Lazio 2-0 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 25 September 2016
Result
Lazio 2-0 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 25 September 2016, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Lazio 2-0 Empoli: match report
Lazio won against Empoli 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 25 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Keita Baldé opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Lazio's goals came from Keita Baldé (29') and Senad Lulić (90'). Empoli did not score.
Discipline: Lazio received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lazio were 11th on 7 points from 5 and Empoli 17th on 4 points from 5. Lazio went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Empoli 18th with 32.
Lazio lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Senad Lulić of Lazio (8.8), ahead of Marco Parolo (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Lazio wins, 3 draws and 3 for Empoli.
Going into the match Lazio's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Empoli's L-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Marco Zambelli
- 29'Goal · Keita Baldé
- 35'Yellow card · Felipe Anderson
- 58'Yellow card · Manuel Pasqual
- 73'Yellow card · Danilo Cataldi
- 90'Goal · Senad Lulić
Head-to-head
Team news
Lazio line-up (3-5-2)
Thomas Strakosha, Stefan de Vrij, Wallace, Ştefan Radu, Felipe Anderson, Marco Parolo, Senad Lulić, Lucas Biglia, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Keita Baldé, Ciro Immobile
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Giuseppe Bellusci, Federico Barba, Manuel Pasqual, José Mauri, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Andrés Tello, Alberto Gilardino, Manuel Pucciarelli