Bayer Leverkusen hosts Roma in Champions League Group E on Tuesday. Here are all the details you need to know.WHEN IS THE MATCH? At 7:45 pm (BST) in Leverkusen on Tuesday. A home win would see the German side take a huge step towards finishing in the top two of Group E They are two points clear of the Italian side after two matches, and are bidding for a double over Rome clubs in Europe this season having swept aside Lazio 3-1 on aggregate in the Champions League play-offs. Roma hopes to recover from the 3-2 defeat they suffered at BATE last time out but know a defeat could be fatal to their hopes of progressing beyond the group stage.
TEAM NEWS To follow.. MANAGER QUOTES Bayer Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt: to follow Roma coach Rudi Garcia: "The favourites for the title will be those who will go to the end. Tonight we wanted to be second and we have hit the target (in the 3-1 Serie A win over Empoli). This was the third victory in a row and now we will think to Champions League: we're going to Leverkusen to win " Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi: "There's no question, it won't be easy against Leverkusen because we're playing away from home and they are a quality side. Qualification for the next round of the Champions League is at stake in this match so it will be a kind of mini knockout game." MATCH BUZZ
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MATCH FACTS Bayer Leverkusen and Roma’s only previous meeting was in the 2004/05 Champions League group stages. The German side won 3-1 in Leverkusen and there was a 1-1 draw in Rome. Bayer Leverkusen has reached the Last 16 in each of the past four seasons they’ve been involved in the Champions League. None of Bayer Leverkusen’s last 23 Champions League home games has ended in a draw (W14 L9). Their last draw on home soil came against Manchester Utd in April 2002 (1-1). Leverkusen has won four of their last five Champions League games at the BayArena (L1). Roma has only won one of their last 11 Champions League games (D4 L6). That was against CSKA Moscow in last season’s group stages.
Roma has never kept a clean sheet in their last 16 Champions League games. The last one was against Arsenal in March 2009 (1-0). Roma’s last away win in the Champions League was in November 2010 against Basel (3-2). Since then, they have drawn three and lost three. All four goals conceded by Roma in the Champions League this season have come in the opening 30 minutes. Hakan Calhanoglu has been involved in four of Bayer Leverkusen’s five Champions League goals this season (2 goals, 2 assists). Roma’s Edoardo Soleri is the youngest player to have appeared in this season’s Champions League (17 years and 11 months). Rudi Garcia has only won three of his 20 Champions League games as the manager (D6 L11).
