Champions League - Roma v Manchester United

Roma V Manchester United

This is a hard one to call with Totti out. On one hand people will tell you that he goes missing in the big games and that he wont be missed, however I think he’s been pivotal in their good form of late and think he will be missed. This is the fifth time these two have met inside the last 12 months so they should be somewhat accustomed to each other at this stage.

Roma’s league run has had much success owing to their home record where they have 12 wins from 15 attempts. They now have 11 consecutive wins at the Stadio Olimpico scoring 23 and keeping 7 clean sheets in the process. They progressed to this round after beating Real Madrid home and away 2 – 1 on both occasions with Daniele De Rossi and Alberto Aquilani both impressing.

Francesco Totti is out with a thigh strain but De Rossi and Vucinic, who will take Totti’s place return from their suspensions, while Perrotta is suspended.

Manchester United have been in tremendous form in the last few months and it would take a brave man to bet against them winning the League title again. They cruised past Aston Villa 4 – 0 on Sunday and in truth it could have been 10 – 0 as they created so many chances. They seem to have everything in their favour for this one as they have all their big guns available and Ronaldo, Rooney are in excellent form. Despite an early season blip United have been just as dominant away from home and have 6 wins from the last 8 outings. Theres a real belief that this is the year that they can recapture the Champions league title and it will take a big effort to knock them out.

Verdict

I feel that Man Utd will be happy here with a draw as they should definitely be too strong on their own patch in the second leg. Roma are good in front of home fans but without Totti its very hard to see them break down a tough United defence. United would be happy to take a draw here and finish the job back in Old Trafford and this is how I see this one panning out. 1 – 1 would be a good result for Manchester as they would have an away goal. Personally il be having small stakes on the 0 – 0 and 1 – 1 scorelines and the draw as my selection.

Good luck



Pick : Draw
Odds : 3.10
Stake : 5 / 10
Bookmaker : Paddy Power
Match Result : 0-2
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