Roma will host Real Betis in a UEFA Europa League group stage fixture at Stadio Olimpico on Thursday night. With two wins from as many games, Betis are occupying top spot in Group C, while the hosts are sitting at the third spot, having recorded one win and a defeat thus far. Roma are heading into the match on the back of a thrilling 2-1 victory of Inter Milan in a Serie A fixture on Saturday. The visitors, meanwhile, suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Celta Vigo in a La Liga match, on the same day.
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— Real Betis Balompié 🌴💚 (@RealBetis) October 6, 2022
Last season’s Europa Conference League champions Roma began their 2022-23 Europa League campaign with a surprise 2-1 defeat to Ludogorets on September 8, before getting their acts together to thrash HJK Helsinki 3-0, a week later. Meanwhile, in the domestic circuit, Jose Mourinho’s side have won five of their opening eight games to pocket 16 points and occupy sixth position in the Serie A standings. Last time out, the Yellow and Reds came from behind to get the better of Inter Milan 2-1 at San Siro. Paulo Dybala canceled out Federico Dimarco’s opener before Chris Smalling netted the winner, 15 minutes from time, to secure the win for the Little Cubs.
Real Betis, on the other hand, have won five of their opening seven La Liga games to be sitting at the fourth spot in the standings, with 15 points, just four behind leaders Barcelona. Meanwhile, in the European stage, Manuel Pellegrini’s side started off with 2-0 win over HJK before securing a thrilling 3-2 win over Ludogorets, last month. Against the Bulgarian outfit, the Green and Whites pocketed all three points courtesy of goals from Luiz Henrique, Joaquin and Sergio Canales.
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Roma boss Mourinho is likely to make a couple of changes for Thursday’s game because of the upcoming Serie A fixtures against Sampdoria and Napoli. Rui Patricio should step aside for cup goalkeeper Mile Svilar, while striker Andrea Belotti is pushing for a place in the starting eleven alongside Tammy Abraham. Nemanja Matic and Cristant could pull the strings in the midfield. As for Real Betis, winger Juanmi is sidelined with an ankle injury. Iglesias is expected to lead the line with Joaquin, Canales and Henrique in support.
Roma probable starting lineup: Svilar, Mancini, Ibanez, Kumbulla, Celik, Cristante, Matic, Spinazzola, Zaniolo, Belotti, Abraham
Real Betis probable starting lineup: Bravo, Montoya, Pezzella, Felipe, Moreno, Rodriguez, Carvalho, Henrique, Canales
The UEFA Europa League match between Roma and Real Betis will take place at Stadio Olimpico on Friday at 12:30 am IST.
| Roma vs Real Betis | key details |
| Date | October 6 (Italy) |
| Venue | Stadio Olimpico |
| Kickoff time in Italy | 9:00 pm (Thursday) |
| Kickoff time in Spain | 9:00 pm (Thursday) |
For the football fans in India, live coverage of the UEFA Europa League matches will be available on Sony Sports network. Besides, fans can live stream via Jio TV. Meanwhile, those in Italy can catch the live action on SKY Sport 4k, Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport 252, SKY Go Italia and DAZN and NOW TV ; and Movistar + and Movistar Liga de Campeones in Spain. .
