BATE Borisov v Roma in numbers ahead of Matchday 2, Tuesday 29 September 2015

The Borisov Arena will host Roma’s second Champions League match of the 2015-16 season this evening as Rudi Garcia’s side take on BATE Borisov at 20:45 CEST.

Thehosts were beaten 4-1 away to Bayer Leverkusen in the first round of Group E matches, while Roma secured a 1-1 home draw with Barcelona. Tonight’s match will be the first official meeting between Roma and BATE Borisov, and indeed the Giallorossi have never faced Belarusian opposition in their 279-match European history.

While you wait for kick-off, we’ve compiled the key facts you have to know ahead of tonight’s clash:

6 – Roma haven’t kept a clean sheet away from home in the Champions League since March 6, 2007, when the Giallorossi beat Lyon by two goals to nil.

14 – The number of Giallorossi appearances made by Sergei Gurenko, the only Belarusian player to have ever represented Roma. Gurenko spent 18 months in the capital after joining for the 1990-00 season.

17 – The number of Champions League goals scored by Francesco Totti, Roma’s all-time leading scorer in the competition.

25 – Roma have won 25 Champions League matches in total.

36 – The number of away matches the Giallorossi have played in the Champions League.

88 – Alessandro Florenzi’s memorable goal in Roma’s Group E opener against Barcelona was the Giallorossi’s 88th goal in the Champions League.

100 – Rudi Garcia will take charge of his 100th Roma match when his side take on BATE Borisov later.

101 – The number of different sides the Giallorossi have faced in European competitions before tonight.

150 – If involved tonight, Miralem Pjanic will make his 150th appearance for the Giallorossi.

1931 – The year that Roma contested their first-ever European match. It was a Central European Cup quarter-final first-leg match away to Slavia Prague.
BATE Borisov v Roma in numbers

Source: asroma.it

 

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