Lazio vs Empoli

6 January 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Antonio Giua

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

  • Ciro Immobile 14’
  • Sergej Milinkovic-Savic 66’, 90+3’
  • Nedim Bajrami 6’ (pen)
  • Szymon Zurkowski 8’
  • Federico Di Francesco 75’

Match summary

Lazio and Empoli drew 3-3. Empoli led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Nedim Bajrami put Empoli ahead from the penalty spot in the 6th minute, Szymon Zurkowski made it 0-2 in the 8th minute, and Ciro Immobile pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 14th minute, set up by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. In the second half, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic equalised in the 66th minute, set up by Felipe Anderson, Federico Di Francesco put Empoli back in front in the 75th minute, set up by Riccardo Marchizza, and Milinkovic-Savic equalised with a header in stoppage time, set up by Mattia Zaccagni.

Lazio had the better of the chances, with 3.12 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Empoli's 2.21 from 11. Ciro Immobile had a penalty saved for Lazio.

Match stats

Lazio Empoli
23 Shots 11
10 Shots on Target 4
9 Corners 2
4 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
3.09 xG 2.15
2.33 Non-penalty xG 1.39
22 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lazio Empoli
Kick-off
6’
Nedim Bajrami
Penalty0-1 (Empoli)
8’
Szymon Zurkowski0-2 (Empoli)
Ciro Immobile
Assist: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic1-2 (Lazio)
14’
Half-time1-2
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
Assist: Felipe Anderson2-2 (Lazio)
66’
75’
Federico Di Francesco
Assist: Riccardo Marchizza2-3 (Empoli)
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
Assist: Mattia Zaccagni3-3 (Lazio)
90+3’
Full-time3-3

Bookings

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

Lazio
  • Luiz Felipe
  • Adam Marusic
  • Luis Alberto
  • Pedro
Empoli
  • Sebastiano Luperto
  • Fabiano Parisi
  • Filippo Bandinelli
  • Riccardo Marchizza

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.12 2.21 6’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), 0-1 6’ 8’ Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli), 0-2 8’ 14’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), 1-2 14’ 66’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), 2-2 66’ 75’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), 2-3 75’ 90+3’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), 3-3 90+3’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.12 2.21 6’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), 0-1 Bajrami 6’ 8’ Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli), 0-2 Zurkowski 8’ 14’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), 1-2 Immobile 14’ 66’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), 2-2 Milinkovic-Savic 66’ 75’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), 2-3 Di Francesco 75’ 90+3’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), 3-3 Milinkovic-Savic 90+3’
Lazio 3.12 xGEmpoli 2.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Lazio attacking 
6’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 87’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 75’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 90+3’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 68’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 8’ Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 31’ Luiz Felipe (Lazio), from a corner, 0.25 xG, blocked 8’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 29’ Felipe Anderson (Lazio), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 31’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 68’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 25’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 66’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 46’ Pedro (Lazio), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 48’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 19’ Felipe Anderson (Lazio), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 37’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 63’ Leo Stulac (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 90+2’ Lucas Leiva (Lazio), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Luis Alberto (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Lucas Leiva (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 40’ Pedro (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Luis Alberto (Lazio), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Riccardo Marchizza (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Luis Alberto (Lazio), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 87’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 75’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 68’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 90+3’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 8’ Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 31’ Luiz Felipe (Lazio), from a corner, 0.25 xG, blocked 8’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 29’ Felipe Anderson (Lazio), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 31’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 68’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 25’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 66’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 46’ Pedro (Lazio), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 48’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 19’ Felipe Anderson (Lazio), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 37’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Leo Stulac (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+2’ Lucas Leiva (Lazio), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 65’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Luis Alberto (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 40’ Pedro (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Lucas Leiva (Lazio), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Luis Alberto (Lazio), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Riccardo Marchizza (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Ciro Immobile (Lazio), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Luis Alberto (Lazio), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Thomas Strakosha GK900 0.000.000
Elseid Hysaj DEF900 0.000.000
Luiz Felipe DEF901 0.250.000
Francesco Acerbi DEF240 0.000.000
Adam Marusic DEF900 0.000.000
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic MID90218 1.000.082
Luis Alberto MID903 0.070.243
Danilo Cataldi MID620 0.000.021
Pedro FWD622 0.100.021
Ciro Immobile FWD9015 1.450.233
Felipe Anderson FWD9012 0.180.122
Patric Sub660 0.000.000
Lucas Leiva Sub282 0.070.000
Mattia Zaccagni Sub2810 0.000.562
Manuel Lazzari Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lazio win 60% Avg odds 1.59
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.41
Empoli win 18% Avg odds 5.28

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

Form going into the game

Lazio DWLWW
Empoli DWWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Empoli 1-3 Lazio, 21 Aug 21 Next meeting: Lazio 2-2 Empoli, 08 Jan 23  All Lazio vs Empoli 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.