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Played
March 7, 2013 11:30 PM IST
Mercedes-Benz-Arena — Stuttgart
Referee: A. Tudor
Attendance: 28750
March 7, 2013 11:30 PM IST
Mercedes-Benz-Arena — Stuttgart
Referee: A. Tudor
Attendance: 28750
Stuttgart-Lazio Preview: Both sides set sights on quarter-final berth
The Bundesliga outfit have struggled in the league this season and will be up against it when they host a Biancocelesti team among the European places in Serie A
By Jerrad Peters
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| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
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STUTTGART
 Ulreich Sakai, Tasci, Rudiger, Boka Kvist Harnik, Gentner, Holzhauser, Traore Macheda |
LAZIO
 Marchetti Pereirinha, Biava, Ciani, Radu Ledesma Candreva, Gonzalez, Hernanes, Lulic Kozak |
Stuttgart have won just once in the Bundesliga this calendar year and come into Thursday’s Europa League match against Lazio a disappointing 11th in the division. But the Europa League has been a silver lining for them all season and they will hope to pick up where they left off in the competition when they won 2-0 away to Genk in the last round.
Manager Bruno Labbadia will have to make a change up top, however, as Vedad Ibisevic is suspended, and fellow forward Cacau is still recovering from a cruciate ligament rupture and will not be back until the middle of next month.
Winger Tunay Torun has a hamstring injury and misses out, as does midfielder Johan Audel. Mamadou Bah is out for the rest of the season due to a broken leg and right-back Tim Hoogland is fighting off a bout of flu.
Lazio boss Vladimir Petkovic will have to once again make do without German striker Miroslav Klose, who is still recovering from a serious knee injury, and Antonio Rossi has a hamstring problem.
Right-back Abdoulay Konko is still a month away from his return to the lineup following a knee injury, and midfielder Cristian Brocchi will be unlikely to feature again this season after fracturing a metatarsal.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Stuttgart have won just one of their last nine Bundesliga matches—a streak that goes back to December 2012.
- Only four Bundesliga sides (Nuremberg, Wolfsburg, Augsburg and Greuther Furth) have managed fewer than Stuttgart’s 26 goals in 24 Bundesliga matches so far this season.
- These sides last met in a club friendly in July 2007. The match ended in a 1-1 draw and the goals came from Stefano Mauri and Alexander Farnerud.
- Like Suttgart, Lazio have been struggling domestically of late and have won just two of their last eight matches in Serie A.
- After an entertaining 3-3 draw with Borussia Monchengladbach in the first leg of the Round of 32, Lazio were 2-0 winners in the Italian capital thanks to goals from Antonio Candreva and Alvaro Gonzalez.
- With five goals in the competition, Lazio striker Libor Kozak is second only to Edinson Cavani in Europa League goal-scoring.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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VfB Stuttgart 1-2 Lazio
- 18.97 %
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VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Lazio
- 14.8 %
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VfB Stuttgart 1-1 Lazio
- 12.72 %
| Europa League (EL) | 15-Mar-2013 | Lazio 3 - VfB Stuttgart 1 |
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| Europa League (EL) | 07-Mar-2013 | VfB Stuttgart 0 - Lazio 2 |
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| Club Friendlies (FR) | 17-Jul-2007 | Lazio 1 - VfB Stuttgart 1 |
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VfB Stuttgart
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| 18-May-2013 | VfB Stuttgart 2 - Mainz 2 | GER1 |
| 11-May-2013 | Schalke 04 1 - VfB Stuttgart 2 | GER1 |
| 04-May-2013 | VfB Stuttgart 0 - Greuther Fürth 2 | GER1 |
| 27-Apr-2013 | FC Augsburg 3 - VfB Stuttgart 0 | GER1 |
| 21-Apr-2013 | VfB Stuttgart 2 - SC Freiburg 1 | GER1 |
Lazio
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| 12-May-2013 | Lazio 2 - Sampdoria 0 | ITA1 |
| 09-May-2013 | Inter 1 - Lazio 3 | ITA1 |
| 05-May-2013 | Lazio 6 - Bologna 0 | ITA1 |
| 28-Apr-2013 | Parma 0 - Lazio 0 | ITA1 |
| 21-Apr-2013 | Udinese 1 - Lazio 0 | ITA1 |
| 1 | Sven Ulreich | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Gotoku Sakai | Defender |
| 5 | Serdar Tasci | Defender |
| 15 | Arthur Boka | Defender |
| 24 | Antonio Rüdiger | Defender |
| 4 | William Kvist Jörgensen | Midfielder |
| 16 | Ibrahima Traore | Midfielder |
| 20 | Christian Gentner | Midfielder |
| 31 | Shinji Okazaki | Striker |
| - | Alexandru Iulian Maxim | Midfielder |
| 27 | Federico Macheda | Striker |
| 22 | Marc Ziegler | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Felipe Aliste Lopes | Defender |
| 3 | Cristian Molinaro | Defender |
| 23 | Tim Hoogland | Defender |
| 7 | Martin Harnik | Striker |
| 26 | Raphael Holzhauser | Midfielder |
| 30 | Tamas Hajnal | Midfielder |
| 22 | Federico Marchetti | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Michael Ciani | Defender |
| 26 | Stefan Radu | Defender |
| 7 | Ederson | Midfielder |
| 8 | Hernanes | Midfielder |
| 25 | Bruno Pereirinha | Midfielder |
| 19 | Senad Lulic | Midfielder |
| 23 | Ogenyi Onazi | Midfielder |
| 27 | Lorik Cana | Midfielder |
| 87 | Antonio Candreva | Midfielder |
| 18 | Libor Kozák | Striker |
| 1 | Albano Bizzarri | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Andrè Dias | Defender |
| 20 | Giuseppe Biava | Defender |
| 6 | Stefano Mauri | Midfielder |
| 15 | Alvaro Gonzalez | Midfielder |
| 24 | Cristian Ledesma | Midfielder |
| - | Cristiano Lombardi | Midfielder |
| 99 | Sergio Floccari | Striker |
| Martin Harnik | |
| Position: | Striker |
| Squad Number: | 7 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Hernanes | |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Squad Number: | 8 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Results
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Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Libor Kozák Striker Lazio |
10 | 0 |
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Ó. Cardozo Striker Benfica |
8 | 3 |
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Rodrigo Palacio Striker Inter |
8 | 0 |
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Eto'o Striker Anzhi |
7 | 2 |
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Edinson Cavani Striker Napoli |
7 | 2 |