Champions League: Fenerbahce vs Roma – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Champions League round 1 match between Fenerbahce and Roma and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Champions League title favourites Fenerbahce begin their title challenge on Thursday in an opening day encounter with Roma at Chobani Stadyumu Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu Spor Kompleksi.

Team form: Fenerbahce vs Roma

Fenerbahce Form

Fenerbahce are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Lyon by 1-2, before beating Samsunspor by 0-2. The winning streak came to an end against Besiktas, who ran out 1-2 winners. Fenerbahce won three of their previous six matches at Chobani Stadyumu Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu Spor Kompleksi in the Champions League. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring 11 goals to 11 against.

Roma Form

Roma are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Fiorentina got left behind in a 4-0 win, before Lecce got hammered in a 0-4 victory. Atalanta was the most recent victim in a 2-1 win for Roma. Roma claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Champions League. They also drew zero and were defeated five times, as they were outscored by 18 goals to seven.

Betting stats for Fenerbahce and Roma

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Fenerbahce and Roma. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Fenerbahce vs Roma

It is the beginning of a new Champions League campaign, and both Fenerbahce and Roma will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Betting markets: Fenerbahce vs Roma

Full-time result

Fenerbahce won six of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing one as well. Roma won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost three in this run.

Both teams to score

Fenerbahce scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Roma scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Roma managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.

Total goals

Fenerbahce saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in nine of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Roma. They performed an average of 2.8 goals in these. Fenerbahce are on a nice streak of scoring at least once in their previous 16 matches.