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48% Ball Possession EMPOLI and 52% Ball Possession LAZIO
Empoli 2 – 1 Lazio
52′ Federico Barba 66′ Filip Djordjevic
55′ Massimo Maccarone
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 17th position with 7 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Lazio, 4th position with 19 points and a positive goal difference of +9
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lazio | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20:11 | 9 | 19 |
| 17 | Empoli | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10:18 | -8 | 7 |
A precious home victory for Empoli helping them to get away from the relegation zone. However, it is a bad lost for Lzio who were looking to win to grab the third position.
Here is EMPOLI official starting lineup by coach Pierpaolo Bisoli:
EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Sepe; Laurini, Barba, Rugani, Mário Rui; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Zieliński; Maccarone, Pucciarelli
Here is LAZIO official starting lineup by coach Stefano Pioli:
LAZIO (4-3-3): Berisha; Cavanda, De Vrij, Ciani, Braafheid; Parolo, Biglia, Mauri; Candreva, Đorđević, Lulić
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Stats before the game. Top scorer for EMPOLI: Lorenzo Tonelli and Manuel Pucciarelli with 3 goals each
Top scorer for LAZIO: Filip Djordjevic with 5 goals
| Empoli | Goals | Goals | Lazio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pucciarelli, Manuel | 3 | 5 | Djordjevic, Filip |
| Tonelli, Lorenzo | 3 | 3 | Mauri, Stefano |
| Croce, Daniele | 1 | 3 | Klose, Miroslav |
| Maccarone, Massimo | 1 | 2 | Parolo, Marco |
| Rugani, Daniele | 1 | 2 | Candreva, Antonio |
Here are the last 3 games of EMPOLI: 3 lost
| 01/11/14 | SA | Empoli – Juventus | 0:2 | Round10 |
| 28/10/14 | SA | Sassuolo – Empoli | 3:1 | Round 9 |
| 25/10/14 | SA | Empoli – Cagliari | 0:4 | Round 8 |
Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO: 2 wins, 1 draw
| 03/11/14 | SA | Lazio – Cagliari | 4:2 | Round 10 | |||
| 30/10/14 | SA | Verona – Lazio | 1:1 | Round 9 | |||
| 26/10/14 | SA | Lazio – Turin | 2:1 | Round 8 |
Before the game, disciplinary situation: 1 suspended player for EMPOLI: Tonelli. No suspended players for LAZIO.
2014 – 2015 Italian Serie A Week 11
Empoli 2 – 1 Lazio
Sunday 9 November 2014
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy
15:00
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants:MANGANELLI – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2: MARESCA
Goals: 52′ Federico Barba (E), 66′ Filip Djordjevic (L), 55′ Massimo Maccarone (E)
Official formations – lineups:
EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Sepe; Laurini, Barba, Rugani, Mário Rui; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Zieliński; Maccarone, Pucciarelli.
Subs.: Pugliesi, Bassi; Hysaj, Bianchetti, Moro, Signorelli, Laxalt, Mchedlidze, Tavano, Rovini, Aguirre.
Coach. M. Sarri.
LAZIO (4-3-3): Berisha; Cavanda, De Vrij, Ciani, Braafheid; Parolo, Biglia, Mauri; Candreva, Đorđević, Lulić.
Subs: Guerrieri, Strakosha, Konko, Pereirinha, Cana, Novaretti, Felipe Anderson, Ederson, González, Onazi, Ledesma, Klose.
Coach. Pioli.
| Empoli | Match Stats | Lazio |
| 2 | Goals | 1 |
| 7(2) | Shots (on goal) | 7(1) |
| 13 | Fouls | 24 |
| 3 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Offsides | 4 |
| 48% | Ball Possession | 52% |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Saves | 0 |