SK Sturm Graz vs SS Lazio, Europe 2022-23 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
SK Sturm Graz vs SS Lazio — Europe at Merkur-Arena.
- SK Sturm Graz 8 games · 7 pts (2025/26)
- SS Lazio 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Oct SS Lazio H 0–0 D 15 Sep Feyenoord Rotterdam A 0–6 L 08 Sep FC Midtjylland H 1–0 W 09 Aug FK Dynamo Kyiv H 1–2 L 03 Aug FK Dynamo Kyiv A 0–1 L 25 Nov PSV A 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Oct SK Sturm Graz A 0–0 D 02 Oct Spezia Calcio H 4–0 W 18 Sep US Cremonese A 4–0 W 15 Sep FC Midtjylland A 1–5 L 11 Sep Hellas Verona FC H 2–0 W 08 Sep Feyenoord Rotterdam H 4–2 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history25% Clean Sheets
SK Sturm Graz this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for SK Sturm Graz to score. At the same time, SS Lazio does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It’s high time Christian Ilzer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. William Boving made 105 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 25' The referee shows SS Lazio player a Yellow card on 25.
- 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 34' Stefan Hierlander is having his name booked by the referee on 34.
- 35' The referee shows SK Sturm Graz player a Yellow card on 35.
- 40' Patric has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 35 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Danilo Cataldi, as he is very good at scoring at Merkur-Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 46' SS Lazio manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mattia Zaccagni is hanging Felipe Anderson on the field on 46 minute.
- 51' SS Lazio started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
- 56' SS Lazio is showing some good football. However, SS Lazio are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 61' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SS Lazio needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 63' Matias Vecino has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic on 63 minute.
- 68' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 69' It is a substitution in SK Sturm Graz team. Tomi Horvat is replaced by Otar Kiteishvili on 69 minute.
- 70' The SK Sturm Graz manager makes a substitution. William Boving departs to be replaced by Mohammed Fuseini.
- 72' Matteo Cancellieri has so much to prove this time. He replaces Pedro Rodriguez on 72 minute.
- 74' The SS Lazio manager makes a substitution. Mario Gila departs to be replaced by Patric.
- 75' Ivan Ljubic is replacing Stefan Hierlander for the SK Sturm Graz side.
- 76' SK Sturm Graz manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Manprit Sarkaria is hanging Albian Ajeti on the field on 76 minute.
- 80' SS Lazio is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ciro Immobile on 80.
- 82' The referee shows SK Sturm Graz player a Red card on 82.
- 84' The SK Sturm Graz manager makes a substitution. Alexander Prass departs to be replaced by Sandro Ingolitsch.
- 88' Patric was booked on 88.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
SK Sturm Graz Lineups
Starting XI
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9
Albian Ajeti ↓ Manprit Sarkaria 76'
- 5
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25
Stefan Hierlander ↓ Ivan Ljubic 75'
- 27
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19
Tomi Horvat ↓ Otar Kiteishvili 69'
- 44
- 22
- 15
- 42
- 8
Bench
- 32
- 13
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10
Otar Kiteishvili ↑ 69'
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30
Ivan Ljubic ↑ 75'
- 28
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11
Manprit Sarkaria ↑ 76'
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24
Sandro Ingolitsch ↑ 84'
- 18
- 31
- 37
- 6
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29
Mohammed Fuseini ↑ 70'
Coach Christian IlzerSS Lazio Lineups
Starting XI
- 7
- 23
- 13
- 21
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77
Adam Marusic ↓ Manuel Lazzari 46'
- 17
- 10
- 32
- 94
- 9
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34
Mario Gila ↓ Patric 74'
Bench
- 88
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20
Mattia Zaccagni ↑ 46'
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5
Matias Vecino ↑ 63'
- 26
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4
Patric ↑ 74'
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29
Manuel Lazzari ↑ 46'
- 1
- 6
- 18
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11
Matteo Cancellieri ↑ 72'
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Coach Maurizio Sarri -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ciro Immobile 2 William Boving 2 Pedro Rodriguez 1 Head to Head
SK Sturm Graz Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.96 SK Sturm Graz xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.86 SS Lazio xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 73% + SK Sturm Graz or Draw 70%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.82Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 81% 19% ± 1.5 54% 46% ± 2.5 27% 73% ± 3.5 12% 88% ± 4.5 4% 96% Double Chance
SK Sturm Graz or Draw 70%Draw or SS Lazio 65%SK Sturm Graz or SS Lazio 66%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.3%1 – 0 14.2%0 – 1 12.5%2 – 0 7%2 – 1 6.3%0 – 2 5.6%1 – 2 5.6%2 – 2 2.9%3 – 0 2.2%3 – 1 2.1%1 – 3 1.6%Asian Handicap — SK Sturm Graz
Handicap SK Sturm Graz covers Push SS Lazio covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 22% 66% -0.5 34% — 66% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 19% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
SK Sturm Graz keeps clean sheet 43% ✗SS Lazio keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.