Sturm Graz vs Lille
UEFA Europa Conference League
Round of 16
Thursday
7th March 2024
UPC-Arena
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Sturm Graz form analysis
SK Sturm Graz had a dreadful Europa League campaign as they lost four of their group stage fixtures. The club lost both their ties against Sporting CP. They had a hard fought loss against Atalanta on the road through a 1-0 scoreline. However, the most cruel defeat came in their 0-1 loss against Rakow Czestochowa at home. Yeboah scored the winner in the fixture.
Dropping down to the conference League, they faced Slovan Bratislava in the knockout round. They took a huge step in their round of 16 journey through a 4-1 win. Biereth, Rodrigues, Gorenc Stankovič, Kiteishvili and Camara all got on the scoresheet that evening. Weiss’ sending off in the fixture further eased things for the Austrian club. The club had to just hold on in the second leg and they did exactly that. They registered a 0-1 win on the road against a team reduced to 10 men again. Biereth was the one to open the scoring once again.
Lille form analysis
La Machine de Guerre were near perfect in the group stages of the Conference League. The club started the campaign with a solid 2-0 win at home against Olimpija. David converted a penalty to open the scoring. Yazıcı extended the lead in injury time. The club were then held to a stalemate against KÍ on the road. Neither team was able to get on the scoresheet that evening. They returned to winning ways in a home fixture against Slovan Bratislava. The team had to come back from a deficit, through goals from Yazıcı and Cabella after the hour mark.
Their next fixture saw them drop points again this time on the road against Slovan Bratislava. Gomes’ opening goal was cancelled out by a late goal from Čavrić. Lille closed the group stages with a couple of comfortable wins. First came against Olimpija on the road. Cabella and Yazıcı guided the ball to the back of the net that evening. Their final match ended 3-0 against a KÍ saide who were reduced to nine men in a chaotic fixture. Yazıc, Gomes and Zhegrova all converted penalties to get on the scoresheet.
