Serie A: Lazio and Empoli draw a frantic match 3-3 on Thursday

Saragna|Jan 6, 2022 10:01 GMT

ROMA. Lazio and Empoli played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.

ROMA. Lazio and Empoli went through a rollercoaster before drawing 3-3. Lazio was far superior when it came to possession ball (63%)

C. Immobile missed a decisive penalty (87′). That would have allowed Lazio to win the match.

C. Immobile missed 1 penalty (87′) for Lazio.

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Thursday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua with the assistance of Pietro Dei Giudici and Davide Moro. The 4th official was Davide Miele. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing around -2.8 degrees Celsius or 26.89 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 84%.

Lazio

3

Empoli

3

6 Jan 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Lazio was in firm control of the ball 63% while Empoli was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Lazio was more aggressive with 95 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 9 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Lazio to win the match.

Lazio shot 23 times, 9 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Empoli shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Lazio received 4 yellow cards (Luiz Felipe, Pedro, A. Marusic and L. Alberto). On the opposite side, Empoli received 4 yellow cards (F. Parisi, R. Marchizza, S. Luperto and F. Bandinelli).

After playing this match, Lazio will have 31 points to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Empoli will have 27 points like Bologna to stay in the 9th place.

Match Events

5'

5'

N. Bajrami (Penalty)
8'

8'

S. Zurkowski
10'

10'

F. Parisi
14'

14'

C. Immobile
19'

19'

Luiz Felipe
25'

25'

Patric

F. Acerbi
35'

35'

R. Marchizza

F. Parisi
36'

36'

R. Marchizza
46'

46'

F. Bandinelli

S. Zurkowski
52'

52'

Pedro
61'

61'

Lucas Leiva

D. Cataldi
61'

61'

M. Zaccagni

Pedro
62'

62'

A. Marusic
63'

63'

L. Stulac

N. Bajrami
66'

66'

S. Milinkovic-Savic
72'

72'

L. Alberto
75'

75'

A. Pinamonti

A. La Mantia
75'

75'

M. Viti

S. Ricci
76'

76'

F. Di Francesco
78'

78'

P. Gabarrón Gil (Goal Disallowed)
86'

86'

S. Luperto
87'

87'

C. Immobile
89'

89'

M. Lazzari

E. Hysaj
90'

90'

S. Milinkovic-Savic

M. Zaccagni
90'

90'

F. Bandinelli

Next match

In the upcoming Serie A match, Lazio will play away against Inter on the 9th of January with a 20-11 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (8 draws).

Inter

2

Lazio

1

9 Jan 2022 Full time

Empoli will host Sassuolo on the 9th of January with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Sassuolo (0 draws).

Empoli

1

Sassuolo

5

9 Jan 2022 Full time

Lazio: Formation and Lineups

Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Maurizio Sarri chose to play with the following team: Thomas Strakosha (5.4), Elseid Hysaj (6.2), Luiz Felipe (6.4), Francesco Acerbi (6.1), Adam Marušić (5.9), Sergej Milinković-Savić (8.4), Danilo Cataldi (6.2), Luis Alberto (7.7), Pedro (7.0), Ciro Immobile (7.7) and Felipe Anderson (7.6).

Substitutes

Lazio made 4 changes: F. Acerbi for Patric (25′), D. Cataldi for Lucas Leiva (61′), Pedro for M. Zaccagni (61′) and E. Hysaj for M. Lazzari (89′).

Top player: Sergej Milinković-Savić

The player who no doubt impressed Lazio the most was Sergej Milinković-Savić.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 46 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Empoli: Formation and Lineups

Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

On the other side, Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Guglielmo Vicario (7.1), Petar Stojanović (6.5), Ardian Ismajli (6.5), Sebastiano Luperto (6.8), Fabiano Parisi (6.1), Liam Henderson (6.2), Samuele Ricci (6.8), Szymon Żurkowski (7.4), Nedim Bajrami (7.0), Andrea La Mantia (6.6) and Federico Di Francesco (8.1).

Substitutes

Empoli made 5 changes: F. Parisi for R. Marchizza (35′), S. Zurkowski for F. Bandinelli (46′), N. Bajrami for L. Stulac (63′), A. La Mantia for A. Pinamonti (75′) and S. Ricci for M. Viti (75′).

Top player: Federico Di Francesco

The player who no doubt impressed Empoli the most was Federico Di Francesco.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 15 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Saragna

I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.