Italian Serie A

Lazio vs SPAL, 2019-20 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Lazio
  • 3': Ciro Immobile
  • 16': Felipe Caicedo
  • 29': Ciro Immobile
  • 38': Felipe Caicedo
  • 58': Bobby Adekanye
FT
5 - 1
SPAL
  • 65': Simone Missiroli

Lazio thrash SPAL to keep up pressure on Inter

Ciro Immobile and Felipe Caicedo both scored twice as a rampant Lazio thrashed SPAL 5-1 on Sunday to maintain their Serie A title challenge.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 2': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Kevin Bonifazi.
  • 3': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Simone Missiroli.
  • 3': Goal! Lazio 1, SPAL 0. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Senad Lulic with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 5': Felipe (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
  • 6': Foul by Lucas Leiva (Lazio).
  • 6': Sergio Floccari (SPAL) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Nenad Tomovic (SPAL) header from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 8': Corner, SPAL. Conceded by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 9': Ciro Immobile (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Sergio Floccari (SPAL).
  • 9': Attempt saved. Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 10': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Gabriel Strefezza.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner.
  • 12': Felipe (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Ciro Immobile (Lazio).
  • 16': Manuel Lazzari (Lazio) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Luis Alberto following a fast break.
  • 16': Goal! Lazio 2, SPAL 0. Felipe Caicedo (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Manuel Lazzari (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Felipe Caicedo (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with a cross.
  • 22': Foul by Arkadiusz Reca (SPAL).
  • 22': Manuel Lazzari (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Felipe Caicedo (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Foul by Felipe (SPAL).
  • 24': Foul by Lucas Leiva (Lazio).
  • 24': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Lucas Castro (SPAL) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco.
  • 27': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL).
  • 27': Senad Lulic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Simone Missiroli (SPAL).
  • 28': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Goal! Lazio 3, SPAL 0. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manuel Lazzari.
  • 31': Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Lucas Castro.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 33': Foul by Lucas Leiva (Lazio).
  • 33': Simone Missiroli (SPAL) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Offside, Lazio. Senad Lulic tries a through ball, but Felipe Caicedo is caught offside.
  • 35': Hand ball by Federico Di Francesco (SPAL).
  • 35': Attempt missed. Senad Lulic (Lazio) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with a cross.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Lucas Leiva (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Felipe Caicedo.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 38': Goal! Lazio 4, SPAL 0. Felipe Caicedo (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
  • 41': Corner, SPAL. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
  • 43': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Lazio 4, SPAL 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Lazio 4, SPAL 0.
  • 47': Bastos (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 47': Foul by Lucas Castro (SPAL).
  • 49': Substitution, Lazio. Bobby Adekanye replaces Felipe Caicedo.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Bobby Adekanye (Lazio) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Alberto with a through ball.
  • 50': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Etrit Berisha.
  • 55': Attempt saved. Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Strefezza.
  • 58': Goal! Lazio 5, SPAL 0. Bobby Adekanye (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Lazzari.
  • 61': Foul by Federico Di Francesco (SPAL).
  • 61': Lucas Leiva (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Substitution, Lazio. Jony replaces Senad Lulic.
  • 63': Bryan Dabo (SPAL) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
  • 64': Foul by Luis Alberto (Lazio).
  • 64': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 65': Goal! Lazio 5, SPAL 1. Simone Missiroli (SPAL) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 66': Foul by Bastos (Lazio).
  • 66': Simone Missiroli (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Substitution, SPAL. Ervin Zukanovic replaces Felipe.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Bryan Dabo (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Simone Missiroli.
  • 70': Substitution, SPAL. Alessandro Murgia replaces Bryan Dabo.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Alessandro Murgia (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Strefezza.
  • 72': Substitution, Lazio. Denis Vavro replaces Stefan Radu because of an injury.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Bastos (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
  • 75': Substitution, SPAL. Mirko Valdifiori replaces Lucas Castro.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Alessandro Murgia (SPAL) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mirko Valdifiori with a cross.
  • 80': Bobby Adekanye (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Simone Missiroli (SPAL).
  • 80': Simone Missiroli (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Mirko Valdifiori (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arkadiusz Reca.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mirko Valdifiori.
  • 86': Ciro Immobile (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Foul by Ervin Zukanovic (SPAL).
  • 87': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
  • 87': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Etrit Berisha.
  • 90': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Lazio).
  • 90': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Second Half ends, Lazio 5, SPAL 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Lazio 5, SPAL 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 9
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 3
46.1 Possession 53.9
14 SHOTS 15
4 ON GOAL 8
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
417 Accurate Passes 498
465 Passes 553
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 4
18 Crosses 12
0.3 Cross % 0.3
35 Long Balls 52
23 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.7 Long Balls % 0.7
4 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 11
13 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
10 Interceptions 7
14 Effective Clearances 9
14 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 40,000

Serie A Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Internazionale 35 +51 82
2 Napoli 35 +19 70
3 AC Milan 35 +19 67
4 Juventus 35 +28 65
Full Table

Line-Ups

LAZ Lazio (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Thomas Strakosha (GK)
33 Francesco Acerbi
26 Stefan Radu
15 Bastos
10 Luis Alberto
21 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Yellow Card
6 Lucas Leiva
19 Senad Lulic
29 Manuel Lazzari
17 Ciro Immobile
20 Felipe Caicedo
Lazio Substitutes:
Djavan Anderson, Jorge Silva, Denis Vavro, Adam Marusic, André Anderson , Silvio Proto, Marco Parolo, Jony, Jordan Lukaku, Guido Guerrieri, Bobby Adekanye, Joseph Minala.

SPA SPAL (3-5-2)

No. Name
99 Etrit Berisha (GK)
27 Felipe
41 Kevin Bonifazi
40 Nenad Tomovic
19 Lucas Castro
14 Bryan Dabo
7 Simone Missiroli
13 Arkadiusz Reca
21 Gabriel Strefezza
10 Sergio Floccari
31 Federico Di Francesco Yellow Card
SPAL Substitutes:
Karlo Letica, Demba Thiam, Mirko Valdifiori, Georgi Tunjov, Alessandro Murgia, Francesco Vicari, Ervin Zukanovic.

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