Week 6 brings us a match on Dec 9th where Lazio hosts Galatasaray at Stadio Olimpico in a Europa League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Lazio recorded a 3-1 win against Sampdoria. Sergej Milinković-Savić scored the first goal for Lazio in the 7th minute, then Ciro Immobile added another in the 17th minute. Lazio is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Galatasaray recorded a 2-2 draw against Altay. César Pinares struck first for Altay in the 17th minute, then Halil Dervisoglu got the equalizer for Galatasaray in the 34th minute on a feed from Sofiane Feghouli . Galatasaray is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Galatasaray won by a score of 1 to 0. Thomas Strakosha struck first for Galatasaray on an own goal in the 67th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lazio couldn’t manage to score, and Galatasaray took the shutout win.
Galatasaray is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Mostafa Mohamed and Muhammed Aktürkoğlu each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Lazio is fortunate enough to have Ciro Immobile in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals.