Empoli 1-2 Lazio: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 18 February 2017
Result
Empoli 1-2 Lazio
Serie A · Saturday 18 February 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 1-2 Lazio: match report
Empoli lost to Lazio 1-2 in Serie A on Saturday 18 February 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Rade Krunic opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Empoli's goal came from Rade Krunic (67'). Lazio scored through Ciro Immobile (68') and Keita Baldé (80').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Lazio received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 22 points from 24 and Lazio 6th on 44 points from 24. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Lazio 5th with 70.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Lazio in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Biglia of Lazio (8.3), ahead of Senad Lulić (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 4 for Lazio.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-L-W-D and Lazio's D-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Andrea Costa
- 60'Yellow card · Lucas Biglia
- 67'Goal · Rade Krunic
- 68'Goal · Ciro Immobile
- 80'Goal · Keita Baldé
- 84'Yellow card · Assane Dioussé
- 90+3'Yellow card · Fran Martinez Nion
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Giuseppe Bellusci, Andrea Costa, Manuel Pasqual, Assane Dioussé, Omar El Kaddouri, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Lazio line-up (4-3-3)
Thomas Strakosha, Wesley Hoedt, Dušan Basta, Wallace, Ştefan Radu, Marco Parolo, Lucas Biglia, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Felipe Anderson, Ciro Immobile, Senad Lulić