Europa League
2013-04-11 - SS Lazio vs Fenerbahce
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Football : Europa League
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Thursday 11th April 2013 – Kickoff time 21:05
Match Preview :
Lazio comes into this match after a 2-0 defeat in the first leg and now they will not have the support of their home fans as this will be the second match they have to play without their supporters after they were handed a ban.
Vladimir Petkovic's Lazio side were clearly unhappy that the decisions have gone against them in recent matches. Petrovic was quoted as saying: "Conceding three penalties and suffering two red cards in our last five Europa League games is far too steep"
Petrovic believes his side still has it to beat Fenerbahce despite without crowd support and playing in front of an empty stadium will not affect them as they are used to it.
Lazio did well in their last match to hold Roma in the Rome derby but now needs to do everything they can to save from going out of Europe.
Meanwile, Aykut Kocaman’s team carry a two goals advantage from the first leg at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium through a Pierre Webo penalty and a late Dirk Kuyt strike. But it will be a tense night for the Turkish side however as historically they have tend to struggle in Italy on their visits.
For the record, Fenerbahce have lost all six matches they have played in the country by two goals or more whenever they paid a visit to Italy.
But Kocaman believes this team is different from the previous ones and they can accomplish the job tonight in Italy. This is because Fenerbahce have been impressive in the Europa League this season having only been beaten by Borussia Monchengladbach in the group stage.
Fenerbahce came out top of the group which had sides such as Marseille and AEL Limassol for company also. In the knockout stages, the Fenerbahce then defeated the likes of BATE Borisov and Viktoria Plzen to set up the clash with Lazio.
Fenerbahce will want to create history tonight. They have only ever reached the quarter-final stage in any UEFA competition and will now want to progress a step further to the semi-finals stage at Lazio's expense.
Team News :
Lazio Team News :
Ogenyi Onazi (suspension)
Fenerbahce Team News :
None
Predictions :
Lazio could win this tie, but they will need to score at least 2 goals to level the aggregate score,and at the same time NOT concede at the back.
As far as my prediction goes, take Lazio and give the 1/2 ball for the win here.
The Pick :
Lazio 2-0 Fenerbahce
Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet
Take Lazio and give the -1/2 ball handicap away here.
