VERONA. Empoli was capable to clinch a draw against Hellas Verona with a late goal from G. Magnani scored in the (90′) after Hellas Verona got a lead with a goal from A. Gaich (61′). Empoli was vastly better in terms of ball possession (62%)​

The match was played at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Chiffi who had the assistance of Daniele Bindoni and Valerio Colarossi. The 4th official was Daniele Minelli. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.4 degrees Celsius or 77.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Empoli had a strong ball possession 62% while Hellas Verona was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Empoli was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Empoli to win the match​.

Hellas Verona shot 13 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Empoli shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Hellas Verona received 4 yellow cards (Juan Cabal, Miguel Veloso, A. Gaich and Federico Ceccherini). Regarding the opposition, Empoli didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Hellas Verona will have 31 points like Spezia to sit in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Empoli will have 43 points to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

Hellas Verona – Formation

Hellas Verona started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Marco Zaffaroni decided to play with the following team: Lorenzo Montipò (6.8), Giangiacomo Magnani (6.6), Isak Hien (7.4), Juan Cabal (5.9), Filippo Terracciano (6.9), Ibrahim Sulemana (7.1), Miguel Veloso (7.3), Adrien Tameze (6.8), Fabio Depaoli (6.3), Cyril Ngonge (7.4) and Milan Đurić (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Davide Faraoni (6.8), Oliver Abildgaard (6.6), Simone Verdi, Simone Perilli, Jayden Jezairo Braaf, Adolfo Gaich (6.7), Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Denis Cazzadori, Alphadjo Cisse, Diego Coppola, Yayah Kallon, Ajdin Hrustic, Federico Ceccherini (7.0), José Antonio Gómez Márquez, Alessandro Berardi and Joselito Gomez.

Hellas Verona could not rely on the presence of Oliver Abildgaard (injured) and D. Coppola (injured).

Substitutions

Hellas Verona made 5 changes: Juan Cabal for Federico Ceccherini (46′), Miguel Veloso for Adolfo Gaich (59′), F. Terracciano for Davide Faraoni (59′), Adrien Tamèze for Oliver Abildgaard (76′) and Cyril Ngonge for Diego Coppola (83′).

Best player: Milan Đurić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hellas Verona was Milan Đurić.

His rating is (7.4) with 24 passes (45% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 19.

Empoli – Formation

Empoli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Paolo Zanetti played with: Guglielmo Vicario (7.0), Tyronne Ebuehi (6.4), Ardian Ismajli (6.8), Sebastiano Luperto (6.2), Liberato Cacace (7.3), Nicolas Haas (6.8), Alberto Grassi (7.4), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (6.6), Jacopo Fazzini (6.9), Nicolò Cambiaghi (7.3) and Roberto Piccoli (6.4).

They had on the bench: Marko Pjaca, Samuele Perisan, Liam Henderson (6.6), Petar Stojanović (7.2), Lorenzo Tonelli, Martín Satriano (6.6), Emanuel Vignato (6.7), Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Mattia Destro (6.4), Samir Ujkani and Samuele Angori.

Empoli could not rely on the presence of Petar Stojanovic (injured).

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: J. Fazzini for Mattia Destro (57′), Roberto Piccoli for Martín Satriano (57′), Nicolas Haas  for Liam Henderson (67′), Tyronne Ebuehi for Petar Stojanović (76′) and Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro  for Emanuel Vignato (77′).

Best player: Alberto Grassi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Alberto Grassi.

His rating is (7.4) with 56 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Hellas Verona – Empoli – 1-1
• Juventus – Milan – 0-1
• Monza – Lecce – 0-1
• Lazio – Cremonese – 3-2
• Bologna – Napoli – 2-2