In this 17th week match, on Sun Jan 8th, Lazio hosts Empoli at Stadio Olimpico in a clash of these two mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Lazio is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Lecce. Ciro Immobile struck first for Lazio in the 14th minute on a feed from Nicolò Casale, but Gabriel Strefezza got the equalizer for Lecce in the 57th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 71st minute on a goal by Lorenzo Colombo to cap off a wild match. Lazio is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Empoli recorded a 1-1 draw against Udinese. Tommaso Baldanzi struck first for Empoli in the 3rd minute, then in the 70th minute, Iyenoma Udogie sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Roberto Pereyra squeezing out at least the one point for Udinese. Empoli is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Lazio won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Tommaso Baldanzi has been the most prolific scorer on Empoli in the last five matches with two goals. Both L. Romero Bezzana and Ciro Immobile have been the hottest scorers for Lazio in the last five each having scored 2 goals.