ROMA. Lazio snatched a late win Fiorentina 1-0 after C. Immobile scored a penalty (90′).

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Tuesday and it started at 5:45 am local time. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro with the support of Alessio Berti and Alessandro Cipressa. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 27.97 degrees Celsius or 82.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.​

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 46% of the time vs. Fiorentina that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Lazio was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Lazio shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Lazio received 4 yellow cards (Nicolò Rovella, Mattia Zaccagni, Igor Lasicki and Manuel Lazzari). Talking about the opposition, Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards (Jonathan Ikoné, Giacomo Bonaventura and Alfred Duncan).

Standings

After this encounter, Lazio will have 16 points to remain in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Fiorentina will stay with 17 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Lazio will host Bologna on the 18th of February with a 15-5 head to head stats in favor of Lazio (9 draws).

Fiorentina will host Inter on the 28th of January with a 25-8 head to head stats in favor of Inter (9 draws).

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 (8.1), Manuel Lazzari (7.0), Patric (7.7), Alessio Romagnoli (7.3), Adam Marušić (7.0), Mattéo Guendouzi (6.7), Nicolò Rovella (6.4), Luis Alberto (7.3), Felipe Anderson (6.7), Valentin Castellanos (7.1) and Mattia Zaccagni (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Ciro Immobile (7.3), Elseid Hysaj, Luca Pellegrini, Matías Vecino (6.7), Daichi Kamada (7.0), Pedro (6.4), Gustav Isaksen, Toma Bašić, Danilo Cataldi (6.8), Luigi Sepe, Mario Gila Fuentes and Christos Mandas.

Substitutions

Lazio made 5 changes: Luis Alberto for Matías Vecino (67′), Mattéo Guendouzi for Daichi Kamada (67′), Nicolò Rovella for Danilo Cataldi (63′), Mattia Zaccagni for Pedro (77′) and Valentin Castellanos for Ciro Immobile (78′).

Best player: Ivan Provedel​

The most impressive player for Lazio was the goalkeeper: Ivan Provedel. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.

Fiorentina – Formation

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

Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano (7.3), Fabiano Parisi (7.7), Lucas Martínez Quarta (6.7), Nikola Milenković (7.0), Cristiano Biraghi (7.0), Arthur (7.0), Alfred Duncan (6.4), Nicolás González (7.5), Giacomo Bonaventura (6.7), Jonathan Ikoné (7.0) and Lucas Beltrán (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Luca Ranieri (6.4), Christian Kouamé, Riccardo Sottil, Maxime López (7.0), M’Bala Nzola (6.8), Gino Infantino, Yerry Mina, Tommaso Martinelli, Pietro Comuzzo, Rolando Mandragora (7.0), Oliver Christensen, Niccolò Pierozzi, Antonín Barák (6.4), Lorenzo Amatucci and Josip Brekalo.

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: Arthur for Maxime López (71′), Giacomo Bonaventura for Antonín Barák (62′), Lucas Beltrán for M’Bala Nzola (62′), Alfred Duncan for Rolando Mandragora (46′) and Cristiano Biraghi for Luca Ranieri (79′).

Best player: Fabiano Parisi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Fabiano Parisi.

His rating is (7.7) with 53 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Lazio – Fiorentina – 1-0
• Empoli – Atalanta – 0-3