Roma will be hoping to increase their chances of making it to the last 32 of the Europa League when they travel to Helsinki Football Stadium to take on HJK in their round five tie on Thursday night.
Roma have failed to replicate their impressive performances in Serie A with their European campaign this season, as they have only managed to win one of their four Group C matches.
They currently sit third in the group standings on four points, three points behind Ludogorets in second place and six off Real Betis at the top.
With two games remaining to go Roma will be desperate for maximum points on Thursday. They outplayed HJK in the reverse fixture claiming a 3-0 win, and they will be hoping for the same on Thursday. But the Romans are coming off a 1-0 home defeat to Napoli in Serie A and will need to take things up a notch in this clash.
HJK have nothing to play for in this fixture as they are already eliminated from the competition, having only managed to pick up one point from their opening four games.
They sit bottom of the group on one point with still just two matches remaining to go. They were suffered a 2-0 defeat to Ludogorets last time out in this competition, and they followed that up with a 1-0 home loss to KuPS in the domestic league campaign.
Therefore, confidence is a bit low in the home camp and with Roma being desperate for a win, we are tempted to put our money on the Serie A outfits.
HJK vs Roma head to head
This will be the second encounter between the two sides. Take a look at their previous results;
- Roma 3-0 HJK 15/09/22
Home
- HJK 0-1 KuPS
- Ludogorets 2-0 HJK
- VPS 0-1 HJK
- HJK 1-1 Ludogorets
- HJK 3-0 Turku
Away
- Roma 0-1 Napoli
- Sampdoria 0-1 Roma
- Real Betis 1-1 Roma
- Roma 2-1 Lecce
- Roma 1-2 Real Betis
HJK team news
HJK will be without Jukka Raitala due to suspension.
Roma team news
Roma will be without Darboe, Dybala, and Wijnaldum due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Roma win
- Both sides to score (no)
- Goals over 1.5
