Good draw for Biancocelesti and Viola, expected from the double confrontation with Romanians and Portuguese
After the (benevolent) draws master and European Leaguealso in conference league the Italian teams have nothing to complain about.
there Laziorelegated after the KO with Feyenoord, caught the Romanians from Cluj, while the Florence He will try to continue his journey in the third continental competition against the Portuguese from Braga. A pretty good urn. The duels between Trabzonspor and Basel and between Ludogorets and Anderlecht are remarkable.
Lazio play the first leg at the Olimpico on Thursday 16 February 2023, while the second leg is scheduled for the following week in Romania. Fiorentina, on the other hand, will take the field to Portugal for the first leg on February 16, with the return always scheduled for February 23 in the “Franchi”.
THE CONFERENCE LEAGUE RECORDINGS
Qarabag-Ghent (16 February, 6.45 p.m.)
Trabzonspor – Basel (February 16, 18:45)
Lazio-Cluj (February 16 at 9 p.m.)
Bodo / Glimt-Lech Poznan (February 16, 6:45 p.m.)
bragaFiorentina (February 16, 6:45 p.m.)
AEK Larnaca-Dnipro (February 16 at 9 p.m.)
Sheriff Tiraspol-Partizan (February 16 at 9 p.m.)
Ludogorets – Anderlecht (February 16 at 9 p.m.)
THE DATES OF THE CONFERENCE LEAGUE
Round of 16: March 9 and 16, 2023
Quarterfinals: April 13 and 20, 2023
Semi-finals: May 11 and 18, 2023
Final: June 7, 2023 at the Eden Arena in Prague (Czech Republic)
PREVIOUSLY
First confrontation in a European competition between Florence and SC Braga.
Fiorentina have played 16 matches in European competitions against Portuguese teams so far; seven wins (including the last two in the 2015/16 Europa League group stage), four draws and five losses for the set.
Fiorentina are unbeaten in six games against Portuguese opponents in European competition (W3 L3), including preliminary rounds, and have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four games.
After grabbing full stakes in three of their first four transitions against Italian teams (1P), SC Braga have gone five games (2L, 3P) against those opponents, losing the last two to Roma in the round of 32 Europa League 2020/21.
Lazio and Cluj have already met twice in European competitions, in the 2019/20 Europa League group stage: 2-1 in the first round in favor of the Romanians and 1-0 for the Biancocelesti at the Olimpico, on the fifth day.
Lazio have played eight games in European competitions against Romanian sides, with a record of three wins so far, including the last one in November 2019, only against Cluj, in the Europa League; three draws and two losses.
Cluj have lost seven of their ten games (W2,L1) against Italian opponents in European competition, including all of the last three (against Lazio and Roma); Also, in 50% of these precedents (5/10), the Romanians failed to find their way to the goal.
Cluj were eliminated by Inter in the only direct elimination match against Italian sides in the round of 16 of the 2012/13 Europa League.