Italian Serie A

Venezia vs Lazio 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 30': Francesco Forte
  • Red Card 90'+1': Tanner Tessmann
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1 - 3
  • 3': Pedro
  • 48': Francesco Acerbi
  • 90'+5': Luis Alberto

Lazio beat Venezia to end 2021 with new club record

Lazio concluded the best calendar year in their Serie A history by beating Venezia 3-1 on Wednesday to remain in the hunt for a European spot.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Goal! Venezia 0, Lazio 1. Pedro (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Marusic.
  • 30': Goal! Venezia 1, Lazio 1. Francesco Forte (Venezia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mattia Aramu with a cross.
  • 45': Luiz Felipe (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Venezia 1, Lazio 1.
  • 48': Goal! Venezia 1, Lazio 2. Francesco Acerbi (Lazio) with an attempt from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Danilo Cataldi with a cross following a corner.
  • 54': Pedro (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Substitution, Venezia. Gianluca Busio replaces Antonio Vacca.
  • 55': Substitution, Venezia. David Okereke replaces Sofian Kiyine.
  • 55': Domen Crnigoj (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Toma Basic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Substitution, Venezia. Tanner Tessmann replaces Domen Crnigoj.
  • 67': Substitution, Lazio. Lucas Leiva replaces Danilo Cataldi.
  • 74': Ethan Ampadu (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 74': Substitution, Lazio. Luis Alberto replaces Toma Basic.
  • 74': Substitution, Lazio. Manuel Lazzari replaces Stefan Radu.
  • 74': Substitution, Venezia. Dennis Johnsen replaces Francesco Forte.
  • 74': Substitution, Venezia. Arnór Sigurdsson replaces Ethan Ampadu.
  • 80': Substitution, Lazio. André Anderson replaces Felipe Anderson.
  • 86': Mattia Caldara (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Tanner Tessmann (Venezia) is shown the red card.
  • 90'+5': Goal! Venezia 1, Lazio 3. Luis Alberto (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with a cross.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Pier Luigi Penzo
Location: Venezia, Italy
Attendance: 7,894

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+31 Internazionale 22 52 4
+18 AC Milan 22 47 1
+14 AS Roma 22 43 7
+11 Napoli 22 43 5
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 4
1 Saves 1
52.9 Possession 47.1
7 SHOTS 11
4 ON GOAL 2
0.6 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
483 Accurate Passes 414
550 Passes 477
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 6
11 Crosses 20
0.3 Cross % 0.3
56 Long Balls 50
44 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.8 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 4
8 Effective Tackles 8
16 Tackles 11
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
5 Interceptions 14
20 Effective Clearances 9
20 Clearances 9

Line-Ups

VEN Venezia (4-3-2-1)

No. Name
88 Sergio Romero (GK)
32 Pietro Ceccaroni
31 Mattia Caldara Yellow Card
22 Tyronne Ebuehi
7 Pasquale Mazzocchi
5 Antonio Junior Vacca
44 Ethan Ampadu Yellow Card
33 Domen Crnigoj Yellow Card
9 Francesco Forte
23 Sofian Kiyine
10 Mattia Aramu

LAZ Lazio (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Thomas Strakosha (GK)
33 Francesco Acerbi
3 Luiz Felipe Yellow Card
26 Stefan Radu
77 Adam Marusic
32 Danilo Cataldi
88 Toma Basic Yellow Card
21 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
7 Felipe Anderson
20 Mattia Zaccagni
9 Pedro

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