It's time for episode two of the CFR Cluj - Lazio Knockout Round Play-offs battle

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 23.February
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CMC (23500 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs meeting between CFR Cluj and Lazio. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

It's quite the trip for Lazio when visiting Cluj as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

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.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

Action has already taken place for CFR Cluj in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Maribor, KF Ballkani, Sivasspor, Slavia Praha, Shakhtyor and Inter Club d'Escaldes to reach the Knockout Round Play-offs. Last season, Cluj's Europa Conference League journey ended in the group stage.

27 points is a decent return from 13 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul CMC for CFR Cluj. The data says 9 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. 6W-4D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for CFR Cluj.

CFR Cluj's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Arges. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Lazio in the Europa Conference League.

Cluj are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Petrolul 52 awaits in four days.

The CFR Cluj fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. Cluj are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul CMC in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Lazio form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Lazio have produced an overall stat of 6-3-2 so far.

Lazio play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Salernitana. Immobile, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.0. Immobile scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).

A home victory as predicted against CFR Cluj before that, in the Europa Conference League.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sampdoria in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Lazio's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. Lazio are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other before this campaign: Lazio - Cluj 1-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (CFR Cluj wins - draws - Lazio wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
9 goals
LazioM. Zaccagni
M. Zaccagni
8 goals
LazioF. Anderson Pereira Gomes
F. Anderson Pereira Gomes
6 goals

CFR Cluj missing players

Lazio missing players

Total First Half Second Half
CFR Cluj Lazio
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 9   Played P   13 25
13 6   Won W   7 13
5 1   Drew D   2 6
7 2   Lost L   4 6
35 15   Scored S   20 39
22 7   Conceded C   11 22
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
64% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 68%
40% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 44%
20% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 28%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
40% 44%   BTTS BTTS   31% 36%
36% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 48%
28% 22%   Failed to Score F T   31% 24%
 
5.2 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.5
3.8 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.1
2.5 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
1 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.6 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 12.2
4.4 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%
 
9 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 12.2
3.4 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.9 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 26 16 7 3 49 25 13 10 2 1 28 8 13 6 5 2 21 17 24 55
2 CFR Cluj 26 17 2 7 41 23 13 9 0 4 23 11 13 8 2 3 18 12 18 53
3 FCSB 26 14 6 6 43 30 13 6 5 2 25 17 13 8 1 4 18 13 13 48
4 Rapid Bucuresti 26 13 7 6 35 22 13 9 3 1 25 11 13 4 4 5 10 11 13 46
5 Universitatea Craiova 26 13 6 7 33 25 13 9 2 2 21 11 13 4 4 5 12 14 8 45
6 Sepsi 26 10 8 8 42 24 13 5 3 5 22 10 13 5 5 3 20 14 18 38
7 U Craiova 1948 26 9 6 11 31 30 13 6 2 5 17 12 13 3 4 6 14 18 1 33
8 Petrolul 52 26 10 3 13 24 34 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 0 9 9 22 -10 33
9 Botosani 26 7 10 9 27 38 13 4 6 3 17 12 13 3 4 6 10 26 -11 31
10 Chindia Targoviste 26 7 9 10 31 37 13 3 6 4 16 19 13 4 3 6 15 18 -6 30
11 Hermannstadt 26 9 8 9 27 26 13 5 3 5 17 13 13 4 5 4 10 13 1 26
12 Voluntari 26 6 8 12 23 31 13 4 3 6 12 11 13 2 5 6 11 20 -8 26
13 Arges 26 6 8 12 20 37 13 4 4 5 11 16 13 2 4 7 9 21 -17 26
14 Universitatea Cluj 26 5 10 11 20 33 13 4 6 3 12 11 13 1 4 8 8 22 -13 25
15 UTA Arad 26 5 9 12 24 35 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 5 7 7 17 -11 24
16 Mioveni 26 3 9 14 19 39 13 1 6 6 6 13 13 2 3 8 13 26 -20 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 23 20 2 1 56 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 12 10 1 1 25 7 41 62
2 Inter 23 15 2 6 44 27 12 10 0 2 25 6 11 5 2 4 19 21 17 47
3 Roma 23 13 5 5 30 19 11 7 1 3 13 5 12 6 4 2 17 14 11 44
4 Milan 23 13 5 5 39 30 11 8 1 2 25 16 12 5 4 3 14 14 9 44
5 Lazio 23 12 6 5 39 19 12 6 3 3 21 12 11 6 3 2 18 7 20 42
6 Atalanta 23 12 5 6 42 26 11 5 2 4 22 15 12 7 3 2 20 11 16 41
7 Juventus 23 14 5 4 36 17 12 8 3 1 25 8 11 6 2 3 11 9 19 32
8 Bologna 23 9 5 9 30 33 12 5 4 3 16 10 11 4 1 6 14 23 -3 32
9 Torino 23 8 7 8 24 25 11 4 4 3 10 8 12 4 3 5 14 17 -1 31
10 Udinese 23 7 9 7 31 28 11 3 6 2 17 12 12 4 3 5 14 16 3 30
11 Monza 23 8 5 10 28 31 12 4 3 5 16 14 11 4 2 5 12 17 -3 29
12 Empoli 23 6 10 7 22 29 11 4 4 3 12 12 12 2 6 4 10 17 -7 28
13 Lecce 23 6 9 8 24 26 11 2 6 3 13 14 12 4 3 5 11 12 -2 27
14 Fiorentina 23 6 7 10 24 30 12 4 4 4 16 18 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 25
15 Sassuolo 23 6 6 11 26 35 11 4 2 5 13 13 12 2 4 6 13 22 -9 24
16 Salernitana 23 5 6 12 25 44 12 3 3 6 14 18 11 2 3 6 11 26 -19 21
17 Spezia 23 4 7 12 19 39 12 2 6 4 13 19 11 2 1 8 6 20 -20 19
18 Hellas Verona 23 4 5 14 20 34 12 4 1 7 14 18 11 0 4 7 6 16 -14 17
19 Sampdoria 23 2 5 16 11 38 12 0 3 9 3 18 11 2 2 7 8 20 -27 11
20 Cremonese 23 0 9 14 17 42 11 0 3 8 5 19 12 0 6 6 12 23 -25 9

