Lazio and Sturm Graz get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
Sturm Graz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Lazio nor Sturm Graz as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lazio form and stats
Last season, Lazio's Europa League journey ended in the knockout round play-offs against Porto.Lazio have collected 12 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-0-1. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Lazio.
Lazio are confident in defense, having played 389 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Lazio against Fiorentina the last match, as Vecino, Alberto, Zaccagni and Immobile were on target. As mentioned above, Lazio "killed" Fiorentina in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The versatile forward Immobile outdid all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.63 out of 10. Immobile scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to Sturm Graz (Europa League).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lazio, as the Serie A home game vs Udinese is only three days away.
The Lazio manager Sarri has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. From these home matches, Lazio have conceded only 4 goals.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Sturm's mission in Europa League last season failed in the group stage.3-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sturm Graz in their Tipico Bundesliga matches away. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 1W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
Sturm Graz won their last game, 2-1 versus Wattens played at home. Defender Borković was the best team player with a rating of 7.75. Borković served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
One game before, 0-0 at home vs Lazio in the Europa League.
A new game in only three days for Sturm Graz, the Tipico Bundesliga home match versus Wolfsberger AC. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Sturm's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Sturm Graz are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the teams met previously this campaign; Sturm Graz - Lazio 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Immobile 6 goals |  L. Romero Alconchel 3 goals |  S. Milinković-Savić 3 goals |
Lazio missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Lazio | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 56 | 35 | Scored | S | 28 | 49 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 16.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 28% | ||
| 13.5 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Lazio | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Lazio | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | Udinese | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Milan | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Roma | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Inter | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Juventus | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Torino | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Salernitana | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Monza | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Empoli | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Spezia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Lecce | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Bologna | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Wolfsberger AC | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Rapid Wien | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | Wattens | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 12 | Ried | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 8 |
