There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs meeting between Lazio and Porto. Game on!
Porto have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 form and stats
Lazio have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Olympique Marseille, Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moskva. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Bayern München.Lazio are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Stadio Olimpico. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. 2W-3D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Lazio.
Lazio drew their last game, 1-1 away at Udinese. Midfield player Cataldi got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Cataldi hit five key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 58 total).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Napoli are coming to town in three days.
Lazio are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadio Olimpico in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Lazio have conceded 16 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Porto form and stats
Porto's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.The away performances of Porto have been very solid so far with 10 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Primeira Liga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Porto play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Moreirense. Midfield player Otávio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Otávio hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A new game in only three days for Porto, the Primeira Liga home match versus Gil Vicente. Busy days.
Porto have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 29 goals from 12 away matches. It's not easy to score on Porto as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other already this season, with the result Porto - Lazio 2-1 registered in the official records. Martinez loves to meet Lazio and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.Top Goalscorers
  C. Immobile 19 goals |   M. Taremi 12 goals |  S. Milinković-Savić 8 goals |
Lazio missing players
Porto missing players
| Lazio | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 28 | 58 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.2 | 17.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 24 | 56 |
| 2 | Inter | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 54 |
| 3 | Napoli | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 29 | 53 |
| 4 | Juventus | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | Lazio | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 42 |
| 8 | Roma | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 37 |
| 10 | Torino | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 23 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Empoli | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -12 | 31 |
| 13 | Bologna | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 28 |
| 14 | Sampdoria | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Spezia | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | -19 | 26 |
| 16 | Udinese | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 25 |
| 17 | Venezia | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 22 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -21 | 21 |
| 19 | Genoa | 26 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | -25 | 16 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -36 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 31 | 57 |
| 3 | Benfica | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 38 | 51 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 44 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 40 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Maritimo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 24 |
| 11 | Santa Clara | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 24 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | Vizela | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 23 |
| 14 | Boavista | 23 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Arouca | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Tondela | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 20 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -29 | 15 |
