Italian Serie A

Lazio vs Empoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 14': Ciro Immobile
  • 66': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
  • 90'+3': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
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3 - 3
  • 6': Nedim Bajrami (P)
  • 8': Szymon Zurkowski
  • 75': Federico Di Francesco

Introduction

Lazio are hosting Empoli at Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 6': Goal! Lazio 0, Empoli 1. Nedim Bajrami (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 8': Goal! Lazio 0, Empoli 2. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 10': Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 14': Goal! Lazio 1, Empoli 2. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with a cross following a corner.
  • 18': Luiz Felipe (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 25': Substitution, Lazio. Patric replaces Francesco Acerbi because of an injury.
  • 33': Substitution, Empoli. Riccardo Marchizza replaces Fabiano Parisi because of an injury.
  • 33': Riccardo Marchizza (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Empoli. Filippo Bandinelli replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  • 52': Pedro (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Substitution, Lazio. Lucas Leiva replaces Danilo Cataldi.
  • 59': Substitution, Lazio. Mattia Zaccagni replaces Pedro.
  • 62': Adam Marusic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Substitution, Empoli. Leo Stulac replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  • 66': Goal! Lazio 2, Empoli 2. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Felipe Anderson with a cross.
  • 71': Luis Alberto (Lazio) is shown the yellow card.
  • 73': Substitution, Empoli. Andrea Pinamonti replaces Andrea La Mantia.
  • 73': Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Viti replaces Samuele Ricci.
  • 75': Goal! Lazio 2, Empoli 3. Federico Di Francesco (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riccardo Marchizza.
  • 86': Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Penalty saved! Ciro Immobile (Lazio) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 89': Substitution, Lazio. Manuel Lazzari replaces Elseid Hysaj.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Lazio 3, Empoli 3. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni with a cross.
  • 90'+5': Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 23,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+33 Internazionale 23 55 4
+21 AC Milan 23 50 1
+12 Napoli 23 46 5
+21 Juventus 23 45 4
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 13
4 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 9
6 Saves 1
37.6 Possession 62.4
11 SHOTS 23
4 ON GOAL 10
0.4 On Target % 0.4
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
250 Accurate Passes 476
328 Passes 541
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 29
0.0 Cross % 0.2
50 Long Balls 41
22 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
4 Blocked Shots 3
3 Effective Tackles 10
10 Tackles 13
0.3 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 5
35 Effective Clearances 14
35 Clearances 14

Line-Ups

LAZ Lazio (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Thomas Strakosha (GK)
33 Francesco Acerbi
3 Luiz Felipe Yellow Card
77 Adam Marusic Yellow Card
23 Elseid Hysaj
32 Danilo Cataldi
10 Luis Alberto Yellow Card
21 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
17 Ciro Immobile
9 Pedro Yellow Card
7 Felipe Anderson

EMP Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
33 Sebastiano Luperto Yellow Card
34 Adrian Ismajli
65 Fabiano Parisi Yellow Card
30 Petar Stojanovic
11 Federico Di Francesco
28 Samuele Ricci
10 Nedim Bajrami
27 Szymon Zurkowski
8 Liam Henderson
19 Andrea La Mantia

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