It's Europa Conference League time and the hopeful contenders are Lazio and CFR Cluj

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 16.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs, as the hometeam Lazio will try to edge CFR Cluj in their own ballpark.

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

Lazio and CFR Cluj should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lazio form and stats

The overall Serie A results at home this season for Lazio are 6-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Lazio crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Atalanta here at Stadio Olimpico. Lazio's goalkeeper Provedel was extremely busy against Atalanta, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

Before that, Lazio played out a Serie A draw 1-1 when visiting Hellas Verona.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Lazio home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lazio as they are travelling to their away game against Salernitana in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

Lazio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Olimpico with 21 goals in 12 league matches.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Maribor, KF Ballkani, Sivasspor, Slavia Praha, Shakhtyor and Inter Club d'Escaldes in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the group stage.

CFR Cluj have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 8-2-3 from 13 games. Total Europa Conference League statistics for CFR Cluj: 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

The attacking players of CFR Cluj have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 201 minutes.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Cluj, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Universitatea Craiova.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus FCSB.

A new game in only three days for CFR Cluj, the Liga 1 home match versus Arges. Busy days.

The visiting Cluj have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. CFR Cluj are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Lazio victory, zero draws and one CFR Cluj win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

Lazio missing players

CFR Cluj missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lazio CFR Cluj
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   16 25
12 5   Won W   7 13
6 4   Drew D   5 6
7 2   Lost L   4 6
41 18   Scored S   21 35
27 11   Conceded C   15 21
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 96%
72% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 68%
52% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 36%
36% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 16%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 8%
40% 45%   BTTS BTTS   44% 40%
44% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 40%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   25% 24%
 
4.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5
4.3 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.2
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.5
2 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11.9 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 11.6
4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.5
37% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
12.8 12.3   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 9.3
3.8 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 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 Napoli 22 19 2 1 54 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 11 9 1 1 23 7 39 59
2 Inter 22 14 2 6 41 26 11 9 0 2 22 5 11 5 2 4 19 21 15 44
3 Atalanta 22 12 5 5 41 24 10 5 2 3 21 13 12 7 3 2 20 11 17 41
4 Roma 22 12 5 5 29 19 10 6 1 3 12 5 12 6 4 2 17 14 10 41
5 Milan 22 12 5 5 38 30 11 8 1 2 25 16 11 4 4 3 13 14 8 41
6 Lazio 22 11 6 5 37 19 12 6 3 3 21 12 10 5 3 2 16 7 18 39
7 Udinese 22 7 9 6 30 25 11 3 6 2 17 12 11 4 3 4 13 13 5 30
8 Torino 22 8 6 8 22 23 10 4 3 3 8 6 12 4 3 5 14 17 -1 30
9 Juventus 22 13 5 4 34 17 12 8 3 1 25 8 10 5 2 3 9 9 17 29
10 Monza 22 8 5 9 28 30 11 4 3 4 16 13 11 4 2 5 12 17 -2 29
11 Bologna 22 8 5 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 16 10 10 3 1 6 12 22 -4 29
12 Empoli 22 6 9 7 21 28 11 4 4 3 12 12 11 2 5 4 9 16 -7 27
13 Lecce 22 5 9 8 22 25 11 2 6 3 13 14 11 3 3 5 9 11 -3 24
14 Fiorentina 22 6 6 10 23 29 11 4 3 4 15 17 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 24
15 Sassuolo 22 6 6 10 26 33 10 4 2 4 13 11 12 2 4 6 13 22 -7 24
16 Salernitana 22 5 6 11 25 42 11 3 3 5 14 16 11 2 3 6 11 26 -17 21
17 Spezia 22 4 7 11 19 37 11 2 6 3 13 17 11 2 1 8 6 20 -18 19
18 Hellas Verona 22 4 5 13 20 33 12 4 1 7 14 18 10 0 4 6 6 15 -13 17
19 Sampdoria 22 2 5 15 10 36 11 0 3 8 2 16 11 2 2 7 8 20 -26 11
20 Cremonese 22 0 8 14 15 40 11 0 3 8 5 19 11 0 5 6 10 21 -25 8
  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 25 15 7 3 47 25 12 9 2 1 26 8 13 6 5 2 21 17 22 52
2 CFR Cluj 25 16 2 7 38 22 12 8 0 4 20 10 13 8 2 3 18 12 16 50
3 FCSB 25 14 5 6 42 29 12 6 4 2 24 16 13 8 1 4 18 13 13 47
4 Rapid Bucuresti 25 13 6 6 35 22 13 9 3 1 25 11 12 4 3 5 10 11 13 45
5 Universitatea Craiova 25 13 5 7 32 24 13 9 2 2 21 11 12 4 3 5 11 13 8 44
6 Sepsi 24 9 7 8 38 23 12 4 3 5 19 10 12 5 4 3 19 13 15 34
7 Petrolul 52 25 10 3 12 24 32 13 6 3 4 15 12 12 4 0 8 9 20 -8 33
8 U Craiova 1948 24 8 6 10 29 26 12 5 2 5 15 11 12 3 4 5 14 15 3 30
9 Botoşani 25 7 9 9 26 37 12 4 5 3 16 11 13 3 4 6 10 26 -11 30
10 Chindia Târgovişte 25 7 8 10 29 35 12 3 5 4 14 17 13 4 3 6 15 18 -6 29
11 Voluntari 25 6 8 11 22 29 13 4 3 6 12 11 12 2 5 5 10 18 -7 26
12 Arges 25 6 8 11 19 34 13 4 4 5 11 16 12 2 4 6 8 18 -15 26
13 Hermannstadt 25 9 7 9 27 26 12 5 2 5 17 13 13 4 5 4 10 13 1 25
14 Universitatea Cluj 25 5 9 11 18 31 13 4 6 3 12 11 12 1 3 8 6 20 -13 24
15 UTA Arad 25 5 8 12 24 35 13 4 4 5 17 18 12 1 4 7 7 17 -11 23
16 Mioveni 25 3 8 14 19 39 12 1 5 6 6 13 13 2 3 8 13 26 -20 17

