Result EMPOLI 0 – 1 LAZIO, Sunday 4 May 2025, Serie A Week 35

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Result EMPOLI 0 – 1 LAZIO, Sunday 4 May 2025, Serie A Week 35

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37% Ball Possession EMPOLI and 63% Ball Possession LAZIO
         Empoli 0 – 1 Lazio
🟥 36′  Lorenzo Colombo                1′ Boulaye Dia
.                                                          🟥 76’Elseid Hysaj
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 7th position with 60 points and a positive goal difference of +12
Empoli, 19th position with 25 points and a negative goal difference of -27

Empoli lost the Serie A Week 35 on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at the Carlo Castellani Stadium. Boulaye Dia, clearly the standout player, secures three crucial points for Lazio, who momentarily rises to 4th in the league, surpassing Roma, Bologna, and Juventus all at once. Meanwhile, Empoli extends their winless streak to 20 matches, remaining in second-to-last place with 25 points.

Dia makes the decisive goal within just a minute. Lazio has a goal ruled out in the 52nd minute (Viti scores but was offside initially) and struggles to challenge Mandas further. Colombo and Hysaj receive red cards, while six others are cautioned, resulting in a total of 10 cards issued.

Notably, Lazio is one of four teams in the league, alongside Atalanta, Empoli, and Hellas Verona, that has earned more points on the road than at home. The Biancocelesti have achieved two consecutive away victories and are looking to make it three in a row.  It’s a feat they haven’t accomplished since November 2022 when they won four straight away matches.

Lazio got off to a flying start with a quick goal just one minute in! Boulaye Dia found the net with a right-footed shot aimed at the center. Elseid Hysaj provided the assist with a perfectly timed through ball. Castellanos made a fantastic play that opened up the right side for Hysaj. After a cross from Hysaj, Viti misjudged his intervention, allowing Dia to sneak in behind. He controlled the ball with his chest and then finished with his right foot to make it 1-0 for the biancoceleste.

In the 38th minute, things got chaotic when Empoli’s striker Lorenzo Colombo engaged in a physical battle with Rovella during a long throw from the back. He accidentally kicked Gigot with his leg. It seems unintentional from the footage, but the referee saw it differently, issuing a yellow card followed by a red one.

Lazio is down to 10 players in the 76th minute after Elseid Hysaj is sent off. Sambia maneuvers around him and breaks free on the right wing, prompting number 23 to commit a foul that results in a second warning and a red card.

✅    Stats before the game:

In the past 12 encounters between Empoli and Lazio in Serie A, Lazio has emerged victorious 10 times, with two matches ending in a draw. The last time Empoli triumphed over Lazio in this league was on November 29, 2015, when they won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Lorenzo Tonelli.

Lazio has triumphed in their last five Serie A games at the Castellani against Empoli, netting a total of 10 goals (averaging two per match) and achieving three clean sheets; before this, the Biancocelesti had only managed to win two out of their first nine encounters at the Tuscans’ ground (3 draws, 4 losses).

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Empoli hasn’t secured a league victory since December 8 against Hellas Verona, marking a disappointing streak of 19 matches without a win (6 draws, 13 losses), which is now their longest in Serie A history. The Azzurri last triumphed over a team ranked above them in the standings during the final match of the previous season, defeating Roma 2-1.

Lazio is one of four teams in this league (alongside Atalanta, Empoli, and Hellas Verona) that has earned more points on the road than at home. The Biancocelesti are currently on a roll with two away victories and are aiming for a third consecutive win, something they haven’t achieved in Serie A since November 2022, when they managed four in a row.


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Empoli official starting lineup against Lazio

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Result 🔵Empoli 0 – 1 Lazio ⚪️🔵
Sunday 4 May 2025
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy

12:30

Referee: COLOMBO
Assistants: TOLFO – DEI GIUDICI
Fourth Official: CREZZINI
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: GARIGLIO

⚽️ Goals: 1′ Boulaye Dia (L)

🟥 Red Card: 38′ Lorenzo Colombo (E)(second yellow card), 76’Elseid Hysaj (L)(second yellow card)

🟨 Booked: 34′ Lorenzo Colombo (E), 45+2′ Saba Goglichidze (E), 56′ Luca Pellegrini (L), 66′ Elseid Hysaj (L), 84′ Giuseppe Pezzella (E), 87′ 87′ Matías Vecino (L)

✅  Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉 🔵  Lineup EMPOLI (3-4-2-1): Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti, Gyasi, Fazzini, Marianucci, Pezzella; Solbakken, Cacace; Colombo.

Subs.: Silvestri, Seghetti, Brancolini, Sambia, De Sciglio, Tosto, Bacci, Campaniello, Konate, Esposito.

Coach: Roberto D’Aversa

👉  ⚪️🔵 Lineup LAZIO (4-2-3-1): Mandas; Hysaj, Gigot, Romagnoli, Pellegrini; Rovella, Guendouzi; Marusic, Dia, Zaccagni; Castellanos.

Subs.: Provedel, Furlanetto, Vecino, Dele-Bashiru, Pedro, Noslin, Isaksen, Tchaouna, Belahyane, Provstgaard, Basic, Ibrahimovic, Gila.

Coach: Marco Baroni

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