In Stats: 10 numbers from win in Shakhtar

We’ve picked out 10 numbers from Roma’s 2-1 win at Shakhtar Donetsk that secures their spot in the quarter-finals of this year’s Europa League...

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This is Roma’s first away win over Shakhtar, at the fourth attempt.

2

It was also just the Giallorossi’s second ever victory in Ukraine (W2, L4), their only other win in the country coming over Dinamo Kiev in the 2007-08 Champions League group stages.

3

Spaniard Borja Mayoral has scored in three of Roma’s four UEL knockout victories over Braga and Shakhtar.

4

Paulo Fonseca has claimed four wins out of four over the two knockout rounds since the group stages, all of which have been secured against his two most recent former clubs; Braga and Shakhtar.

6

Riccardo Calafiori made the third Europa League appearance of his career and his sixth in total for Roma; all of which have ended in victory.

7

Mayoral’s header to make it 4-0 on aggregate was his sixth Europa League goal of the campaign, while his second on the night was his seventh - drawing him level with the top goalscorers in the competition.

8

This was the eighth successive Europa League game this season that the Giallorossi have found the back of the net.

21

Roma have progressed from 21 of their previous 23 European knockout matches after winning the first leg.

23

Fonseca’s side have now scored 23 goals in the UEL this term, at an average of 2.3 goals a game.

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Victory over two legs puts Roma in the quarter-finals of a European tournament for the first time since 2017-18, when they reached the semis of the Champions League.