In the opening day of UEFA Europa League, AS Roma will travel to Bulgaria to face Ludogorets looking to start their European campaing with the right foot. After being inaugural winners of UEFA Conference League last season, hopes are hight within the fans to see a quality jump and stomp strong in this tournament. We strongly suggest an away win for this game.

Last sunday, 'la Lupa' suffered the first defeat of the season by a tough 4-0 against Udinese, a result that coach José Mourinho had only witnessed twice in his career. They now have the chance to prove that this is already in the past by playing a good game and bringing home three points in their first international outing of the 2022/23.

Statistics seem to favour the Italians, as they have progressed from the group stage in every one of their prior participations, even reaching the semifinals two seasons ago. Of course, this makes them clear favourites to top the group they also share with Betis and HJK. Lifting this trophy is a known task for coach Mourinho, as hey did it with Manchester United in 2016/2017.

For Ludogorets, it will be the sixth successive season that they take part in UEL, being the only Bulgarian side to have European action in 2022/23. After failing to qualify for Champions League, they enter the competition with a horrific 18 winless run in Europa League, a streak that seems very difficult to break against one of the favourites for the title.

在欧联杯开幕日，罗马将前往保加利亚迎战卢多戈雷茨，他们希望用正确的方式开始他们的欧战。在上赛季成为欧协联的首届冠军之后，球迷们寄予厚望，希望在这场比赛中看到高质量的飞跃和强劲的表现。我建议这场比赛选择客队赢球。

上周日，罗马在客场0-4惨败给乌迪内斯，遭遇了本赛季的首场失利，而主帅何塞-穆里尼奥在他的职业生涯中只目睹过两次这样的结果。他们现在有机会通过打好比赛并在 2022/23 赛季的首次国际比赛中拿下 3 分来证明这已经成为过去。

统计数据似乎对意大利人有利，因为他们在之前的每一场比赛中都从小组赛中晋级，甚至在两个赛季前进入了半决赛。当然举起这个奖杯对于主教练穆里尼奥来说，这是一项众所周知的任务，就像他在 2016/2017 年在曼联所做的那样。

对于卢多戈雷茨来说，这将是他们连续第六个赛季参加欧联杯，成为 2022/23 赛季唯一一支参加欧洲赛事的保加利亚球队。在未能获得欧冠资格后，他们在欧联杯中以可怕的 18 场不胜战绩进入了比赛，这一连胜似乎很难与夺冠热门之一的球队抗衡。