Lausanne-Sport and Sigma Olomouc return to action in the UEFA Conference League when they lock horns in the second leg of their playoff clash at the Stade de la Tuiliere on Thursday. With last week’s reverse leg ending all square, a place in the round of 16 remains very much up for grabs and we expect both sides to go all out in Switzerland.

Lausanne-Sport continue to struggle for results in the Swiss Super League as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Lugano at the Cornaredo Stadium last Sunday.

Peter Zeidler’s side, who have failed to win their last six league games to plunge into ninth place in the standings, now turn their focus to the Conference League, where they missed out on automatic qualification to the round of 16 by one point, after finishing ninth in the group table.

Lausanne-Sport were left red-faced in the first leg of the playoff last Thursday, when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Sigma Olomouc in Czechia.

Danijel Sturm came up trumps for Sigma Olomouc at the Andruv Stadion, where he struck in the 56th minute to cancel out Nathan Butler-Oyedeji’s first-half opener and force a share of the spoils.

Tomas Janotka’s men had lost their final two group-stage games to finish with seven points and clinch 24th place in the table, only above 25th-placed Universitatea Craiova outside the playoff places due to more goals scored.

Sigma head into Thursday’s crunch tie fresh off the back of a 3-1 victory over Teplice in the Czech 1. Division, where they sit sixth in the table with 33 points from 23 games.

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Lausanne-Sport vs Sigma Olomouc Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• This is the second-ever encounter between Lausanne-Sport and Sigma Olomouc, with both sides playing out a stalemate when they first met in last week’s reverse leg.
• Lausanne-Sport are on a run of seven consecutive games without a win across all competitions, losing three and claiming four draws since January’s 3-1 victory over Young Boys.
• Sigma Olomouc have managed just one win from their most recent eight away games in all competitions while losing five and claiming two draws since November 22.
• Like the visitors, Lausanne have failed to win five of their last six competitive home games, losing twice and claiming three draws since the start of December.

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Lausanne-Sport vs Sigma Olomouc Prediction

With a place in the round of 16 on the line, we expect Lausanne and Sigma Olomouc to take the game to each other as they look to keep their quest for European glory alive.

While we expect Sigma Olomouc to put up a fight, we predict Zeidler’s men will make the most of their home advantage and come away with the desired result.

Prediction: Lausanne-Sport 2-1 Sigma Olomouc

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Lausanne-Sport vs Sigma Olomouc Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result – Lausanne-Sport to win

Tip 2: Both sides to score – Yes (Both sides have scored in Lausanne-Sport’s last eight outings)

Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards – Yes (There have also been at least five bookings in five of the hosts’ last six matches)