Analysis of Barcelona vs Roma

Barcelona and Roma face at Camp Nou, in a match for this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Quarter‑finals). The recent head‑to‑head record favours the home team, since they have a record of 2 wins and 1 draw in the last 3 matches. The last head‑to‑head between these two teams was played on 24‑11‑2015, and ended in a (6‑1) win by Barcelona. The home advantage may play an important role in this match , since Barcelona presents significant differences between home and away results.

Analysis of Barcelona

The home team comes to this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Quarter‑finals) after a home win by (3‑0) and a away draw by (1‑1) against Chelsea. This is a team that is often stronger at home, with the help of its supporters, so they usually make good use of the home advantage, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss in away matches; against 13 wins and 2 draws at their stadium. They come to this match after a away draw against Sevilla by (2‑2). Barcelona registers 4 wins in the last 4 home matches for the UEFA Champions League.

They have won the last 4 home matches and haven't lost any of the last 8 matches for this competition. They have presented defensive consistency, since they have only suffered goals in 2 of the last 8 matches, and their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 53 of the last 61 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 45 out of 61 have ended with Over 2,5 goals.

Barcelona, Spanish multi-champion and five-time Champion of the UEFA Champions League is a team that does not need presentations, with an offensive sector that has players such as Messi, Suárez, Philippe Coutinho among other great players have full conditions to finish with quality and decide games. In this season of Champions League Barcelona playing at home simply managed to win to Juventus and Chelsea, both by 3-0, showing all its offensive potential. Once again Barcelona should make a good start in the field and seek victory, the team is expected to win and with as many goals as possible, so that it can play the second match in Italy with more peace of mind.
Confirmed Lineup: M. ter Stegen, Piqué, Nélson Semedo, S. Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, I. Rakitić, L. Suárez, L. Messi.

Analysis of Roma

The away team comes to this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Quarter‑finals) after a home win by (1‑0) and a away loss by (2‑1) against Shakhtar Donetsk. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses in away matches, with 22 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 10 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses at their stadium, with 24 goals scored and 12 conceded. In their last match, for the Serie A, they got an away tie against Bologna by (1‑1). In the last 4 UEFA Champions League away matches Roma has a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition.

Roma had as its main campaign in the Champions League in the 1983/84 season when it was runner-up of the competition. Now the team reach the quarterfinals of the competition even though it can not do good away games, the team only managed to beat Karabah, a weak Azerbaijan team, in the second round of the group stage. Now against Barcelona in Camp Nou the challenge will be much greater and the team should have many difficulties to hold the strong offensive sector of Barcelona. Roma is expected to put all its hopes of a goal in the forward Dzeko who already has 14 goals in the season. The team has characteristics of attacking by the flanks, so we can expect many crossings in the area.
Confirmed Lineup: Alisson, F. Fazio, Bruno Peres, K. Manolas, A. Kolarov, A. Florenzi, Lorenzo Pellegrini, D. De Rossi, K. Strootman, E. Džeko, D. Perotti.
Coach: E. Di Francesco.