Lazio:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 23 20 2 1 56 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 12 10 1 1 25 7 41 62
2 Inter 23 15 2 6 44 27 12 10 0 2 25 6 11 5 2 4 19 21 17 47
3 Roma 23 13 5 5 30 19 11 7 1 3 13 5 12 6 4 2 17 14 11 44
4 Milan 23 13 5 5 39 30 11 8 1 2 25 16 12 5 4 3 14 14 9 44
5 Lazio 23 12 6 5 39 19 12 6 3 3 21 12 11 6 3 2 18 7 20 42
6 Atalanta 23 12 5 6 42 26 11 5 2 4 22 15 12 7 3 2 20 11 16 41
7 Juventus 23 14 5 4 36 17 12 8 3 1 25 8 11 6 2 3 11 9 19 32
8 Bologna 23 9 5 9 30 33 12 5 4 3 16 10 11 4 1 6 14 23 -3 32
9 Torino 23 8 7 8 24 25 11 4 4 3 10 8 12 4 3 5 14 17 -1 31
10 Udinese 23 7 9 7 31 28 11 3 6 2 17 12 12 4 3 5 14 16 3 30
11 Monza 23 8 5 10 28 31 12 4 3 5 16 14 11 4 2 5 12 17 -3 29
12 Empoli 23 6 10 7 22 29 11 4 4 3 12 12 12 2 6 4 10 17 -7 28
13 Lecce 23 6 9 8 24 26 11 2 6 3 13 14 12 4 3 5 11 12 -2 27
14 Fiorentina 23 6 7 10 24 30 12 4 4 4 16 18 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 25
15 Sassuolo 23 6 6 11 26 35 11 4 2 5 13 13 12 2 4 6 13 22 -9 24
16 Salernitana 23 5 6 12 25 44 12 3 3 6 14 18 11 2 3 6 11 26 -19 21
17 Spezia 23 4 7 12 19 39 12 2 6 4 13 19 11 2 1 8 6 20 -20 19
18 Hellas Verona 23 4 5 14 20 34 12 4 1 7 14 18 11 0 4 7 6 16 -14 17
19 Sampdoria 23 2 5 16 11 38 12 0 3 9 3 18 11 2 2 7 8 20 -27 11
20 Cremonese 23 0 9 14 17 42 11 0 3 8 5 19 12 0 6 6 12 23 -25 9

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