Lazio have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Zenit. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lazio have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.Zenit have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table.
A good away victory last time out for Zenit, who won 2-0 against Khimki. A Champions League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Borussia Dortmund.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Zenit as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Krasnodar are visiting.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Zenit is on fire here. A stunning 19 from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Zenit have conceded 6 goals.
Lazio form and stats
Lazio was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.It's gone fairly well in the Serie A away games so far for Lazio with six points collected from three matches.
It's the second away game in a row for Lazio, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Torino in the Serie A last time out. Before that, Lazio travelled to Club Brugge and returned home with a draw after the Champions League game finished 1-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Lazio, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? The end of the last match, against Torino, was very satisfying as Felipe Caicedo scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
After this away game Lazio return home for a Serie A game against Juventus. That game is only four sleeps after this.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Lazio are regular goalscorers on their travels. For Lazio, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Azmoun 6 goals |  A. Dzyuba 6 goals |  A. Erokhin 5 goals |
Zenit missing players
Lazio missing players
| Zenit | Lazio | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 52 | 31 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 377 | 199 | Total Shots | T S | 159 | 307 | ||
| 135 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 112 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lazio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Zenit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Moskva | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Zenit | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 27 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Rostov | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Sochi | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan' | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | Ural | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Tambov | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 9 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -16 | 6 |
| 16 | Ufa | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Sassuolo | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Napoli | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Inter | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Sampdoria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Bologna | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Benevento | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Parma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Genoa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Spezia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Udinese | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Torino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Crotone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 1 |