Sturm Graz and Lazio get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
Lazio 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 busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sturm and Lazio.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.Sturm Graz have collected 10 points from their Tipico Bundesliga home games so far after 3-1-1.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sturm Graz, as their goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl has completely shut out the opponents for 435 minutes in the Tipico Bundesliga.
A strong away win for Sturm Graz against Austria Wien the last match, as Ajeti, Bøving and Fuseini were on target. Prass (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Prass served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Sturm won a home game hosting Austria Lustenau (2-0).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sturm Graz, as the Tipico Bundesliga home game vs Wattens is only three days away.
The Sturm Graz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Sturm have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Lazio form and stats
Lazio was sent out of Europa League in the knockout round play-offs last season, when Porto turned out to be too strong.Lazio are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Lazio have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ivan Provedel. It's been 299 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.
Impressive finishing from Romagnoli, Zaccagni and Milinković-Savić (2) secured the home win 4-0 against Spezia in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Lazio was very dominant against Spezia, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Romagnoli, Zaccagni and Milinković-Savić (2) providing the goals. Milinković-Savić has scored at least one goal for this side three matches in a row. The ability! Midfielder Milinković-Savić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.45. Milinković-Savić scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Lazio won their away game at Cremonese in the Serie A. The scoreline was 4-0.The schedule is very tough for Lazio now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Fiorentina is waiting in only four days.
Lazio are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Lazio are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Immobile 5 goals |  S. Milinković-Savić 3 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Lazio missing players
| Sturm Graz | Lazio | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 54 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16.5 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 12.2 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 30% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 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 | Feyenoord | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Lazio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Wattens | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 11 | Hartberg | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 12 | Ried | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -11 | 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Lazio | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Milan | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Udinese | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Roma | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Juventus | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Inter | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Torino | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Spezia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Lecce | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Empoli | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Monza | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Bologna | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 2 |
