Sunday , 16 August 2026

AZ vs AS Roma, Europe 2024-25 LEAGUE STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2024-25
AZ
1 – 0
Full Time
AS Roma
Thu 23 Jan 2025 · 17:45 UTC AFAS Stadion HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 19' Artem Dovbyk
Y 35' Mats Hummels
Mexx Meerdink 53' Y
Wouter Goes 63' Y
Y 71' Alexis Saelemaekers
Kristijan Belic 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

AZ vs AS Roma — Europe at AFAS Stadion.

  • AZ 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
  • AS Roma 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

  • Referee Irfan Peljto
6 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 9.8 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompié 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvárosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzeň 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahçe SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
AZ 1 games · Avg 1.0 goals AS Roma
Last 5 meetings
2025-01-23 AZ 1–0 AS Roma

Recent Form

AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Jan AS Roma H 1–0 W
18 Jan FC Utrecht A 0–0 D
11 Jan PSV A 2–2 D
21 Dec FC Twente '65 H 1–0 W
15 Dec NAC Breda A 2–1 W
12 Dec PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad A 2–2 D
AS Roma
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Jan AZ A 0–1 L
17 Jan Genoa CFC H 3–1 W
12 Jan Bologna FC 1909 A 2–2 D
05 Jan SS Lazio H 2–0 W
29 Dec AC Milan A 1–1 D
22 Dec Parma Calcio 1913 H 5–0 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
30% Clean Sheets
AS Roma this season

Top Scorers (This Season)

AS Roma
Donyell Malen 4 G
Lorenzo Pellegrini 3 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at AFAS Stadion!
  • 5' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AS Roma needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 19' AS Roma player sees a card in front of him.
  • 24' AS Roma come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 29' Over 29 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AZ that had 300 games and scored 566 goals.
  • 35' Mats Hummels is having his name booked by the referee on 35.
  • 40' It looks surprising AZ does not make any changes. Matias Soule has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 45' AS Roma seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 46' Another change for AS Roma made on 46 minute. Artem Dovbyk leaves to be changed by Matias Soule.
  • 51' Mats Hummels, a Germany , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 53' The referee shows AZ player a card on 53.
  • 58' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Claudio Ranieri will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 62' AZ make a change. Mayckel Lahdo trudges off to be replaced by Zico Buurmeester on 62 minutes.
  • 63' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Wouter Goes on 63 minutes.
  • 68' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 71' Poor challenge from Alexis Saelemaekers. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 72' The supporters are chanting for Troy Parrott. He replaces Mexx Meerdink on 72 minute.
  • 74' It is a substitution in AS Roma team. Alexis Saelemaekers is replaced by Stephan El Shaarawy on 74 minute.
  • 79' Supporters expect more eagerness from Niccolo Pisilli, as he is very good at scoring at AFAS Stadion with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 80' What a strike from Troy Parrott! The score is 1-0.
  • 85' Another substitution for AS Roma to replace Leandro Paredes by Tommaso Baldanzi on 85 minute.
  • 90' Kristijan Belic picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maarten Martens

AS Roma Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Claudio Ranieri

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.22 AZ xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.67 AS Roma xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 71% + Under — clean sheet likely 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AZ50% Draw30% AS Roma20%
Actual: AZ win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes36% 0% No64%
Avg goals/match: 1.89
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 82%
18%
± 1.5 57%
43%
± 2.5 29%
71%
± 3.5 13%
87%
± 4.5 5%
95%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw
80%
Draw or AS Roma
50%
AZ or AS Roma
70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AZ31% Draw55% AS Roma14%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
17.5%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
13.2%
2 – 0
10.7%
0 – 1
8.8%
2 – 1
7.4%
3 – 0
4.3%
1 – 2
4%
0 – 2
3.1%
3 – 1
3.1%
2 – 2
2.6%
4 – 0
1.3%

Asian Handicap — AZ

Handicap AZ covers Push AS Roma covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 14% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 26% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 13% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

AZ keeps clean sheet
52% ✓
AS Roma keeps clean sheet
30% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.