Empoli vs Lazio

21 August 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Simone Sozza

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–3

  • Filippo Bandinelli 4’
  • Sergej Milinkovic-Savic 6’
  • Manuel Lazzari 31’
  • Ciro Immobile 41’ (pen)

Match summary

Lazio came from behind to win 3-1 away at Empoli. Lazio led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Filippo Bandinelli put Empoli ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Nedim Bajrami, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic equalised with a header in the 6th minute, set up by Felipe Anderson, Manuel Lazzari put Lazio in front in the 31st minute, set up by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, and Ciro Immobile made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 41st minute.

The chances backed that up: Lazio created 1.78 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Empoli's 1.14 from 16.

Match stats

Empoli Lazio
16 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.13 xG 1.78
1.13 Non-penalty xG 1.02
12 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Empoli Lazio
Kick-off
Filippo Bandinelli
Assist: Nedim Bajrami1-0 (Empoli)
4’
6’
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
Assist: Felipe Anderson1-1 (Lazio)
31’
Manuel Lazzari
Assist: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic1-2 (Lazio)
41’
Ciro Immobile
Penalty1-3 (Lazio)
Half-time1-3
Full-time1-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Empoli
  • Petar Stojanovic
  • Ardian Ismajli
Lazio
  • Lucas Leiva

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 1.78 4’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), 1-0 4’ 6’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), 1-1 6’ 31’ Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), 1-2 31’ 41’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), 1-3 41’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 1.78 4’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), 1-0 Bandinelli 4’ 6’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), 1-1 Milinkovic-Savic 6’ 31’ Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), 1-2 Lazzari 31’ 41’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), 1-3 Immobile 41’
Empoli 1.14 xGLazio 1.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lazio attacking Empoli attacking 
41’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 6’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 13’ Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 74’ André Anderson (Lazio), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 84’ Giovanni Crociata (Empoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 31’ Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 63’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 78’ Elseid Hysaj (Lazio), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 59’ Patrick Cutrone (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Simone Romagnoli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Riccardo Marchizza (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 22’ Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Riccardo Marchizza (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 61’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 12’ Felipe Anderson (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 28’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 6’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 13’ Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 74’ André Anderson (Lazio), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 84’ Giovanni Crociata (Empoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 31’ Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 63’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 78’ Elseid Hysaj (Lazio), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 59’ Patrick Cutrone (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Simone Romagnoli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Riccardo Marchizza (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 22’ Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Riccardo Marchizza (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 12’ Felipe Anderson (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 28’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Guglielmo Vicario GK900 0.000.000
Petar Stojanovic DEF830 0.000.311
Ardian Ismajli DEF900 0.000.000
Simone Romagnoli DEF901 0.070.000
Riccardo Marchizza DEF902 0.110.091
Samuele Ricci MID900 0.000.021
Nicolas Haas MID760 0.000.000
Filippo Bandinelli MID7014 0.200.000
Nedim Bajrami MID9013 0.110.224
Leonardo Mancuso FWD832 0.360.092
Patrick Cutrone FWD761 0.090.000
Liam Henderson Sub201 0.050.021
Giovanni Crociata Sub141 0.120.000
Szymon Zurkowski Sub141 0.020.000
Andrea La Mantia Sub70 0.000.000
Riccardo Fiamozzi Sub70 0.000.121

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 24% Avg odds 4.06
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.77
Lazio win 51% Avg odds 1.88

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Empoli LWWWL
Lazio LWLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lazio 1-0 Empoli, 07 Feb 19 Next meeting: Lazio 3-3 Empoli, 06 Jan 22  All Empoli vs Lazio meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.