ROMA. Lazio and Galatasaray didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday. Lazio was surely better in terms of ball possession (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 had the assistance of Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez and Roberto Alonso Fernández. The 4th official was César Soto Grado. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -2.4 degrees Celsius or 27.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lazio had a strong ball possession 62% while Galatasaray was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lazio was more pushing with 34 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. However, that was not enough Lazio to win the match​.

Lazio shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Lazio received 1 yellow card (Luiz Felipe). Talking about the opposition, Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards (K. Akturkoglu, O. Bayram and E. Kilinc).

Standings

After playing this match, Lazio will have 9 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Galatasaray will have 12 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

Lazio – Formation

Lazio adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Maurizio Sarri decided to play with the following team: Thomas Strakosha (6.8), Elseid Hysaj (6.8), Luiz Felipe (7.3), Francesco Acerbi (7.6), Adam Marušić (6.8), Sergej Milinković-Savić (6.3), Lucas Leiva (6.8), Toma Bašić (7.3), Pedro (6.6), Ciro Immobile (6.8) and Mattia Zaccagni (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Vedat Muriqi, Danilo Cataldi (6.8), Raúl Moro, Felipe Anderson (7.3), Ştefan Radu, Manuel Lazzari (6.8), Alessio Furlanetto, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Patric, Pepe Reina, Gonzalo Escalante and Luis Alberto (7.0).

Substitutions

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′).

Best player: Mattia Zaccagni​

The most impressive player for Lazio was Mattia Zaccagni.

His rating is (8.0) with 35 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Galatasaray – Formation

Also Galatasaray adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Fatih Terim played with: Fernando Muslera (6.8), DeAndre Yedlin (7.1), Victor Nelsson (6.8), Marcão (7.3), Patrick van Aanholt (7.1), Sofiane Feghouli (7.1), Taylan Antalyalı (6.8), Berkan Kutlu (7.3), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (6.4), Mbaye Diagne (6.9) and Ryan Babel (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Ömer Bayram (6.6), Bartuğ Elmaz, Christian Luyindama (6.3), Alpaslan Öztürk, Işık Kaan Arslan, Atalay Babacan, İsmail Çipe, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Olimpiu Moruțan (6.4), Emre Kılınç (6.5), Mostafa Mohamed (6.2) and Halil Dervişoğlu.

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: R. Babel for E. Kilinc (63′), S. Feghouli for O. Morutan (63′), M. Diagne for O. Bayram (69′), B. Kutlu for C. Luyindama (88′) and K. Akturkoglu for Mostafa Mohamed (88′).

Best player: Berkan Kutlu​

The most impressive player for Galatasaray was Berkan Kutlu.

His rating is (7.3) 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.​

• West Ham United – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-1
• Genk – Rapid Vienna – 0-1
• Ferencváros – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-0
• Celtic – Real Betis – 3-2
• Olympique Marseille – Lokomotiv Moskva – 1-0
• Lazio – Galatasaray – 0-0
• Sporting Braga – Crvena Zvezda – 1-1
• Ludogorets – Midtjylland – 0-0
• Fenerbahçe – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-1
• Antwerp – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-0
• Napoli – Leicester City – 3-2
• Legia Warszawa – Spartak Moskva – 0-1
• Sturm Graz – Monaco – 1-1
• Real Sociedad – PSV – 3-0
• Olympique Lyonnais – Rangers – 1-1
• Sparta Praha – Brøndby – 2-0