CFR Cluj – AS Roma will take place on Thursday at 20:00 in “Gruia”, the match counting for the fourth round of group A of the Europa League.
After three stages played in group A, AS Roma is the leader, with 7 points, in the podium being completed by Young Boys Berna and CFR Cluj, both with 4 points each, the last in the group being CSKA Sofia, with one point.
After the victory in Sofia with 2-0 and the draw on their own field with Young Boys, the Romanian champion gave a lamentable loss to Roma, score 5-0 in a match in which it didn’t matter at all. The “Giallorossii” are undefeated in this group, in addition to the clear victory with CFR Cluj, prevailing in Switzerland with 2-1 and drawing unexpectedly at home with the Bulgarians, score 0-0.
The two teams face big group problems before the duel in “Gruia”. CFR Cluj will not be able to rely in the match with AS Roma on Vinicius, Mike Cestor and Billel Omrani, injured, but also on Ben Yousseff, Ovidiu Hoban and Ciprian Deac, detected with COVID-19.
CFR Cluj has only one victory in the last five official matches played in all competitions;
AS Roma has 10 consecutive matches without defeat in all competitions;
On the other hand, AS Roma is also facing serious batch problems. Thus, after Federico Fazio and Marash Kumbulla, who tested positive for coronavirus, and Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez, injured, Chris Smalling could also be absent from Rome. According to the peninsula’s press, he accused medical problems during one of the last training sessions, the chances of being recovered by the time of the match being very low. Under these conditions, Paulo Fonseca will have at his disposal only one central defender in “Gruia”, this being the Brazilian Juan Jesus.
Despite the drastic failure in the round, score 5-0 and the group problems they face, the Romanian champion could take advantage of both the group problems faced by Fonseca but also the relaxation of her students who are more focused on Serie A. where they are on the 3rd place with 17 points, three points behind the leader AC Milan. It is also not excluded that in the duel in “Gruia” Fonseca will save more headlines in the perspective of the duel with Napoli this weekend in Serie A, in which case the chances of the students of “Buruscului” to hope for a miracle increase significantly.
PREDICTION: AS Roma to win @ 1,80