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 SSC Farul 25 15 7 3 47 25 12 9 2 1 26 8 13 6 5 2 21 17 22 52
2 CFR Cluj 25 16 2 7 38 22 12 8 0 4 20 10 13 8 2 3 18 12 16 50
3 FCSB 25 14 5 6 42 29 12 6 4 2 24 16 13 8 1 4 18 13 13 47
4 Rapid Bucuresti 25 13 6 6 35 22 13 9 3 1 25 11 12 4 3 5 10 11 13 45
5 Universitatea Craiova 25 13 5 7 32 24 13 9 2 2 21 11 12 4 3 5 11 13 8 44
6 Sepsi 24 9 7 8 38 23 12 4 3 5 19 10 12 5 4 3 19 13 15 34
7 Petrolul 52 25 10 3 12 24 32 13 6 3 4 15 12 12 4 0 8 9 20 -8 33
8 U Craiova 1948 24 8 6 10 29 26 12 5 2 5 15 11 12 3 4 5 14 15 3 30
9 Botoşani 25 7 9 9 26 37 12 4 5 3 16 11 13 3 4 6 10 26 -11 30
10 Chindia Târgovişte 25 7 8 10 29 35 12 3 5 4 14 17 13 4 3 6 15 18 -6 29
11 Voluntari 25 6 8 11 22 29 13 4 3 6 12 11 12 2 5 5 10 18 -7 26
12 Arges 25 6 8 11 19 34 13 4 4 5 11 16 12 2 4 6 8 18 -15 26
13 Hermannstadt 25 9 7 9 27 26 12 5 2 5 17 13 13 4 5 4 10 13 1 25
14 Universitatea Cluj 25 5 9 11 18 31 13 4 6 3 12 11 12 1 3 8 6 20 -13 24
15 UTA Arad 25 5 8 12 24 35 13 4 4 5 17 18 12 1 4 7 7 17 -11 23
16 Mioveni 25 3 8 14 19 39 12 1 5 6 6 13 13 2 3 8 13 26 -20 17

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