Lazio 1-0 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 7 February 2019
Result
Lazio 1-0 Empoli
Serie A · Thursday 7 February 2019, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Lazio 1-0 Empoli: match report
Lazio beat Empoli 1-0 in Serie A on Thursday 7 February 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Felipe Caicedo of Lazio in the 42nd minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Lazio received no yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Lazio were 7th on 35 points from 22 and Empoli 17th on 18 points from 22. Lazio went on to finish that season 8th with 59 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.
Lazio lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Empoli in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Francesco Acerbi of Lazio (7.5), level with Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Lazio wins, 1 draw and 3 for Empoli.
Going into the match Lazio's last five read W-L-L-D-W and Empoli's D-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 42'Penalty goal · Felipe Caicedo
- 89'Yellow card · Afriyie Acquah
Head-to-head
Team news
Lazio line-up (3-5-1-1)
Thomas Strakosha, Bastos, Francesco Acerbi, Ştefan Radu, Rômulo, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Lucas Leiva, Valon Berisha, Senad Lulić, Joaquín Correa, Felipe Caicedo
Empoli line-up (5-3-2)
Ivan Provedel, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Frédéric Veseli, Matías Silvestre, Cristian Dell'Orco, Manuel Pasqual, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Hamed Traoré, Diego Farias, Francesco Caputo