Lazio-Empoli: probable lineups, statistics and where to watch it on TV and streaming

Lazio-Empoli, match valid for the 36th matchday of Serie A 2023/24, will be played at the Olympic stadium in Rome on Sunday 12 May, at 12.30 pm. Lazio have won their last two Serie A matches against Empoli without conceding a goal; The Biancocelesti had already achieved two successes in a row without goals conceded against the Azzurri twice in the competition, but they never reached three.

LAZIO (3-4-2-1): Mandas; Patric, Romagnoli, Hysaj; Marusic, Kamada, Guendouzi, Zaccagni; Felipe Anderson, Luis Alberto; Motionless. All. Tudor

Unavailable: Gila, Casale

EMPOLI (3-5-2): Caprile; Bereszyński, Ismajli, Luperto; Gyasi, Fazzini, Grassi, Maleh, Pezzella; Cambiaghi, Caputo. All. Nicola

Unavailable: Berisha, Cerri, Ebuehi, Walukiewicz

Lazio-Empoli, Sunday 12 May, will be broadcast live on both SKY and DAZN with connection starting from 12:00.

Lazio have won their last two Serie A matches against Empoli without conceding a goal; The Biancocelesti had already achieved two successes in a row without goals conceded against the Azzurri twice in the competition, but they never reached three.

Among the teams against which they have never lost at home in Serie A, Empoli is the one Lazio has faced the most: the Biancocelesti have in fact achieved nine wins and four draws in 13 home matches against the Tuscans.

Since the arrival of Igor Tudor, Lazio have achieved four successes in six Serie A matches (1N, 1P), as many as in the previous 10 (1N, 5P); the Biancocelesti also kept a clean sheet three times in the period, as many clean sheets as those obtained in the previous 12.

Lazio have won their last three Serie A home games and have not achieved consecutive home successes in the competition since November 2021 (four in that case). Tudor could win his fourth home match out of four in charge of Lazio, equaling the records of Delio Rossi (2005) and Alfredo Monza (1958) as the best home start for a new coach on the Biancoceleste bench from the post-war period to today.

Empoli have failed to score in seven of their last nine Serie A matches and in the period from the beginning of March onwards, the Tuscan team was the team in the top five European leagues not to have scored in the most matches.

Empoli have lost without scoring in all their last four Serie A away games; the last team to achieve five away defeats in a row without a goal in the competition was Spezia between August and October 2022 (six in that case).

Empoli scored only six goals from set pieces in the 2023/24 Serie A and in the top five European leagues only Lorient (one) and Eintracht Frankfurt (four) did worse.

Lazio have lost 18 points from leading positions in this championship and considering the last 15 seasons they have only done worse in 2022/23 and 2018/19 (22 in both cases) – in the last championship two of these were against Lazio. ‘Empoli at home.

Matías Vecino has reached five goals in 28 games in this championship and, if he were to score again, he would equal what he accumulated from 2019/20 to 2022/23 with Inter and Lazio (six goals in 77 appearances in Serie A).

Among defenders with 100% minutes played by their teams in the major five European tournaments 23/24, only Maximilian Kilman (36/36 with Wolverhampton) and William Saliba (36/36 with Arsenal) have collected more matches and more minutes than Sebastiano Luperto (35/35, 3150 minutes with Empoli).