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Italian Soccer Serie A
55% Ball Possession LAZIO and 45% Ball Possession GENOA
Lazio 3 – 1 Genoa
37′ Pedro 87′ Filippo Melegoni
75′ Francesco Acerbi
81′ Mattia Zaccagni
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 9th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Genoa, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -16
Lazio win the Serie A Week 18 game defeating Genoa on Friday 17 December 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. Lazio with a sprint race to climb towards the top 6 positions while Genoa need to climb from the relegation zone. Andriy Shevchenko is the third coach in the era of three points to win who has not found success in any of the first five matches as the Genoa bench in Serie A, after Giuseppe Marchioro in 1995 and Luigi Delneri in 2012 – both have won the sixth game with this team.
Lazio opening the score in the 37th minute. It is Pedro to defeat Genoa goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Felipe Anderson.
👉Lazio 1 – 0 Genoa, 37th minute, ⚽️ goal by Pedro for @OfficialSSLazio with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Felipe Anderson. https://t.co/rEVR1tO65e
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2021
Lazio with another goal for the 2-0 in the 75th minute. It is Francesco Acerbi to score from very close range with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner conceded by Stefano Sabelli.
👉Lazio 2 – 0 Genoa, 75th minute, ⚽️ goal by Francesco Acerbi for @OfficialSSLazio from very close range with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner conceded by Stefano Sabelli. https://t.co/DlQgBTCmBE
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2021
6 – #Pedro has scored at least 6 goals in the first half of the season only 2 times in the last 8 Big-5 European Leagues campaigns:
6 in 2021/22 (Lazio under Sarri)
6 in 2018/19 (Chelsea under Sarri)Pupil.#LazioGenoa
— OptaPaolo 🏆 (@OptaPaolo) December 17, 2021
Problems for Salernitana conceding another goal in the 81st minute. Mattia Zaccagni with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Luis Alberto.
👉Lazio 3 – 0 Genoa, 81st minute, ⚽️ goal by Mattia Zaccagni for @OfficialSSLazio with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Luis Alberto. https://t.co/HTp2mjsUN7
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2021
Finally, Salernitana reacting and scoring the honor goal in the 85th minute. It is Filippo Melegoni to defeat Lazio goalkeeper Strakosha with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Andrea Cambiaso.
👉Lazio 3 – 1 Genoa, 85th minute, ⚽️ goal by Filippo Melegoni for @GenoaCFC with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Andrea Cambiaso. https://t.co/REqzxv6HpK
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2021
✅ Stats before the game. Lazio have remained unbeaten in 10 of the last 12 Serie A matches against Genoa (7W, 3D): the only two KOs of the Biancocelesti in the period came in February 2018 and February 2019. Lazio have won five of their last six home matches against Genoa in the league (1P) and have scored exactly four goals in the three most recent. Throughout their history in Serie A, the biancocelesti have scored more than three goals in consecutive home matches against a single opponent against Verona alone (four), between 1997 and 2002. Lazio have lost three of their last five league games (1W, 1D) and have conceded 13 goals in this set, an average of 2.6 per game. Genoa are the only team that hasn’t won a single Serie A game since the beginning of October: five draws and six defeats for the rossoblù during the period.
👉 Lineup Lazio (4-3-3): Strakosha; Hysaj, Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Marusic; Milinkovic, Cataldi, Basic; Zaccagni, Pedro, Felipe Anderson.
👉 Lineup Genoa (3-5-2): Sirigu; Vanheusden, Vasquez, Criscito; Ghiglione, Sturaro, Badelj, Portanova, Cambiaso; Pandev, Destro
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📺 Click the video to watch Lazio – Genoa highlights on Friday 17 December 2021
✅ Referee Luca Pairetto from the section of Nichelino will be assisted by Luigi Rossi from the section of Rovigo and Damiano Margani from the section of Latina. The Fourth Official will be Alberto Santoro from the section of Messina. The VAR will be Lorenzo Maggioni from the section of Lecco and the AVAR will be Giovanni Baccini from the section of Conegliano.
👋🏻 #LaPrimaSquadraDellaCapitale è arrivata all’Olimpico! #CMonEagles 🦅 pic.twitter.com/pqO0E87a9z
— S.S.Lazio (@OfficialSSLazio) December 17, 2021
🔥 Inizia il riscaldamento per la squadra! #CMonEagles 🦅 pic.twitter.com/SPECddslwt
— S.S.Lazio (@OfficialSSLazio) December 17, 2021
📋 𝐋𝐀 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄 📋 pic.twitter.com/ozk8b8a9j6
— S.S.Lazio (@OfficialSSLazio) December 17, 2021
Photo via twitter.com/genoacfc
👉Lazio vs Genoa, Match Officials
🗓️Friday 17 December 2021
🏟️Olimpico di Roma Stadium
⏲️18:30🙍♂️ Referee: PAIRETTO
🚩Assistants: ROSSI L. – MARGANI
4⃣ Fourth Official: SANTORO
VAR: MAGGIONI
AVAR: BACCINIhttps://t.co/8hsR2rQUgA@OfficialSSLazio @GenoaCFC @SerieA_EN pic.twitter.com/MQug7uj1jr— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2021
👉Result Lazio 3 – 1 Genoa
Lazio, 28 points
Genoa, 10 points⚽️Goals: 37′ Pedro (L), 75′ Francesco Acerbi (L), 81′ Mattia Zaccagni (L), 85′ Filippo Melegoni (S)
✍️Ball Possession: 55% @OfficialSSLazio and 45% @GenoaCFC
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2021
2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 18
Lazio 3 – 1 Genoa
Friday 17 December 2021
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome, Italy
18:30
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: ROSSI L. – MARGANI
Fourth Official: SANTORO
VAR: MAGGIONI
AVAR: BACCINI
Goals: 37′ Pedro (L), 87′ Filippo Melegoni (L), 75′ Francesco Acerbi (L), 81′ Mattia Zaccagni (G)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Lazio (4-3-3): Strakosha; Hysaj, Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Marusic; Milinkovic, Cataldi, Basic; Zaccagni, Pedro, Felipe Anderson.
Subs.: Reina, Lazzari, S. Radu, Patric, Romero, Escalante, Leiva, Akpa-Akpro, Vavro, Immobile, Moro, Muriqi.
Coach.: Maurizio Sarri
Genoa (3-5-2): Sirigu; Vanheusden, Vasquez, Criscito; Ghiglione, Sturaro, Badelj, Portanova, Cambiaso; Pandev, Destro
Subs.: Semper, Masiello, Biraschi, Sabelli, Bani, Maksimovic, Behrami, Bianchi, Ekuban, Kallon.
Coach: Andrij Shevchenko