Immobile strikes Lazio into fifth place with Venezia win

Lazio leapfrogged Roma and Atalanta into fifth place on Monday night with a 1-0 win over obstinate Venezia, as Ciro Immobile scored a penalty to turn into the Roman club's unsurpassed top scorer in Serie A.

A record night for the Italian striker who punished the other side at the 58 minutes to indent his 144th Biancocelesti league goal and push ahead of 1938 World Cup champ Silvio Piola at the highest point of Lazio's record-breaking all-time scorer. Maurizio Sarri's side on the other side needed to buckle down and record success over a Venezia who is that is three points away from security in the eighteenth. Lazio stayed dominant on the possession front in the first half but fizzled out later thankfully did not let Venezia anywhere near a leveler.