Jose Mourinho’s Roma have had their ups-and-downs in their maiden Europa Conference League run, not least October’s humiliating 6-1 loss to Bodo/Glimt, but the capital club remain amongst the favourites to lift UEFA’s third competition ahead of their tie with Vitesse, which they approach in strong form.

Tammy Abraham’s goal sealed a win over European rivals Atalanta at the weekend, handing the Giallorossi back-to-back 1-0 Serie A victories. Roma have now lost just one of their last nine games, a 2-0 cup defeat at Inter, as Mourinho’s men look to revive their hopes of an unlikely top four finish in Serie A.

Their round-of-16 opponents Vitesse, meanwhile, have lost four of their last seven games, including the first leg of a 3-2 aggregate win over Rapid Wien at the last stage of this competition. The Dutch outfit have been on the receiving end of some heavy Eredivisie defeats recently, going down 5-0 to PSV Eindhoven and 3-0 to FC Twente, and post a negative goal difference despite sitting seventh in their domestic league as the run-in approaches.

Italian outfit can seize the initiative in first leg
Vitesse have also won just five of their 12 home matches in their domestic league, and with Mourinho determined to take this competition seriously as Roma hunt their first trophy since 2008, an away win looks to be on the cards.

However, Vitesse have not failed to score in 12 Conference League matches this term, including qualifiers, and Roma have seen both teams score in eight of their last 13. Therefore, a 2-1 away win looks to be a decent correct score prediction.



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穆里尼奥的罗马在他们的欧联杯首秀中经历了起起伏伏，不仅仅是在10月耻辱地以6-1输给博多和格里姆特，但首都俱乐部仍然是最有希望在与维特斯的欧联杯第三轮比赛中胜出的球队之一，他们在与维特斯的比赛中表现强劲。

塔米·亚伯拉罕的进球帮助罗马在周末锁定了对欧洲对手亚特兰大的胜利，帮助罗马在意甲联赛中以1-0连续取胜。罗马在过去的九场比赛中只输了一场，就是在杯赛上输给了国际米兰，穆里尼奥的球员们希望重新燃起他们在意甲联赛中不太可能取得前四名的希望。

与此同时，他们的16强对手维特斯队在最近的7场比赛中已经输掉了4场比赛，包括在最后阶段以3比2战胜维也纳Rapid的第一回合比赛。这支荷兰队最近在欧甲联赛中遭遇了几场惨败，0 - 5负于PSV埃因霍温，0 - 3负于特温特，尽管在联赛积分榜上排名第七，但净胜球为负。

意大利队可以在第一回合取得主动权
维特斯在国内联赛的12场主场比赛中也只赢了5场，穆里尼奥决心认真对待这场比赛，罗马自2008年以来第一次获得冠军，一场客场胜利看起来是有可能的。

然而，维特斯在本赛季包括预选赛在内的12场联赛中都有进球，而罗马在过去的13场比赛中有8场都有进球。因此，客场2-1获胜看起来是一个不错的正确的得分预测。