Lazio are positioned 5th, while Empoli are bringing up the rear 12 points behind in the standings. Will they shorten the gap?
- Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie A
- Empoli have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Serie A
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lazio form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 Serie A games here at Stadio Olimpico for Lazio. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
In their previous game, the manager Sarri led his Lazio to a defeat away at Lecce. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Olimpico. Immobile, who plays in attack, was the highest rated performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Immobile scored one goal and hit two key passes.
In the preceding match a 5-2 victory visiting Hatayspor.It should be considered that a peek at the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
A decent goal production from Lazio in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Lazio are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Olimpico in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Empoli form and stats
Empoli have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-4-3 (8 played).
Empoli are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Udinese (placed 8th). Midfielder Marin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Marin had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Before that, Empoli secured a home win against Cremonese with the score 2-0.A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's last 10 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Empoli as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Empoli have conceded 12 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lazio have avoided a loss in the last 7 games (6-1-0) facing Empoli.Top Goalscorers
  C. Immobile 7 goals |  M. Zaccagni 5 goals |  L. Romero Alconchel 3 goals |
Lazio missing players
Empoli missing players
| Lazio | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 88% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.9 | 11.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.4 | 12.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 40% | 36% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 12.1 | 12.6 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.5 | 18.4 | 17.1 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
- Empoli have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Serie A
- Empoli have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lazio have scored more than double the goals of Empoli.
- Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Milan | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Juventus | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 34 |
| 4 | Inter | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Lazio | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Roma | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Udinese | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Torino | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Bologna | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Lecce | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Empoli | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Monza | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Sassuolo | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Spezia | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Sampdoria | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -20 | 9 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 7 |
| 20 | Hellas Verona | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -17 | 6 |
