Mandas heroics and Noslin milestone seal Lazio win

Lazio head into the break joint top after a 2-0 win at Venezia, powered by a goalkeeper's seven-save masterclass.

Venezia

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NS · Serie A

Lazio

Competition

Serie A

Score

Venezia 0-2 Lazio

Scorer

Tijjani Noslin

Venue

Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo

What happened. Lazio beat Venezia 2-0 on Saturday evening, with Christos Mandas making seven saves including a parried 17th-minute penalty. Tijjani Noslin headed in Nuno Tavares' cross on the hour to settle it.

Mandas made seven saves, four from big chances, earning an 8.8 Sofascore rating.
Venezia out-shot Lazio 17-12 and led the xG 1.89 to 1.60.
Noslin scored in consecutive professional matches for the first time.

Lazio sit joint top on 13 points from five games, alongside Roma and Inter, going into the international break.

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