Roma target an upset against Bayern Munich

AS Roma will be coming in to this match against Bayern Munich fresh in the memory of the humiliating defeat they suffered at the hands of the German champions only two weeks ago in the their home stadium, the Stadio Olimpico. The 7-1 defeat was not only a huge dent to their confidence and pride but also to their chances of making it through to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League.

At the other end of the scale, Bayern Munich are riding high and have been all season, the 7-1 victory away to Roma really was the icing on the cake for the start they have made to both the Bundesliga and the Champions League. The Bundesliga`s top club are just one win away from securing their place in the knockout stages of this season`s Champions League and this will be all the motivation they need to inflict another defeat on Roma and are 1/4 to do just that with bet365.

Bayern Munich are still without the likes of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez through injury but can now call on Franck Ribery, who made a telling contribution from the substitutes bench on the weekend against Borussia Dortmund. The Frenchman is yet to start a Bundesliga or Champions League game this season but is in line to do so against Roma and can be backed at 9/4 with betfred to score at any time. In terms of goal scorers, it`s difficult to look beyond Arjen Robben, who has already got 2 goals to his name in the Champions League this season and was on penalty duty for Bayern Munich on the weekend. The Dutch winger is on offer at 5/1 with BetVictor to score the first goal of the game.

Since that heavy defeat in the first group meeting between these two teams, Roma have managed a win, draw and a loss, the latter coming in their most recent match, a 2-0 away defeat at Napoli in Serie A. Prior to the 7-1 humiliation at the hands of Bayern, Roma had only dropped 3 points in seven Serie A games but since that result they have dropped 5 points in three games and this loss of form has pushed them out to 13/1 with bet365 to beat Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena. If they are to head back to Rome with anything from the game, the pace of Gervinho on the break could be vital and the Ivorian is currently Roma`s top goal scorer in this season`s Champions League with 3 goals from three games. Gervinho is available at 5/1 with SkyBet to score at any time during the match and add to his goals total for the season.

There can be little doubt that this game will see goals, Roma have not kept a clean sheet away from home in the Champions League in their last 15 attempts and Bayern Munich have scored 22 goals in their last six games, conceding just 3 and Skybet offer 5/4 for Bayern to defeat Roma without conceding a goal. There have also been over 2.5 goals scored in 8 of the last 10 Champions League games Roma have been involved in and ladbrokes offer 4/9 for there to be over 2.5 goals in this one.

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