LAZIO starting XI (3-4-2-1): Mandas, Patric, Romagnoli, Hysaj, Lazzari, Guendouzi (subbed for Vecino), Kamada (subbed for Cataldi), Marusic, Felipe Anderson (subbed for Rovella), Zaccagni (subbed for Pedro), Immobile (subbed for Castellanos)
Bench: Provedel, Renzetti, Casale, Pellegrini, Isaksen, Gonzalez
Goals: Patric 45+3’, Vecino 89’
EMPOLI starting XI (3-5-1-1): Caprile, Bereszynski, Ismajli, Luperto (subbed for Shpendi), Gyasi, Bastoni (subbed for Cambiaghi), Marin, Maleh (subbed for Fazzini), Pezzella (subbed for Cacace), Cancellieri, Caputo (subbed for Destro)
Bench: Perisan, Seghetti, Goglichidze, Walukiewicz, Grassi, Kovalenko, Niang, Cerri, Zurkowski
Patric fired Lazio in front with the last kick of the first half and Matías Vecino sealed the result a minute from time.
It was Lazio’s fourth win in five league matches and lifted them four points behind Atalanta, who have a match in hand.
There are six teams within five points of each other in the fight to avoid relegation to Serie B.
Sassuolo are three points behind 17th-placed Empoli and safety after losing 2-1 at Genoa, while Udinese - who are two points below Empoli — visit Lecce on Monday.
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