Empoli vs Lazio, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, Regular Season
· Italian Serie A
89': Nicolò CambiaghiLazio finish 2nd in Serie A after 2-0 win at Empoli
Alessio Romagnoli and Luis Alberto emerged as the saviours for Lazio when they scored in a 2-0 win at Empoli on Saturday, giving the visitors a second-place finish in Serie A.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt saved. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
- 7': Hand ball by Felipe Anderson (Lazio).
- 8': Foul by Matías Vecino (Lazio).
- 8': Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Foul by Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Empoli).
- 14': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 15': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Lazio).
- 15': Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
- 16': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Luca Pellegrini.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Liberato Cacace (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 17': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Ciro Immobile.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 18': Attempt missed. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Felipe Anderson with a cross.
- 19': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Luca Pellegrini.
- 19': Attempt missed. Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Empoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Liberato Cacace with a cross following a corner.
- 24': Attempt saved. Pedro (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Felipe Anderson.
- 25': Offside, Lazio. Pedro tries a through ball, but Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is caught offside.
- 26': Attempt missed. Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jacopo Fazzini.
- 27': Felipe Anderson (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 27': Foul by Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli).
- 28': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Liberato Cacace.
- 29': Attempt missed. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner.
- 30': Attempt saved. Pedro (Lazio) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
- 30': Foul by Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli).
- 30': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj with a cross.
- 34': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
- 35': Attempt missed. Matías Vecino (Lazio) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Matías Vecino.
- 35': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Liberato Cacace.
- 37': Elseid Hysaj (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 37': Foul by Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli).
- 37': Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Attempt saved. Patric (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Matías Vecino (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 39': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
- 39': Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 41': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with a through ball.
- 41': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
- 42': Attempt saved. Pedro (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matías Vecino with a headed pass.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Empoli 0, Lazio 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Empoli 0, Lazio 0.
- 46': Offside, Lazio. Patric tries a through ball, but Ciro Immobile is caught offside.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 47': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Sebastian Walukiewicz.
- 48': Goal! Empoli 0, Lazio 1. Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner.
- 49': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Lazio).
- 49': Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Offside, Empoli. Alberto Grassi tries a through ball, but Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Alberto Grassi (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
- 54': Delay in match because of an injury Alberto Grassi (Empoli).
- 55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 57': Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Alberto Grassi.
- 59': Hand ball by Liberato Cacace (Empoli).
- 61': Attempt blocked. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
- 61': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Liberato Cacace.
- 62': Foul by Matías Vecino (Lazio).
- 62': Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Matías Vecino (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 63': Substitution, Lazio. Mattia Zaccagni replaces Pedro.
- 66': Attempt saved. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 70': Foul by Felipe Anderson (Lazio).
- 70': Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Substitution, Lazio. Nicolò Casale replaces Alessio Romagnoli.
- 71': Substitution, Lazio. Danilo Cataldi replaces Matías Vecino.
- 72': Felipe Anderson (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 72': Foul by Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli).
- 73': Attempt blocked. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 75': Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Destro replaces Roberto Piccoli.
- 75': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
- 78': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Nicolò Casale.
- 79': Hand ball by Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).
- 82': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danilo Cataldi.
- 82': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
- 84': Substitution, Empoli. Martín Satriano replaces Jacopo Fazzini.
- 84': Substitution, Empoli. Samir Ujkani replaces Guglielmo Vicario.
- 84': Hand ball by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
- 86': Foul by Felipe Anderson (Lazio).
- 86': Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Luca Pellegrini.
- 88': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Patric.
- 89': Attempt saved. Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 89': Foul by Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli).
- 89': Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Second yellow card to Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Goal! Empoli 0, Lazio 2. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Lazio. Marco Bertini replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Empoli 0, Lazio 2.
- 0': Match ends, Empoli 0, Lazio 2.
Statistics
 LAZ |
EMP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 7 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 1 | Saves | 9 |
| 53.2 | Possession | 46.8 |
| 21 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 11 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.1 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 497 | Accurate Passes | 422 |
| 559 | Passes | 489 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 18 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 31 | Long Balls | 64 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 37 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 24 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 13 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 13 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 11,545
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 11,545
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 15 | +20 | 33 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 15 | +11 | 32 |
| 3 | Napoli | 15 | +9 | 31 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 15 | +8 | 30 |
Line-Ups
Empoli (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Guglielmo Vicario (GK) |
| 33 | Sebastiano Luperto |
| 4 | Sebastian Walukiewicz |
| 3 | Liberato Cacace |
| 30 | Petar Stojanovic |
| 21 | Jacopo Fazzini |
| 25 | Filippo Bandinelli |
| 5 | Alberto Grassi |
| 91 | Roberto Piccoli |
| 28 | Nicolò Cambiaghi  |
| 11 | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro |
Lazio (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 94 | Ivan Provedel (GK) |
| 13 | Alessio Romagnoli |
| 4 | Patric |
| 3 | Luca Pellegrini |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 5 | Matías Vecino |
| 10 | Luis Alberto |
| 21 | Sergej Milinkovic-Savic |
| 17 | Ciro Immobile |
| 9 | Pedro |
| 7 | Felipe Anderson |
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