The AS Roma club has experience in the European League. But their coach, De Rossi, doesn't have much experience in the European League in his coaching career. So I personally might prefer to think that this match will be quite fierce. Even though I will also favor the home team, I am still not sure whether Roma will be okay in this match. Because I still remember that Roma also had great difficulties when they faced Feyenoord in the knockout round. And Roma was actually able to qualify for the round of 16 because they won on penalties against Feyenoord. So for me the first leg is still a match that is difficult to predict. But I prefer to bet on the home team of course.
Even though De Rossi has no experience in European competitions, I am sure he can handle the pressure. De Rossi has managed to make Roma better and of course it will be a good morale to face Brighton. Brighton is at the same level if we look at the performance of the two teams in each league. But AS Roma is more favored because they have experience at European level but I think Brighton can give a surprise in that match. I predict the match will end in a draw.