Roma & Monaco Looking to Seal Their Champions League Spot


Five teams will qualify for the Champions League group stages and the other five will go to the Europa League group stages as teams are prepared for the 2nd leg play-off.

Two of the five important matches will be played today as Porto traveled to AS Roma looking to score goals to remain in contentions for the Champions League group stage while Villarreal also needs to win by a big margin against Monaco to remain in the hunt.

The first leg between Porto and Roma ended in a 1-1 draw at Estadio do Dragao, when Porto's Andre Silva equalizer came from the spot after his team-mate Filipe's own goal in a well worked corner.

Roma played the first leg with 10-men for almost an hour, when debutant Thomas Vermaelen sent off in the 41st minute.
Porto have not won in their last five Champions League fixtures. Roma have an away goal advantage heading into the second leg and Porto have all to do in the today's match, needed to score goals in the away soil which is not always easy.

Monaco are all set to qualify for the Champions League after 2-1 win at Villarreal and they are looking the same to qualify for the group stage.

Monaco 2-1 win at El Madrigal came from Fabinho and Bernardo Silva goals. Fabinho opened the scoring with the penalty spot inside the first five minutes which cancelled out by Pato's header in the closing minutes of the first half. Bernardo Silva's goal in the second half seals the win for the visitors and they now looking to tackle the Spanish club at home.
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