Europa League: Lazio draws 0-0 with Galatasaray on Thursday
ROMA. Lazio 0-0 Galatasaray could not score a single goal.
ROMA. Lazio 0-0 Galatasaray didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday. Lazio was far superior when it came to possession ball (62%).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was who was helped by Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez and Roberto Alonso Fernández. The 4th official was César Soto Grado. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing around -2.4 degrees Celsius or 27.61 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 77%.
Match Statistics
Lazio was in firm control of the ball 62% while Galatasaray was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Lazio was more aggressive with 34 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Lazio to win the match.
Lazio shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Galatasaray shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Lazio received 1 yellow card (Luiz Felipe). On the other side, Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards (K. Akturkoglu, O. Bayram and E. Kilinc).
After this match, Lazio will have 8 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Galatasaray will have 11 points to stay in the 1st place.
Match Events
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11'11'
Luiz Felipe
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17'17'
K. Akturkoglu
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65'65'
E. Kilinc
R. Babel
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65'65'
O. Morutan
S. Feghouli
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63'63'
F. Anderson
Pedro
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63'63'
M. Lazzari
E. Hysaj
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69'69'
O. Bayram
M. Diagne
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73'73'
L. Alberto
T. Basic
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73'73'
D. Cataldi
Lucas Leiva
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78'78'
O. Bayram
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84'84'
E. Kilinc
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88'88'
C. Luyindama
B. Kutlu
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88'88'
Mostafa Mohamed
K. Akturkoglu
Next match
Lazio: Formation and Lineups
Lazio adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Maurizio Sarri chose to play with the following team: Thomas Strakosha , Elseid Hysaj , Luiz Felipe , Francesco Acerbi , Adam Marušić , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Lucas Leiva , Toma Bašić , Pedro , Ciro Immobile and Mattia Zaccagni .
Substitutes
Lazio made 4 changes: Pedro for F. Anderson (63′), E. Hysaj for M. Lazzari (63′), T. Basic for L. Alberto (73′) and Lucas Leiva for D. Cataldi (73′).
Top player: Mattia Zaccagni
Probably the most impressive player in Lazio was Mattia Zaccagni.
His rating is
with 35 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.Galatasaray: Formation and Lineups
Also Galatasaray adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Fatih Terim played with: Fernando Muslera , DeAndre Yedlin , Victor Nelsson , Marcão , Patrick van Aanholt , Sofiane Feghouli , Taylan Antalyalı , Berkan Kutlu , Kerem Aktürkoğlu , Mbaye Diagne and Ryan Babel .
Substitutes
Galatasaray made 5 changes: R. Babel for E. Kilinc (65′), S. Feghouli for O. Morutan (65′), M. Diagne for O. Bayram (69′), B. Kutlu for C. Luyindama (88′) and K. Akturkoglu for Mostafa Mohamed (88′).
Top player: Berkan Kutlu
The player who no doubt impressed Galatasaray the most was Berkan Kutlu.
His rating is
with 33 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League
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