Broadcast info
Who's playing: With a 4-0 away win in hand, Roma are just 90 minutes away from a spot in the Europa League round of 16. But first, the Giallorossi will look to maintain their strong home record as they take on the Yellow Submarine in the Eternal City.
What time: Thursday, February 23rd at 10:00 PST/13:00 EST/18:00 GMT/19:00 CET
What stadium: This game will be played at the Stadio Olimpico. Located in the Eternal City, this venue is shared between Roma and Lazio and can seat up to 70,634 fans.
Which channel:
- In the USA: fuboTV, Fox Sports GO, Fox Soccer 2GO USA, SiriusXM FC, Fox Soccer Plus, ESPN Deportes USA
- In Italy: RSI La 2, Sky Calcio 1, Sky Sport 1 HD Italia, Sky Calcio 4
- In Spain: beIN Sports Spain, Movistar+, beIN Sports MAX 1, beIN Sports Connect España
- In the UK: BT Sport Live Streaming, BT Sport Extra
- In Canada: fuboTV Canada, beIN Sports Canada, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada
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Match facts & stats
- Villarreal have yet to win in nine games in Italy (D4 L5)
- The Yellow Submarine's overall record against Italian sides is W7 D5 L7
- Villarreal are without a win in five European away matches (D3 L2), with three draws in their last three matches
- Roma's 27 matches against Spanish teams have ended W10 D4 L13
- At home that record stands as W6 D1 L6
- Villarreal's 4-0 defeat to Roma last week is their worst ever at home in UEFA competitions
- This is Roma's 240th match in UEFA competition, whilst Villarreal will be making their 151st appearance
A spot in the round of 16 awaits Roma after Villarreal suffer worst ever European home defeat
Roma
The Giallorossi come into this game having cruised to an easy 4-1 victory over Torino. That was the fifth game Roma have scored four-plus goals in Serie A, and Luciano Spalletti's men truly are on fire as of late. Edin Dzeko grabbed a goal in his eighth straight competitive appearance for the Lupi, which also broke Francesco Totti's consecutive match scoring record. The big Bosnian was the MVP of the match against Villarreal, and now is joint-tied with Gent's Kalifa Coulibaly for most goals (8) so far in this campaign.
The hat-trick against the Yellow Submarine marked Dzeko's second of this competition and impressively, was achieved in 21 second half minutes. That is also Dzeko's second hat-trick in the Europa League. Only Radamel Falcao, now with Monaco, has managed to score three.
Villarreal
The Yellow Submarine had conceded only nine league games at home all season, and currently still boast the meanest defense in La Liga. They come into this game having ground out a gritty 1-0 win over Real Sociedad in their La Liga fixture this past weekend. However, in the first leg of this tie, Villarreal shockingly fell apart and shipped four goals. That means that unfortunately, Fran Escriba's men are virtually all but out of this competition, as no team has managed to recover after conceding four away goals to go on to the next round. Villarreall will have to score four times at the Stadio Olimpico just to push the match to extra-time. They will need five to progress, and that is all without Roma scoring.
In short, it's a case of "Mission Impossible", and that could see Escriba rotate his squad for this game. With a tough tie against Real Madrid coming up, the Spanish tactician may just opt to give other players a chance as the Yellow Submarine's ambitions to go far in the Europa League have been already been sunk.
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