Italian Serie A

Lazio vs Spezia 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 5': Ciro Immobile
  • 15': Ciro Immobile
  • 45'+2': Ciro Immobile
  • 47': Felipe Anderson
  • 70': Elseid Hysaj
  • 85': Luis Alberto
FT
6 - 1
  • 4': Daniele Verde
  • Red Card 54': Kelvin Amian

Immobile fires treble as Lazio hit Spezia for six

Ciro Immobile's hat-trick inspired Lazio to a 6-1 thrashing of Spezia as the Rome club made it two wins from two at the start of the new season.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Goal! Lazio 0, Spezia 1. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 5': Goal! Lazio 1, Spezia 1. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro with a through ball.
  • 15': Goal! Lazio 2, Spezia 1. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
  • 25': Substitution, Lazio. Adam Marusic replaces Manuel Lazzari because of an injury.
  • 45'+1': Martin Erlic (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Penalty saved! Ciro Immobile (Lazio) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+2': Goal! Lazio 3, Spezia 1. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner.
  • 47': Goal! Lazio 4, Spezia 1. Felipe Anderson (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pepe Reina.
  • 49': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 54': Kelvin Amian (Spezia) is shown the red card.
  • 59': Substitution, Spezia. Petko Hristov replaces Daniele Verde.
  • 59': Substitution, Spezia. Samuel Mráz replaces Ebrima Colley.
  • 70': Goal! Lazio 5, Spezia 1. Elseid Hysaj (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Alberto with a through ball.
  • 71': Substitution, Lazio. Raul Moro replaces Pedro.
  • 71': Substitution, Spezia. Jacopo Sala replaces Giulio Maggiore.
  • 71': Substitution, Lazio. Danilo Cataldi replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 80': Substitution, Spezia. Janis Antiste replaces Luca Vignali.
  • 81': Substitution, Lazio. Luka Romero replaces Felipe Anderson.
  • 81': Substitution, Lazio. Vedat Muriqi replaces Ciro Immobile.
  • 85': Goal! Lazio 6, Spezia 1. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raul Moro.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 22,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+5 Internazionale 1 3 0
+2 Napoli 1 3 0
+2 Como 1 3 0
+2 Juventus 1 3 0
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Statistics

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9 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 1
38.6 Possession 61.4
5 SHOTS 18
2 ON GOAL 10
0.4 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
350 Accurate Passes 632
429 Passes 695
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 3
9 Crosses 9
0.0 Cross % 0.3
44 Long Balls 45
21 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 5
2 Effective Tackles 10
5 Tackles 12
0.4 Tackle % 0.8
6 Interceptions 7
8 Effective Clearances 6
8 Clearances 6

Line-Ups

LAZ Lazio (4-3-3)

No. Name
25 Pepe Reina (GK)
33 Francesco Acerbi
4 Patric
23 Elseid Hysaj
29 Manuel Lazzari
6 Lucas Leiva
10 Luis Alberto
21 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
17 Ciro Immobile
7 Felipe Anderson
9 Pedro

SPE Spezia (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Jeroen Zoet (GK)
28 Martin Erlic Yellow Card
43 Dimitris Nikolaou
27 Kelvin Amian Red Card
21 Salvador Ferrer
25 Giulio Maggiore
20 Simone Bastoni
12 Luca Vignali
11 Emmanuel Gyasi Yellow Card
19 Ebrima Colley
10 Daniele Verde

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