Elfsborg Vs Roma: Starting To Trust Ivan Juric

AS Roma are predicted to gain the first three points in the Europa League when they visit Elfsborg (Instagram/@officialasroma).

JAKARTA - Elfsborg vs AS Roma Meeting in the second match of the Europa League 2024/2025 at the Boras Arena, Friday, October 4, 2024, early morning WIB, became the first winning hunting duel.

Elfsborg is determined to claim the first home win in European tournaments since 1978. Meanwhile, their I Giallorossi are trying to improve their bad record in away matches.

After Daniele De Rossi's departure mid-September 2024, Roma came close to getting maximum points from last week's Europa League opener. However, in the end, they had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home against Athletic Bilbao.

Positively, in the hands of the new coach, Ivan Juric, Roma, experienced significant developments.

The coach's debut was impressive when he crushed Udinese 3-0 at the Olimpico. After picking up a point against Bilbao in the Europa League, Roma won again in Serie A.

They beat Venezia 2-1 on Sunday, September 29, 2024. The result made Roma's position in the standings move up to the ninth stairs with nine points from six matches.

In fact, Roma's journey at the start of the season wasn't really bad. After losing to Empoli 1-2 in the league, they are unbeaten in the next five parties. Three of them have been handled by Juric.

Recruitment of players in the summer market has shown success. Under the cold hands of Juric, the existing composition can achieve better results.

If Roma want to reach the last eight of the Europa League, they certainly have to start the process to improve their poor away record.

Last season, they only won two of their seven continental games at home to opponents.

Before facing Elfsborg for the first time since November 1999, the Giallorossi have won just three of their last 15 Europa League games outside of Rome.

However, the current situation is clearly different. Roma players have started to mess with Juric's presence.

Moreover, the Giallorossi benefited from Elfsborg's statistics which lost four times to five matches against Italian teams to date.

The only win over the Italian team came when Elfsborg beat Lazio 1-0 in the qualifying round 15 years ago.

Elfsborg is also still awkward playing in the Europa League. You see, the club, which is based in Boras, has only returned to European tournaments since being eliminated in the Europa League group stage in 2013.

At that time, they only won one point from the opening five games.

Targeting to qualify for the next phase is a tough target for Elfsborg considering they have to face strong teams like Roma, Tottenham Hotspur, Galatasaray, Nice, and Athletic Bilbao.

The results in the opening match of the Europa League are proof that Elfsborg is difficult to get into competition. They lost 2-3 to AZ Alkmaar.

Oscar Hiljemark's team were forced to only produce two shots. Luckily, those two chances became goals.

The record of three wins and one defeat to four Europa League qualifying matches at home will not be enough motivation. The reason is, their opponents are classified as a weaker team.

Formation Forecast

Elfsborg (3-4-3): Petspersson; Larsson, Buhari, Yegbe; Hedlund, B. Zeneli, Ouma, Hult; A. Zeneli, Baidoo, Qasem

Roma (3-4-2-1): Ryan; Hermoso, promise, Ndicka; Abdulhamid, Pisilli, Paredes, Angelino; Soule, Baldanzi; Shomorudov