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COMOAS Roma - Real Madrid
Roma host Real Madrid chasing first Champions League win
AS Roma host Real Madrid at the Olimpico on Wednesday night with both sides looking to climb from the lower reaches of the Champions League table. Roma sit 22nd with one point from their opening match, while Madrid are 16th with three points from one.
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The table pressure
Roma have drawn their only Champions League match so far and sit well outside the automatic progression places, where Barcelona, Sporting CP and Arsenal each have maximum points from two games. A win here would take them to four points from two matches; defeat leaves them on one point from two. Madrid's single win gives them a cushion but not much of one, victory would put them on six points from two, while a draw keeps them on four.
The market gives Madrid a 49.9 per cent chance of winning, against 25.7 per cent for Roma and 24.4 per cent for a draw. That reflects recent form: Madrid have won four of their last five matches, losing once, while Roma have won two and drawn three. The last meeting between these sides, in August 2019, finished 2–2; before that Roma lost four in a row, with those five meetings producing 14 goals in total.
Where the season sits
Roma's last result was a goalless draw; Madrid won 1–0 in their most recent outing. Both have played fewer matches than the sides at the top of the table, Barcelona, Sporting and Arsenal have all played twice, so a win carries the added weight of catching up on games as well as points. Como sit sixth with three points from one match, the same tally Madrid carry into this fixture. Roma will want to avoid falling further behind a group that is already pulling clear at the top.
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