Roma’s superb 3-0 victory at Celtic on Thursday boosted their chances of progressing to the knockout stage of the 2025/26 Europa League.
The Serie A giants are now tenth in the standings, just one point adrift of the final automatic qualification place with two games remaining.
However, with fixtures to come against Stuttgart (H) and Panathinaikos (A), Roma will not find it easy to force their way into the top eight.
Read on as we look at the latest outright betting for the Europa League, before assessing Roma’s chances of going straight through to the last-16.
Europa League 2025/26 – Outright Betting
Operators of popular sportsbook platforms rate Roma as the second favourites to win the Europa League this season. The latest outright odds are as follows:
- Aston Villa – 7/2
- Roma – 6/1
- Porto – 7/1
- Real Betis – 8/1
- Nottingham Forest – 9/1
- Lyon – 10/1
- Bologna – 11/1
- Freiburg – 22/1
- Lille – 22/1
- Stuttgart – 22/1
- Fenerbahce – 25/1
- Braga – 25/1
- Celta Vigo – 25/1
- Midtjylland – 40/1
- Genk – 50/1
- Viktoria Plzen – 50/1
- Celtic – 66/1
- Panathinaikos – 66/1
- PAOK – 66/1
- Basel – 80/1
- Feyenoord – 80/1
- Brann – 80/1
- Young Boys – 80/1
- Dinamo Zagreb – 80/1
- Ferencvaros – 100/1
- Red Star Belgrade – 100/1
- Ludogorets – 125/1
- Go Ahead Eagles – 200/1
- Red Bull Salzburg – 250/1
- FCSB – 350/1
- Sturm Graz – 1000/1
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1000/1
- Utrecht – 1000/1
- Malmo – 1000/1
- Rangers – 1000/1
Europa League 2025/26 – Matchday 7 & 8 Fixtures
Matchday 7
Thursday, January 22
- Bologna vs Celtic
- Young Boys vs Lyon
- Viktoria Plzen vs Porto
- Fenerbahce vs Aston Villa
- Feyenoord vs Sturm Graz
- Malmo vs Red Star Belgrade
- PAOK vs Real Betis
- Freiburg vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv
- Brann vs Midtjylland
- Roma vs Stuttgart
- Utrecht vs Genk
- Red Bull Salzburg vs Basel
- Ferencvaros vs Panathinaikos
- Dinamo Zagreb vs FCSB
- Nice vs Go Ahead Eagles
- Rangers vs Ludogorets
- Celta Vigo vs Lille
- Braga vs Nottingham Forest
Matchday 8
Thursday, January 29
- Aston Villa vs Red Bull Salzburg
- Celtic vs Utrecht
- Porto vs Rangers
- Basel vs Viktoria Plzen
- Midtjylland vs Dinamo Zagreb
- Red Star Belgrade vs Celta Viga
- FCSB vs Fenerbahce
- Go Ahead Eagles vs Braga
- Genk vs Malmo
- Lille vs Freiburg
- Maccabi Tel-Aviv vs Bologna
- Nottingham Forest vs Ferencvaros
- Lyon vs PAOK
- Panathinaikos vs Roma
- Ludogorets vs Nice
- Real Betis vs Feyenoord
- Sturm Graz vs Brann
- Stuttgart vs Young Boys
Europa League 2025/26 – Four points could be enough for Roma
Just five points cover the top 17 teams in the league phase standings, highlighting the competitive nature of UEFA’s second-tier tournament.
After Roma’s excellent victory at Celtic, manager Gia Piero Gasperini admitted that the Europa League presented a vastly different challenge to Serie A.
“In Europe you face the best teams in their leagues,” he said. “The games are more open, because teams play with confidence and conviction and attack in numbers.
“It’s a different kind of football from Italian football, where there’s often less space and less chance to play your game.
“As a result, you have to deal with deadly strikers. It’s a different type of football. I wouldn’t say it’s easier, but it’s different.”
A victory over Stuttgart in their next outing would significantly enhance Roma’s chances of ending the league phase inside the top eight.
The Bundesliga side have the same number of points as Roma heading into that game, but are currently ahead of them on goal difference.
Three points should move Gasperini’s side into an automatic qualification place, with most of the other teams ahead of them facing tough fixtures on Matchday 7.
A victory would set Roma up nicely for their final league phase fixture at Panathinaikos, where a point could be good enough to progress straight into the last-16.
Several of the other teams vying for a top-eight spot still have to face each other, so a four-point haul from the last two games should get the job done for Roma.
Gasperini will be keen to avoid the knockout play-off round to ensure that his team avoids a fixture pile-up during the second half of the season. If Roma replicate the performance they delivered at Celtic in their final two games, they should comfortably finish inside the top eight.
