LECCE. Hellas Verona beats Lecce 1-0 after C. Ngonge scored just 1 goal (71′).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa with the collaboration of Fabrizio Lombardo and Niccolò Pagliardini. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Lecce was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Hellas Verona that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lecce was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Hellas Verona managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Lecce shot 15 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hellas Verona shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Lecce received 2 yellow cards (Morten Hjulmand and Rémi Oudin). Regarding the opposition, Hellas Verona received 5 yellow cards (Davide Faraoni , Oliver Abildgaard, Giangiacomo Magnani, Lorenzo Montipò and Cyril Ngonge).

Standings

After this encounter, Lecce will stay with 31 points to remain in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Hellas Verona will have 30 points to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Lecce will host Spezia on the 21st of May with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Lecce (4 draws).

Hellas Verona will host Torino on the 14th of May with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Torino (9 draws).

Lecce – Formation

Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Wladimiro Falcone (7.0), Valentin Gendrey (7.0), Federico Baschirotto (6.4), Samuel Umtiti (7.1), Antonino Gallo (6.8), Alexis Blin (6.9), Morten Hjulmand (7.0), Rémi Oudin (6.8), Gabriel Strefezza (6.8), Assan Ceesay (6.2) and Federico Di Francesco (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Lorenzo Colombo, Joan González (6.7), Kristoffer Askildsen, Giuseppe Pezzella, Pietro Ceccaroni, Youssef Maleh, Lameck Banda (6.4), Þórir Jóhann Helgason, Marco Bleve, Simone Romagnoli, Federico Brancolini, Marin Pongračić, Joel Voelkerling Persson, Alessandro Tuia and Tommaso Cassandro.

Substitutions

Lecce made 4 changes: Alexis Blin for Cyril Ngonge (64′), Federico Di Francesco for Lameck Banda (72′), Alexis Blin for Joan Gonzàlez Cañellas (72′) and Rémi Oudin for Lorenzo Colombo (83′).

Best player: Samuel Umtiti​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was Samuel Umtiti.

His rating is (7.1) with 48 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Hellas Verona – Formation

Hellas Verona started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Marco Zaffaroni played with: Lorenzo Montipò (6.6), Giangiacomo Magnani (7.3), Isak Hien (7.4), Paweł Dawidowicz (7.1), Davide Faraoni (6.8), Adrien Tameze (6.8), Ondrej Duda (6.6), Oliver Abildgaard (7.2), Darko Lazović (6.9), Simone Verdi (6.6) and Milan Đurić (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Diego Coppola, Ibrahim Sulemana (6.1), Alessandro Berardi, Yayah Kallon, Josh Doig, Simone Perilli, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Juan Cabal, Cyril Ngonge (7.1), Federico Ceccherini, Adolfo Gaich, Filippo Terracciano, Jayden Braaf and Fabio Depaoli (6.7).

Substitutions

Hellas Verona made 3 changes: Ondrej Duda for Ibrahim Sulemana (71′), Davide Faraoni  for Fabio Depaoli (71′) and Darko Lazović for F. Terracciano (89′).

Best player: Isak Hien​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hellas Verona was Isak Hien even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 38 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Lecce – Hellas Verona – 0-1
• Torino – Monza – 1-1
• Napoli – Fiorentina – 1-0
• Atalanta – Juventus – 0-2