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Dovbyk just hitting form for Roma
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Top scorer Sancet also leads Athletic in shots on target
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Back 9/25.50 shots on target double with Bet Builder
Roma vs Athletic Bilbao
Thursday 26 September
20:00 BST kick-off
New Roma boss Ivan Juric started his tenure with a 3-0 win over Udinese on Sunday, and the club will hope that new manager bounce can run into their Europa League opener against Athletic Bilbao.
The Giallorossi have been consistent European challengers over the last few years - winning the 2022 Europa Conference League, making the 2023 Europa League final and the semis last year.
Bilbao have also had a recent up-turn in fortunes after a slow start, winning four of their last five ahead of their return to European football for the first time in seven years.
Ernesto Valverde's men moved up into third in La Liga with their third straight win, scoring eight goals in the process, so they'll provide plenty of threat in Rome.
Let's kick-off with Athletic, who have an injury worry over star man Nico Williams so we need to look at other options (although if he starts then 10/111.91 for him to get a shot on target needs looking at).
Williams' brother Inaki is a short price for a player with just two shots on target this season, so at a lively 7/52.40 we'll back Oihan Sancet for 1+ shot on target.
Sancet is their top scorer in La Liga with three goals and also a team-leading four shots on target - all coming in four different games - so with or without Nico Williams he looks a decent shout at a nice price.
We'll pair Sancet with Roma's main threat Artem Dovbyk, who has just hit form with goals in his last two games and it usually pays to side with the man with the hot hand.
The Ukrainian has had five shots on target in those last two games, and is 6/52.20 for 2+ shots on target here to make it three games in a row with multiple efforts on goal.
He's had three attempts on goal in four out of five games so volume hasn't been an issue, but the quality of chances and his accuracy have just started to hit an upward curve.
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