Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, June 3, 2023
Lazio WLDWW 2
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Empoli WWDWD 0
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 11,545 att.

Match Report

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Lazio 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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

LAZ leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

EMP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 4Sebastian WalukiewiczCD-R
  4. 3Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 30Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 21Jacopo FazziniAM
  7. 25Filippo BandinelliLM
  8. 5Alberto GrassiRM
  9. 91Roberto PiccoliF
  10. 28Nicolò CambiaghiAM-L
  11. 11Jean-Daniel Akpa AkproAM-R

LAZ · 4-3-3

  1. 94Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 4PatricCD-R
  4. 3Luca PellegriniLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 5Matías VecinoCM
  7. 10Luis AlbertoLM
  8. 21Sergej Milinkovic-SavicRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 9PedroLF
  11. 7Felipe AndersonRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 37' Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 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.
  5. 57' Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Alberto Grassi.
  6. 62' Matías Vecino (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Substitution, Lazio. Mattia Zaccagni replaces Pedro.
  8. 71' Substitution, Lazio. Nicolò Casale replaces Alessio Romagnoli.
  9. 71' Substitution, Lazio. Danilo Cataldi replaces Matías Vecino.
  10. 75' Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Destro replaces Roberto Piccoli.
  11. 75' Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  12. 84' Substitution, Empoli. Martín Satriano replaces Jacopo Fazzini.
  13. 84' Substitution, Empoli. Samir Ujkani replaces Guglielmo Vicario.
  14. 89' Second yellow card to Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) for a bad foul.
  15. 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.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Lazio. Marco Bertini replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.

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