A.S Roma vs Arsenal Betting Pick | Champions League

Champions League

2009-03-11 - A.S Roma vs Arsenal

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Analysis:

Both sides comes into this match with their main concerns being in the attacking department as Arsenal will be missing Togo Striker Emmanuel Adebayor while Roma are sweating on the fitness of Captain Francesco Totti ahead of this clash.

Arsenal are in a much better position as they welcome back two players from the treatment table in the form of Brazilian born Croatia striker Eduardo who scored in the FA Cup against Burnley while Theo Walcott also made his appearance coming on for 20 minutes.

While Walcott is unlikely to start chances are Eduardo will start this match and the Gunners will seek to defend a 1-0 lead from the first leg. They could have won by a greater margin had their finishing been better on that day.

Wenger admitted that it would be foolish to go there and defend so they will also go and attack at every chance they can and try to score.

For the hosts A.S Roma, they have to score if they are to avoid being eliminated. They are hoping that Totti can recover in time from an injury that he has suffered all season. Apart from Totti, there are also doubts on his replacement Mirko Vucinic and also attacking midfielder Simone Perrotta will definitely miss out while midfielder Daniele De Rossi is out suspended.

They also have doubts on goalkeeper Doni as well as midfielder Jeremy Menez, Alberto Aquilaniand David Pizarro while Brazilian Cicinho is already out for the season with knee ligament damage.

This makes it even harder for them to score here and in the last two seasons previously they have been knocked out by English opposition in the form of Manchester United.

Take Arsenal not to lose this match.

Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser

The Statistics :

ROMA_AS LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2008-12-09	W	2-0	H v Bordeaux
	2008-11-04	W	3-1	H v Chelsea
	2008-09-16	L	1-2	H v Cluj_CFR
	2008-04-01	L	0-2	H v Manchester_Utd
	2008-02-19	W	2-1	H v Real_Madrid
	2007-12-12	D	1-1	H v Manchester_Utd

ARSENAL LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2008-12-10	L	2-0	A v Porto
	2008-10-21	W	2-5	A v Fenerbahce
	2008-09-17	D	1-1	A v Dynamo_Kyiv
	2008-04-02	L	4-2	A v Liverpool
	2008-03-04	W	0-2	A v Milan_AC
	2007-11-27	L	3-1	A v Seville

HEAD TO HEAD ROMA_AS v ARSENAL
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2002-11-27	Roma_AS	1-3	Arsenal

The Pick :

Draw Match 0-0 or 1-1

BEST BETTING TIP :

Go for this match to end in a draw.

Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet

Take Arsenal and accept the 1/4 ball here.

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