Date: Thursday 18th May, 2023
Time: 8:00 pm
Stadium Bay Arena
Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)
Goal Scorer:
Bayern Leverkusen
After neither featured in Leverkusen's lineup at the weekend, both Odilon Kossounou and Robert Andrich - who were withdrawn due to injury in Rome - remain doubts for Xabi Alonso ahead of Thursday's second leg.
There remains strong competition for places in attack, and after Sardar Azmoun started and star man Florian Wirtz was rested on Sunday, their roles should be reversed; Adam Hlozek and Amine Adli go head-to-head to join Wirtz alongside Moussa Diaby in the hosts' front three.
Long-term absentees Patrik Schick and Karim Bellarabi - the latter of whom recently confirmed he would soon be leaving the club after 12 years - will have to watch on from the stands.
Bayer Leverkusen possible starting lineup:
Hradecky; Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapie; Frimpong, Demirbay, Palacios, Bakker; Diaby, Wirtz, Adli
Roma
Roma, though, hope to have two integral cogs in their machine available at the BayArena - albeit only from the bench. Paulo Dybala and Chris Smalling have both returned to training, and the English defender now seems set to make his return from a three-week layoff.
Bryan Cristante should fill his place from the start though, deputising at the heart of the visitors' back three, while Zeki Celik is expected to recover from a muscular injury which forced him off in Bologna in time for the trip to Germany.
As Dybala is unlikely to play, Andrea Belotti, Tammy Abraham and Ola Solbakken must fight it out for selection up front.
Roma possible starting lineup:
Patricio; Mancini, Cristante, Ibanez; Celik, Matic, Bove, Spinazzola; Pellegrini, Wijnaldum; Abraham
Prediction: Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Roma (Roma win 2-1 on aggregate)
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