Clinical display sees Lazio beat Venezia and go joint-top of Serie A

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/venezia/MkPmVv50/"]Venezia[/a] were given the first chance to open the scoring when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mandas-christos/vVGAhOFI/"]Christos Mandas[/a] wiped out wing-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/correia-thierry/Sv5sgVLE/"]Thierry Correia[/a] after a mistake in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lazio/URcSl02h/"]Biancocelesti[/a]’s defence, but Mandas immediately atoned for his error, producing a brilliant save low to his left to deny [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yeboah-john/jHriw9D2/"]John Yeboah[/a] from 12 yards.[/p][p]The Greece international then had to react sharply again to palm away a ferocious volley from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sohm-simon/ITcHEtOG/"]Simon Sohm[/a], before a cross from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hainaut-antoine/hO2RGEGC/"]Antoine Hainaut[/a] flew agonisingly beyond the onrushing Venezia attackers at the back post.[/p][p]Lazio didn’t look like a side that had won three of their first four Serie A matches under Gennaro Gattuso, and they continued to find themselves under constant pressure against Serie A’s bottom side.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adams-akor/nks9eiQ4/"]Akor Adams[/a] had another golden chance for the hosts when played through by Yeboah, but he couldn’t beat the inspired Mandas, who also beat away a curling effort from Hainaut soon after.[/p][p]Almost poetically, Lazio nearly struck with an almighty sucker punch just before half-time, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cancellieri-matteo/GvtmmdSl/"]Matteo Cancellieri[/a] drove in from the right, but his powerful curling effort whistled wide of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stankovic-filip/vsFwl9Sg/"]Filip Stanković[/a]’s goal.[/p][p]That was the visitors’ best effort by some distance, and it – along with some likely words of wisdom at half-time – served to wake Gattuso’s side from their first-half slumber.[/p][p][b]In turn, Lazio won a penalty of their own, with Yeboah’s bad night being compounded as he fouled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/taylor-kenneth/rH62aAon/"]Kenneth Taylor[/a]. Lazio captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zaccagni-mattia/MJ7sACQ8/"]Mattia Zaccagni[/a] swept the ball into the top left-hand corner to break the deadlock with his first goal of the season.[/b][/p][embed guid="f8463c87-fa23-4bcd-959a-112728baefd6" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2101400337579958567" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]The visitors then doubled their lead on the hour mark, when former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] man [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tavares-nuno/pY6E7S2D/"]Nuno Tavares[/a] provided a well-worked cross for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noslin-tijjani/Uma3vLeI/"]Tijjani Noslin[/a] to bury a close-range header into the bottom corner.[/b][/p][p]It was the perfect follow-up to the Dutchman’s goal against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-milan/8Sa8HInO/"]Milan[/a] last weekend, and eviscerated any Venetian hopes of getting off the mark.[/p][p]Victory means Lazio make history, with 13 points from their opening five fixtures for the first time ever, while Venezia will have to improve quickly to avoid their 100% record of being relegated in each of their top-flight campaigns undertaken during the current century.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mandas-christos/vVGAhOFI/"]Christos Mandas[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lazio/URcSl02h/"]Lazio[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lazio-URcSl02h/venezia-MkPmVv50/?mid=8CHTEWen"]Catch up on all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="35f42cb8-a1f5-4f1e-9ee1-ae8b7eab3163" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="07d2cc36-e977-4211-be7f-82a4b104cf15" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][infobox id="34c14399-451f-4d74-969c-5a9aebcb2d2a" /]