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59% Ball Possession LAZIO and 41% Ball Possession UDINESE
Lazio 2 – 0 Udinese
64′ Alessandro Matri
73′ Alessandro Matri

 

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 13th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Udinese, 11th position with 3 points and a goal difference of “0”

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
11	Udinese	2	1	0	1	1:1	0	3
13	Lazio	2	1	0	1	2:5	-3	3

 

 

Lazio winning their second game of the season after defeating Udinese thanks to the two goals by new signing forward Alessandro Matri.   Party time at the Olimpico Stadium to welcome the new hero!

Lazio opening the score in the 64th minute with Alessandro Matri defeating Udinese goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis with a right footed shot in the high center.  The assist is by midfielder Felipe Anderson.

Second goal of the match in the 73rd minute.   First attempt is by Keita seeing his right footed shot saved by goalkeeper Karnezis.  Yet, right there, at the right spot, there it is Matri to smack a left footed shot defeating Karnezis in the center.

There are 36 precedents for Lazio vs Udinese with stats showing Lazio with 17 wins, 8 draws while Udinese with only 11 wins.  Challenge is for Lazio defense to wake up after conceding 5 goals while scoring only 2 goals.  Udinese scoring 1 goal and conceding 1.

Here is LAZIO official starting lineup by coach Stefano Pioli:

LAZIO (4-2-3-1): Marchetti; Basta, Mauricio, Hoedt, Radu; Cataldi, Parolo; Lulić, Candreva, Mauri; Keita

Here is UDINESE official starting lineup by coach Stefano Colantuono:

UDINESE (3-5-2): Karnezis; Heurtaux, Danilo, Piris; Edenilson, Kone, Iturre, Fernandes, Adnan; Zapata, Théréau.

 

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Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for LAZIO:  Lucas Biglia and Ricardo Kishna with 1 goal each

Top scorer for UDINESE:  Cyril Thereau with 1 goal

Lazio	Goals	Goals	Udinese
Lucas Biglia	1	1	Cyril Thereau
Ricardo Kishna	1

 

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO:  1 win, 2 lost

30/08/15	SA	Chievo – Lazio	4:0	Round 2
26/08/15	UCLQ	Leverkusen – Lazio	3:0	QR4
22/08/15	SA	Lazio – Bologna	2:1	Round 1

 

Here are the last 3 games of UDINESE:  2 wins, 1 lost

30/08/15	SA	Udinese – Palermo	0:1	Round 2
23/08/15	SA	Juventus – Udinese	0:1	Round 1
16/08/15	CI	Udinese – Novara	3:1	R3

 

Disciplinary Situation.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-2-3-1): ; Marchetti, Basta, Mauricio, Hoedt, Radu; Parolo, Cataldi; Candreva, Mauri, Lulic; Matri.

Unavailable: Djordjevic, Klose, Biglia, De Vrij

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (3-5-2): Karnezis; Wague, Danilo, Piris; Edenilson, Kone, Iturra, Fernandes, Adnan; Di Natale, Zapata

Unavailable: Guilherme, Widmer, Theareau

 

Photo:   facebook.com/SSLazioOfficialPage

 

2015 – 2016 Italian Serie A Week 3

Lazio – Udinese
Sunday 13 September 2015
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome, Italy

18:00

Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: FIORITO – LA ROCCA
Fourth Official: CARBONE
ADD1: GIACOMELLI
ADD2: PEZZUTO

Goals: 64′ Alessandro Matri (L), 73′ Alessandro Matri (L)

Official formations – lineups:

LAZIO (4-2-3-1): Marchetti; Basta, Mauricio, Hoedt, Radu; Cataldi, Parolo; Lulić, Candreva, Mauri; Keita.

Subs: Berisha, Guerrieri, Konko, Gentiletti, Patric, Braafheid, Morrison, Onazi, Milinković-Savić, Oikonomidis, Matri, Felipe Anderson, Kishna.

Coach: Stefano Pioli.

UDINESE (3-5-2): Karnezis; Heurtaux, Danilo, Piris; Edenilson, Kone, Iturre, Fernandes, Adnan; Zapata, Théréau.

Subs: Romo, Wague, Felipe, Domizzi, Insúa, Badu, Pasquale, Merkel, Marquinho, Di Natale, Perica, Aguirre.

Coach: Stefano Colantuono.

Match Stats

 

Lazio	Match Stats	Udinese
2	Goals	10 (4)
14 (8)	Shots (on goal)	10 (4)
17	Fouls	13
5	Corner kicks	4
0	Offsides	1
59%	Ball Possession	41%
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
4	Saves	6