ROMA. Lazio tops Fiorentina 1-0 after P. scored just 1 goal (52′).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi who had the assistance of Salvatore Longo and Michele Lombardi. The 4th official was Antonio Rapuano. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.2 degrees Celsius or 55.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 5 Total 9
- 3 On Target 1
- 2 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 97 Attack 104
- 36 Dangerous attack 52
- 89 Ball safe 99
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Lazio was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Fiorentina that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Fiorentina was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Lazio succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Lazio shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Fiorentina shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Lazio received 3 yellow cards (C. Immobile, L. Alberto and D. Cataldi). On the opposite side, Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards (A. Duncan, C. Biraghi and G. Castrovilli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Lazio will have 17 points to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, Fiorentina will stay with 15 points like Juventus to stay in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Lazio will play away against Atalanta on the 30th of October with a 14-12 head to head stats in favor of Lazio (5 draws).
Fiorentina will host Spezia on the 31st of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Fiorentina (1 draw).
Lazio – Formation
Lazio
77'
78'
52'
Lazio adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Maurizio Sarri decided to play with the following team: Pepe Reina , Manuel Lazzari , Luiz Felipe , Francesco Acerbi , Adam Marušić , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Danilo Cataldi , Luis Alberto , Felipe Anderson , Ciro Immobile and Pedro .
The home team had on the bench: Thomas Strakosha, Toma Bašić , Gonzalo Escalante, Raúl Moro , Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Vedat Muriqi, Elseid Hysaj, Patric , Ştefan Radu, Marius Adamonis, Luka Romero and Lucas Leiva .
Lazio could not rely on the presence of Patric (injured).
Substitutions
Lazio made 4 changes: Luiz Felipe for Patric (77′), S. Milinkovic-Savic for T. Basic (79′), Pedro for R. Moro (84′) and D. Cataldi for Lucas Leiva (84′).
Best player: Pedro
The most impressive player for Lazio was Pedro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.
Fiorentina – Formation
Fiorentina
Also Fiorentina adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Talking about the opposition, Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano , Lorenzo Venuti , Nikola Milenković , Lucas Martínez Quarta , Cristiano Biraghi , Alfred Duncan , Lucas Torreira , Gaetano Castrovilli , José Callejón , Dušan Vlahović and Riccardo Sottil .
These were the players on the bench: Riccardo Saponara , Álvaro Odriozola , Aleksa Terzić , Marco Benassi , Sofyan Amrabat, Giacomo Bonaventura , Igor Júlio, Youssef Maleh, Antonio Rosati, Matija Nastasić, Vittorio Agostinelli and Eljon Toci.
Substitutions
Fiorentina made 5 changes: G. Castrovilli for G. Bonaventura (57′), J. Callejon for R. Saponara (71′), L. Venuti for A. Odriozola (71′), C. Biraghi for A. Terzic (83′) and A. Duncan for M. Benassi (84′).
Best player: Nikola Milenković
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Nikola Milenković.
His rating is with 73 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Cagliari – Roma – 1-2
- Empoli – Inter – 0-2
- Juventus – Sassuolo – 1-2
- Lazio – Fiorentina – 1-0
- Sampdoria – Atalanta – 1-3
- Udinese – Hellas Verona – 1-1
