Elfsborg vs. Roma | Europa League | League Stage | Pre Match

Elfsborg vs. Roma

Elfsborg vs. Roma | Europa League | League Stage | Pre Match
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Elfsborg have never faced Roma in a European match – they’ve lost four of their five games against Italian opponents, winning the other 1-0 against Lazio in a UEFA Europa League qualifier in August 2009.
2
This is Roma’s first European match against a Swedish side since November 1999 in a UEFA Cup tie with IFK Göteborg – they won 1-0 with a goal from Fábio Júnior.
3
Elfsborg have won just one of their 12 home major European matches (D4 L7), winning 2-0 against Strasbourg in September 1978 in the UEFA Cup.
4
Roma have won three of their last 15 away UEFA Europa League matches (D6 L6), with only two of those wins coming outside of Italy – 2-1 vs HJK in October 2022 and 2-1 vs Sheriff Tiraspol in September 2023. The other was 1-0 against Milan in April.
5
Elfsborg managed just three shots on MD1 of this season’s UEFA Europa League against AZ but scored with both of their shots on target, with Timothy Ouma and Simon Hedlund combining for both goals in a 3-2 defeat.