Lazio 3-1 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 18 December 2016
Result
Lazio 3-1 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 18 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Lazio 3-1 Fiorentina: match report
Lazio beat Fiorentina 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 18 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Keita Baldé opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Lazio's goals came from Keita Baldé (23'), Lucas Biglia (45+4', penalty) and Hui Xie (90'). Fiorentina scored through Mauro Zárate (64').
Discipline: Lazio received 1 yellow card; Fiorentina received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lazio were 5th on 31 points from 16 and Fiorentina 8th on 26 points from 16. Lazio went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Fiorentina 8th with 60.
Lazio lined up in a 3-5-2 and Fiorentina in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Biglia of Lazio (8.2), ahead of Ştefan Radu (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Lazio wins, 1 draw and 3 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Lazio's last five read W-L-W-W-D and Fiorentina's L-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Keita Baldé
- 26'Yellow card · N. Tomović
- 45+4'Penalty goal · Lucas Biglia
- 48'Missed penalty · Josip Ilicic
- 49'Yellow card · Maximiliano Olivera
- 57'Yellow card · Bastos
- 64'Goal · Mauro Zárate
- 75'Yellow card · Federico Bernardeschi
- 77'Yellow card · Davide Astori
- 83'Yellow card · Carlos Sánchez
- 90'Goal · Hui Xie
Head-to-head
Team news
Lazio line-up (3-5-2)
Federico Marchetti, Stefan de Vrij, Bastos, Ştefan Radu, Danilo Cataldi, Felipe Anderson, Senad Lulić, Lucas Biglia, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Keita Baldé, Ciro Immobile
Fiorentina line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ciprian Tătărușanu, Sebastien De Maio, Davide Astori, Nenad Tomovic, Carlos Sánchez, Matías Vecino, Maximiliano Olivera, Cristian Tello, Nikola Kalinić, Federico Bernardeschi, Josip Ilicic