H2H: Young Boys Bern vs AS Roma – Prediction (Europa League

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Jean Pierre Nsame has scored three of Young Boys’ last four competitive goals, with all three being struck in the second half. Meanwhile, Edin Džeko has eight goals across ten UEL group stage matches for Roma. A whopping 25 (89.29%) of Roma’s last 28 matches in major European tournaments have featured over 1.5 goals.

Young Boys Insights.

This UEFA Europa League (UEL) clash sees BSC Young Boys (SUI) face AS Roma (ITA) in a maiden competitive H2H. Young Boys have historically fared well against Italian opposition, winning all three such matches held in Switzerland, and impressively, the most recent of those was a 2-1 win against Juventus in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League campaign. Young Boys have finished third in their last three UEL group stage campaigns. Agonisingly, 2012/13 and 2016/17 saw them eliminated on the H2H tiebreaker rule, while they were one point off second place last season. Two-thirds of their last 18 UEL group stage matches have featured both teams scoring, including five of six last season.

AS Roma Insights.

Roma, meanwhile, have qualified from the UEL group stage on their last three times of asking, but still have something to prove, as they’ve been eliminated in the Round-of-16 on two of those occasions. Curiously, last season they bullied eventual group winners İstanbul Başakşehir in two straight multi-goal margin wins, but failed to win any of the other matches (D3, L1). Amazingly, Roma have featured in 28 straight matches in major European tournaments without taking part of a goalless draw (all stages). Furthermore, four of Roma’s six UEL group stage matches last season featured at least three total goals, as have three of their four competitive matches this season (3.75 on average).