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Caicedo penalty sinks Empoli and lifts Lazio up to fourth

The striker won and converted the spot-kick late in the first half.

PA | 07 February 2019

Lazio rose to fourth place in Serie A following a 1-0 win over strugglers Empoli at the Stadio Olimpico.

In a contest that was low on entertainment, Felipe Caicedo netted the winner with a 42nd-minute penalty as he punished a mistake by goalkeeper Ivan Provedel.

When Provedel misjudged a touch inside his box, Caicedo nipped in and was brought down by the 24-year-old. The Ecuadorian forward then struck the resulting spot-kick past him in confident manner.

Simone Inzaghi's Lazio move up three spots into the Champions League places, two points above AC Milan and three above Atalanta and Roma.

Roma are at Chievo on Friday night and then Atalanta and Milan host SPAL and Cagliari respectively on Sunday.

Guiseppe Iachini's Empoli, with their winless streak having extended to eight league games, remain one place above the relegation zone, a point better off than 18th-placed Bologna, who are at home against Genoa on Sunday.

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C	Inter Milan	33	27	5	1	79	18	61	86
2	AC Milan	34	21	7	6	64	39	25	70
3	Juventus	34	18	11	5	47	26	21	65
4	Bologna	33	17	11	5	48	26	22	62
5	Roma	33	17	7	9	59	39	20	58
6	Atalanta BC Atalanta	32	16	6	10	59	37	22	54
7	Lazio	33	16	4	13	42	35	7	52
8	Napoli	33	13	10	10	50	41	9	49
9	Fiorentina	32	13	8	11	45	36	9	47
10	Torino	33	11	13	9	31	29	2	46
11	Monza	34	11	11	12	36	44	-8	44
12	Genoa	33	9	12	12	35	40	-5	39
13	Lecce	34	8	12	14	31	49	-18	36
14	Cagliari Cagliari	33	7	11	15	36	56	-20	32
15	Hellas Verona Hellas Verona	33	7	10	16	31	44	-13	31
16	Frosinone Frosinone	34	7	10	17	43	63	-20	31
17	Empoli	33	8	7	18	26	48	-22	31
18	Udinese	33	4	16	13	31	50	-19	28
19	Sassuolo Sassuolo	33	6	8	19	39	65	-26	26
R	Salernitana	34	2	9	23	26	73	-47	15