Week 20 features a match on Thu Jan 6th, where Empoli and Lazio will play a match in Roma in a clash of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Lazio is fresh off their 3-1 win against Venezia. Pedro struck first for Lazio in the 3rd minute, then Francesco Forte tied it up for Venezia in the 30th minute. Lazio should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while empoli is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Milan. Franck Kessié struck first for Milan in the 12th minute on a feed from Olivier Giroud, then Nedim Bajrami tied it up for Empoli in the 18th minute , but Milan kept scoring and walked away with the win. Empoli is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 21st of August, Lazio took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Filippo Bandinelli struck first for Empoli in the 4th minute, then in the 6th minute, Felipe Anderson sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Sergej Milinković-Savić But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 31st minute on a goal by Manuel Lazzari.
Bajrami has been the most prolific scorer on Empoli in the last five matches with three goals. Both Ciro Immobile and Mattia Zaccagni have been the hottest scorers for Lazio in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.