MADRID. Atlético Madrid conquers Lazio with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Griezmann (6′) and a goal from S. Lino (51′). Atlético Madrid capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük with the support of Erwin Zeinstra and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Joey Kooij. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.72 degrees Celsius or 51.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Atlético Madrid had a superior ball possession 58% while Lazio was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Madrid had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atlético Madrid won the match​.

Atlético Madrid shot 16 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Lazio shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Atlético Madrid received 1 yellow card (José María Giménez). On the opposite side, Lazio received 3 yellow cards (Adam Marusic, Pedro and Mattéo Guendouzi).

Standings

After playing this match, Atlético Madrid has 14 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Lazio will stays with 10 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

Atlético Madrid – Formation

Atlético Madrid started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Diego Pablo Simeone decided to play with the following team: Jan Oblak (8.1), Stefan Savic (6.7), José María Giménez (6.8), Mario Hermoso (7.1), Nahuel Molina (7.1), Rodrigo de Paul (7.5), Axel Witsel (7.1), Saúl Ñíguez (7.5), Samuel Lino (9.5), Antoine Griezmann (7.5) and Ángel Correa (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ivo Grbić, César Azpilicueta (6.7), Çağlar Söyüncü (6.7), Memphis Depay (7.0), Javi Galán, Reinildo Isnard Mandava, Rodrigo Riquelme, Aitor Gismera, Antonio Gomis, Marcos Llorente, Koke (6.7) and Álvaro Morata  (6.4).

Substitutions

Atlético Madrid made 5 changes: Stefan Savic for César Azpilicueta (68′), Axel Witsel for Koke (63′), Ángel Correa for Álvaro Morata  (63′), Antoine Griezmann for Memphis Depay (46′) and José María Giménez for Çağlar Söyüncü (46′).

Player of the match: Samuel Lino​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Samuel Lino.

His rating is 9.5 with 1 goal, 46 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 6.

Lazio – Formation

Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Maurizio Sarri played with: Ivan Provedel (6.4), Adam Marusic (6.4), Nicolò Casale (7.0), Mario Gila Fuentes (7.0), Elseid Hysaj (6.4), Mattéo Guendouzi (7.0), Matías Vecino (7.0), Luis Alberto (7.0), Pedro (7.0), Ciro Immobile (6.8) and Mattia Zaccagni (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Luca Pellegrini (6.4), Valentin Castellanos (7.0), Danilo Cataldi, Luigi Sepe, Matteo Duțu, F. Magro, Manuel Lazzari (6.7), Daichi Kamada (6.7) and Felipe Anderson (7.5).

Substitutions

Lazio made 5 changes: Ciro Immobile for Valentin Castellanos (63′), Elseid Hysaj for Luca Pellegrini (70′), Luis Alberto for Daichi Kamada (64′), Adam Marusic for Manuel Lazzari (58′) and Pedro for Felipe Anderson (58′).

Player of the match: Felipe Anderson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lazio was Felipe Anderson.

His rating is 7.5 with 18 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was exceptional also because he commenced the encounter from the bench before entering in the 58′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League.​

• RB Leipzig – Young Boys – 2-1
• Crvena Zvezda – Manchester City – 2-3
• Atlético Madrid – Lazio – 2-0
• Celtic – Feyenoord – 2-1
• Borussia Dortmund – Paris Saint Germain – 1-1
• Newcastle United – Milan – 1-2
• Porto – Shakhtar Donetsk – 5-3
• Antwerp – FC Barcelona – 3-2