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Lazio clear on the high, Roma in hassle after MD4

epa11708894 Players of SS Lazio celebrate winning the UEFA Europa League soccer match between SS Lazio and FC Porto, in Rome, Italy, 07 November 2024. EPA-EFE/ETTORE FERRARI

epa11708894 Gamers of SS Lazio have a good time successful the UEFA Europa League soccer match between SS Lazio and FC Porto, in Rome, Italy, 07 November 2024. EPA-EFE/ETTORE FERRARI

Lazio have one foot within the Europa League Spherical of 16 after their late winner over FC Porto left them as the one workforce with an ideal document, however Roma are in actual hazard.

That is the primary season with the brand new format of the match, the place every workforce performs eight totally different opponents and all the outcomes go into a single table.

The highest eight go straight into the Spherical of 16, whereas these from ninth place to 24th enter a play-off section.

The edges from 25th place to 36th are eradicated from Europe altogether.

We are actually on the halfway stage of the match after 4 rounds and the one membership with an ideal document of 12 factors is Lazio.

They fought to the bitter finish for a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in stoppages, giving them a two-point cushion from the chasing pack.

Extra importantly, they’re already 5 factors away from the play-off zone, so have one foot within the subsequent spherical.

The others who had gained the opening three have been Tottenham Hotspur (who misplaced 3-2 to Victor Osimhen’s Galatasaray right now) and RSC Anderlecht (held 1-1 by RFS in Riga).

epa11707944 Lorenzo Pellegrini of AS Roma (L) and Ross Sykes of Union SG (R) interact as they get off the ground during the UEFA Europa League match between Union SG and AS Roma in Brussels, Belgium, 07 November 2024. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER MATTHYS
epa11707944 Lorenzo Pellegrini of AS Roma (L) and Ross Sykes of Union SG (R) work together as they get off the bottom through the UEFA Europa League match between Union SG and AS Roma in Brussels, Belgium, 07 November 2024. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER MATTHYS

As for Roma, they may face a battle simply to safe a play-off spot and keep away from automated elimination, as a result of they’re at present in 20th place.

The Giallorossi have only one Europa League victory, 1-0 over Dynamo Kyiv, together with two stalemates and the defeat away to Elfsborg.

With simply three objectives scored in 4 video games, it isn’t tough to see the place the issue lies for Ivan Juric’s aspect, who have been held to a 1-1 draw by Union Saint-Gilloise in Brussels this night.

There are some surprises, as Actual Sociedad, FC Twente, Good, PAOK and Dynamo Kyiv are all within the Europa League elimination zone.


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