Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 18, 2017
Lazio LLWWD 2
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Empoli DWLDL 1
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 8,743 att.

Match Report

Lazio rally to beat Empoli and move up to fifth in Serie A

Lazio needed a stroke of fortune to win 2-1 at Empoli and keep up their bid for a European place in Serie A on Saturday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
6
54.4
Possession
45.6
21
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
423
Accurate Passes
361
537
Passes
462
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
0
31
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.0
75
Long Balls
54
47
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
3
17
Effective Tackles
10
23
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
33
21
Clearances
33

Head to Head

LAZ leads series 3-2

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 15Andrea CostaCD-L
  3. 6Giuseppe BellusciCD-R
  4. 21Manuel PasqualLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 8Assane DiousséCM
  8. 10Omar El KaddouriAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 33Rade KrunicRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

LAZ · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas StrakoshaG
  2. 2Wesley HoedtCD-L
  3. 13WallaceCD-R
  4. 26Stefan RaduLB
  5. 8Dusan BastaRB
  6. 20Lucas BigliaCM
  7. 21Sergej Milinkovic-SavicLM
  8. 16Marco ParoloRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 19Senad LulicLF
  11. 10Felipe AndersonRF

Timeline

  1. 2' Andrea Costa (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 57' Substitution, Lazio. Keita replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  3. 60' Lucas Biglia (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Goal! Empoli 1, Lazio 0. Rade Krunic (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Manuel Pasqual.
  5. 68' Goal! Empoli 1, Lazio 1. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 72' Substitution, Empoli. Mame Thiam replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  7. 74' Substitution, Empoli. José Mauri replaces Daniele Croce because of an injury.
  8. 78' Substitution, Empoli. Frederic Veseli replaces Vincent Laurini.
  9. 78' Substitution, Lazio. Filip Djordjevic replaces Stefan Radu.
  10. 80' Goal! Empoli 1, Lazio 2. Keita (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  11. 84' Assane Diousse (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Substitution, Lazio. Bastos replaces Dusan Basta.
  13. 90'+3' Frederic Veseli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.

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