Lazio 2-1 Parma: Taylor ends a goalless 50 minutes
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 640 passes, Lazio's season high
- 21 shots, 5 on target, 0.08 xG per shot
- Parma's 32% possession a season low
Taylor breaks the deadlock after the break
Lazio beat Parma 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico after a goalless first half. Kenneth Taylor scored in the 50th minute, and Diego Carlos put through his own net in the 58th to hand the hosts a two-goal lead. Simone Lontani pulled one back for Parma in the fifth minute of stoppage time, but it was too late to change the result.
Lazio hogged the ball and rarely fouled
Lazio completed 640 passes, the most in any of their fixtures this season, and committed just five fouls, their fewest. Parma finished with 32% possession, their lowest in nine fixtures and well below their 43.3% season average. The numbers suggest Parma spent most of the afternoon chasing, with 640 passes underlining how much Lazio kept the ball.
Plenty of shots, modest quality each
Lazio's 21 shots sat at the top end of their season range, yet at 0.08 xG per shot they fell below their own average. That points to shot volume rather than clear-cut chances. Mattia Zaccagni supplied seven key passes, the most of any player on the pitch, so the supply was there even if the finishing never quite matched it.
The 50th-minute goal carried the most weight
Taylor's opener was worth +0.9 FN xPts to Lazio, while Parma's FN xPts fell by 0.7, the largest combined change of any moment in the match. It was the first goal that broke the stalemate. Lontani's late strike, set up by Giovanni Fabbian and his second in the league this season, came too late to alter either side's expected points.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Kenneth Taylor 8.1Dominant
He scored once, put both his shots on target and completed 58 of 68 passes in 71 minutes.
Taylor, the FN MOM, did more than score. He completed 58 of 68 passes, added a tackle and an interception, and won three of five duels, keeping Lazio's midfield moving through his 71 minutes. His strike in the 50th minute ended a goalless stalemate, and the lead was still two goals when he was replaced in the 71st.
Game state
1-02-02-1
Lazio ahead 40 min · level 50 min · Parma ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
50'
Kenneth Taylor
Goal · PAR −0.7
+0.9
58'
Diego Carlos
Own goal · LAZ +0.3
−0.2
90+5'
Simone Lontani
Goal · assist Giovanni Fabbian · LAZ 0.0
0.0
Lazio
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +0.9Opponent moments +0.3Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Parma
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments −0.2Opponent moments −0.7Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
LazioParma
1.76Expected goals (xG)0.91
Compared with usual
Lazio
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.75 | |
| xG | 1.76 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 0.91 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 21 | 13.9 | |
| On target | 5 | 4 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 12.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 68% | 51.3% | |
| Passes | 640 | 472.8 | high |
| Corners | 8 | 5.4 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 12.5 | low |
Parma
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0.67 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 0.91 | 0.74 | |
| xG against | 1.76 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 10 | 10.7 | |
| On target | 4 | 3.8 | |
| Shots faced | 21 | 15.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 32% | 43.3% | low |
| Passes | 293 | 397 | low |
| Corners | 3 | 4.1 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 11 | |
Timeline
- 30'
Yellow
Oliver Provstgaard
- 38'
Yellow
Vincent Sierro
- 45'
Sub
Vincent Sierro → Adrián Bernabé
- 45'
Sub
Oliver Provstgaard → Diogo Leite
- 50'
Goal
Kenneth Taylor league goal #1
- 58'
Goal
Diego Carlos (OG)
- 63'
Sub
Christian Ordoñez → Simone Lontani
- 71'
Sub
Kenneth Taylor → Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
- 72'
Sub
Diego Carlos → Matija Frigan
- 77'
Sub
Gustav Isaksen → Manuel Lazzari
- 77'
Sub
Mattia Zaccagni → Pedraza
- 78'
Sub
David Romero → Giovanni Fabbian
- 90+5'
Goal
Simone Lontani league goal #2 assist Giovanni Fabbian
Category leaders
- Key passesMattia Zaccagni7
- Duels wonEl Bilal Touré13/28
- DribblesGustav Isaksen2/2
- Defensive actionsJosip Šutalo7
- ShotsGustav Isaksen5 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonGustav Isaksen3
#Lazio#Parma#Serie A#Kenneth Taylor#Simone Lontani#Matchweek 8
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.