The match between Lazio and Sevilla is considered the coolest of the 16th stage in the Europa League. Italian teams were not interested in this competition in the past, but since the awards have risen their attitudes have changed. The Spanish team feels at home in the Europa League, a trophy that has won 5 times so far. The match will take place from 19.55 on Thursday at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Lazio Rome: current form, latest results, statistics
Lazio crossed a slightly weaker run in Serie A, and went down to 7th in the standings. He is only one point behind the team ranked 4th, winning the last place in the Champions League.
In the Europa League this season, he took second place in Group H after Eintracht Frankfurt. He has accumulated 9 points winning 3 of the 6 matches played. It has to be mentioned that he has obtained the qualification after the first 4 stages and has not treated intensively meetings with Frankfurt (1-2) and Apollon (0-2).
Let’s see the Italian results in Group H:
- 20.09.18 Lazio vs Apollon 2-1
- 04.10.18 Frankfurt vs Lazio 4-1
- 25.10.18 Marseille vs Lazio 1-3
- 08.11.18 Lazio vs Marseille 2-1
- 29.11.18 Apollon vs Lazio 2-0
- 13.12.18 Lazio vs Frankfurt 1-2
The following changes have been made to the list of UEFA’s initial list: Patric and Romulo entered this list and Dusan Basta, Martin Caceres, Alessandro Murgia, Edoardo Rezzi and Alessandro Rossi were removed.
In the previous season he climbed to the finals of the continental competition, where he was eliminated by Red Bull Salzburg. He took first place in the group and then passed FCSB and Dynamo Kiev. The best result in this competition was the qualification in the finals in 1998.
Marco Parolo and Joaquin Correa, with 2 goals scored, are the main Italian players in the Europa League. In the domestic competition, Ciro Immobile, with 10 goals, is the team’s top scorer, but he is not fit for the first date with Sevilla.
Sevilla: current form, latest results, statistics
The return of continental competitions seizes Sevilla in a somewhat less sporty form. This was visible in the last stages of La Liga. He stayed home matches, where he managed to beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, but he missed the limit with Eibar (2-2) with two goals scored at the end of the match.
In the Europa League, this season, he started early in the preliminary tours. In Group J he took the first position, with 12 points. He won all the matches he played at home, 5-1 with Standard Liege, 6-0 with Akhisar and 3-0 with Krasnodar.
These are Spanish team results Group J:
- 20.09.18 Sevilla vs Standard Liege 5-1
- 04.10.18 Krasnodar vs Sevilla 2-1
- 25.10.18 Sevilla vs Akhisar 6-0
- 08.11.18 Akhisar vs Sevilla 2-3
- 29.11.18 Standard Liege vs Sevilla 1-0
- 13.12.18 Sevilla vs Krasnodar 3-0
Sevilla has several changes on the UEFA list. Luis Muriel, Lucho, Nolito and Borja Lasso were removed and Maximilian Wober, Munir El Haddadi, Marko Rog and Bryan Gil were introduced.
The Spanish team feels like home in this competition, which they have won 5 times. The first two successes were obtained in 2006 and 2007, then to win three more consecutive years between 2014-2016.
Wissam Ben Yedder, the team’s top scorer in La Liga, is one of the main goalscorers and here with 4 goals. Only with him we find Ever Banega with 4 goals scored. Sevilla is the team with the most goals scored among all the groups in the group stage, with 18 successes.
Lazio and Sevilla have never met in European competitions.
There are two teams of great value and I expect a balanced meeting. Lazio will be the only one who will force Immobile, the best striker of the team. Without him he barely managed to score a goal with Lazio and Frosinone, quite modest teams from Serie A.
Our Prediction: Both Teams Score
Odds: 1.75
