Lazio wins at Fiorentina 4-0 to move to 3rd in Serie A

Posted October 10, 2022 7:00 am

The Associated Press

Fiorentina's Giacomo Bonaventura, second left, and Lazio's Ciro Immobile, center, in action during the Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Lazio at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Monday Oct. 10, 2022. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP) The Associated Press

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Fiorentina got a blast of Lazio's impressive domestic form when the visitor won 4-0 and moved into third place in Serie A on Monday.

Ciro Immobile scored one and set up another while Sergej MilinkoviÄ‡-SaviÄ‡ also starred with two assists in a fourth straight league victory for Lazio, which has 14 goals in those matches and conceded none.

Lazio moved three points behind Serie A leader Napoli and one below Atalanta. It is above Udinese and defending champion AC Milan on goal difference. Head-to-head is the first tiebreaker at the end of the season.

Fiorentina, in contrast, has won just one of its last eight Serie A matches and sits 13th, just four points off the bottom three.

MatÃas Vecino headed in a corner at the near post in the 11th minute and Mattia Zaccagni doubled the lead in the 25th with another header on a MilinkoviÄ‡-SaviÄ‡ cross.

Immobile hit the crossbar in the second half then set up substitute Luis Alberto late on and capped a great night in stoppage time when MilinkoviÄ‡-SaviÄ‡ ran onto a through ball and backheeled it for the Italy forward to slot home.

It has been a different story in Europe for Lazio, which beat Feyenoord in its Europa League opener but was thrashed at Midtjylland 5-1 and drew at Sturm Graz 0-0.

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Fiorentina's Jonathan Ikone, right, and Lazio's Adam Marusic in action during the Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Lazio at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Monday Oct. 10, 2022. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP) The Associated Press

Fiorentina's Giacomo Bonaventura, left, and Lazio's Marcos Antonio in action during the Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Lazio at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Monday Oct. 10, 2022. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP) The Associated Press

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