ROMA. Lazio comes back against Empoli with a goal on the F. Caputo 83′ and a goal on the R. Marin 90′.

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ivano Pezzuto assisted by Domenico Palermo and Marco Ceccon. The 4th official was Alessandro Prontera. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -3.6 degrees Celsius or 25.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Lazio was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Empoli that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lazio was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Lazio to win the match​.

Lazio shot 19 times, 4 on target, 15 off target. Talking about the opposition, Empoli shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Lazio received 4 yellow cards (Manuel Lazzari, Alessio Romagnoli, Pedro and Matías Vecino). On the opposite side, Empoli received 1 yellow card (Filippo Bandinelli).

Standings

After playing this contest, Lazio will have 31 points to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Empoli will have 19 points like Lecce and Bologna to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Lazio will host Milan on the 24th of January with a 18-8 head to head stats in favor of Milan (16 draws).

Empoli will play away agasint Inter on the 23rd of January with a 17-1 head to head in favor of Inter (1 draw).

Lazio – Formation

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

The manager Maurizio Sarri decided to play with the following team: Ivan Provedel (6.3), Manuel Lazzari (7.0), Nicolò Casale (6.9), Alessio Romagnoli (6.8), Adam Marušić (7.2), Sergej Milinković-Savić (6.7), Danilo Cataldi (6.8), Luis Alberto (8.1), Felipe Anderson (7.6), Ciro Immobile (7.0) and Mattia Zaccagni (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Elseid Hysaj (6.6), Marius Adamonis, Pedro (6.4), Luka Romero, Ştefan Radu, Toma Bašić, Matteo Cancellieri, Patric, Matías Vecino (6.7), Luis Maximiano, Marcos Antonio and Marco Bertini.

Substitutions

Lazio made 4 changes: Mattia Zaccagni for Pedro (60′), Manuel Lazzari for Elseid Hysaj (70′), Danilo Cataldi for Matías Vecino (70′) and Luis Alberto for Toma Basic (87′).

Best player: Luis Alberto​

The most impressive player for Lazio was Luis Alberto.

His rating is (8.1) with 67 passes (91% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 9 crosses.

Empoli – Formation

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

Paolo Zanetti played with: Guglielmo Vicario (6.1), Petar Stojanović (6.2), Ardian Ismajli (6.9), Sebastiano Luperto (6.8), Fabiano Parisi (6.6), Răzvan Marin (7.1), Alberto Grassi (6.5), Jacopo Fazzini (6.4), Tommaso Baldanzi (6.8), Francesco Caputo (6.9) and Martín Satriano (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tyronne Ebuehi (7.0), Marko Pjaca (6.6), Samuele Perisan, Koni De Winter, Duccio Degli Innocenti, Filippo Bandinelli (6.4), Sebastian Walukiewicz, Nedim Bajrami (6.7), Liam Henderson, Nicolò Cambiaghi (6.8), Emmanuel Ekong, Liberato Cacace, Samir Ujkani and Gabriele Guarino.

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: Alberto Grassi for Nicolò Cambiaghi (56′), Tommaso Baldanzi for Filippo Bandinelli (56′), Martín Satriano for Marko Pjaca (67′), Petar Stojanovic for Tyronne Ebuehi (68′) and Jacopo Fazzini for Nedim Bajrami (76′).

Best player: Răzvan Marin​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was Răzvan Marin.

His rating is (7.1) with 61 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Milan – Roma – 2-2
• Spezia – Lecce – 0-0
• Sampdoria – Napoli – 0-2
• Salernitana – Torino – 1-1
• Lazio – Empoli – 2-2