I think Roma are quite likely to be eliminated from the Europa League quite early. Because Brighton are a really challenging opponent for them. You know how good Brighton were in the group stage as well. They have a squad including quite talented players. I must admit the drop in their form in the Premier League recently but they are still a big threat to Roma.
Brighton is not overly better than Roma. I agree that Brighton is slightly in better form but that doesn't mean Roma doesn't have a chance. Roma have been better under the management of De Rossi.
Brighton also concede a lot of goals like Roma so Brighton don't have too much of an advantage there.
The way I see it, both teams have a very big chance of qualifying. I might go against popular picks and take Roma to win.
In the Europa League, mentality is also very influential because this is a European competition where each match has a different tension compared to the domestic league.
If you look at the strengths, Brighton and Roma don't have much difference, but I can see that Brighton is not a team that has a strong mentality on the European stage, in contrast to Roma.
That's the only thing that differentiates the two teams.