Napoli and Hellas Verona draw 1-1 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

NAPOLI. Hellas Verona and Napoli draw 1-1. G. Simeone scored the first goal (13') for Hellas Verona. G. Di settled the score (18').

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November 8, 2021

NAPOLI. Hellas Verona and Napoli draw 1-1. G. Simeone scored the first goal (13′) for Hellas Verona. G. Di settled the score (18′). Napoli was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi with the help of Daniele Bindoni and Pietro Dei Giudici. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.4 degrees Celsius or 70.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.

Match Statistics

Napoli

1 - 1

Hellas Verona

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

17 Total 11
1 On Target 3
16 Off Target 8
6 Shots blocked 5

120 Attack 100
45 Dangerous attack 28
85 Ball safe 77

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 2
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

14 Total 20
2 Yellow Cards 7
0 Double Yellow 2
0 Red Card 2

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Napoli had a superior ball possession 59% while Hellas Verona was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 1 were on target. However, that was not enough Napoli to win the match.

Napoli shot 17 times, 1 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hellas Verona shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 2 yellow cards (A. Rrahmani and V. Osimhen). On the other side, Hellas Verona received 5 yellow cards (N. Kalinic, D. Bessa, P. Dawidowicz, M. Veloso and A. Barak).

Also, Hellas Verona didn’t finish the match with 11 players after

Hellas Verona had 2 players sent off: N. Kalinic (90′ for double yellow card) and D. Bessa (88′ for double yellow card).

Match Timeline

Giovanni Simeone(goal)A. Barak

13'

Giovanni Di Lorenzo(goal)F. Ruiz

18'

Amir Rrahmani- Yellow

31'

41'

59'

62'

68'

P. Dawidowicz- Yellow

75'

80'

84'

Giangiacomo Magnani- sub ->K. Gunter

85'

86'

Victor Osimhen- Yellow

87'

88'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Napoli will have 32 points like Milan to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Hellas Verona will have 16 points like Empoli to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will host Lazio on the 28th of November with a 17-9 head to head stats in favor of Napoli (8 draws).

Hellas Verona will host Empoli on the 22nd of November with a 2-2 head to head stats.

Napoli – Formation

Napoli

D. Ospina 25.Colombia

6.6

Juan Jesus 5.Brazil

7.7

Mário Rui 6.Portugal

7.2

Giovanni Di Lorenzo 22.Italy

7.3

18'

Amir Rrahmani 13.Kosovo

6.6

31'

P. Zieliński 20.Poland

7.0

62'

Fabián Ruiz 8.Spain

7.1

Frank Anguissa 99.Cameroon

6.8

86'

Lorenzo Insigne 24.Italy

6.8

86'

Matteo Politano 21.Italy

7.1

62'

Victor Osimhen 9.Nigeria

6.5

90'

87'

Substitutes

Alex Meret 1.Italy

D. Marfella 12.Italy

Alessandro Zanoli 59.Italy

Adam Ounas 33.Algeria

86'

Diego Demme 4.Germany

Eljif Elmas 7.Macedonia

6.4

62'

Stanislav Lobotka 68.Slovakia

Dries Mertens 14.Belgium

86'

Hirving Lozano 11.Mexico

6.8

62'

Andrea Petagna 37.Italy

90'

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

The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: David Ospina (6.6), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.3), Amir Rrahmani (6.6), Juan Jesus (7.7), Mário Rui (7.2), André Zambo Anguissa (6.8), Fabián Ruiz (7.1), Matteo Politano (7.1), Piotr Zieliński (7.0), Lorenzo Insigne (6.8) and Victor Osimhen (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Zanoli, Adam Ounas, Diego Demme, Eljif Elmas (6.4), Alex Meret, Davide Marfella, Dries Mertens, Stanislav Lobotka, Hirving Lozano (6.8) and Andrea Petagna.

Napoli could not rely on the presence of E. Elmas (injured).

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: M. Politano for H. Lozano (62′), P. Zielinski for E. Elmas (62′), A. Z. Anguissa for D. Mertens (86′), L. Insigne for A. Ounas (86′) and V. Osimhen for A. Petagna (90′).

Best player: Juan Jesus

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Juan Jesus.

His rating is (7.7) with 37 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Hellas Verona – Formation

Hellas Verona

Lorenzo Montipò 96.Italy

6.1

Koray Günter 21.Germany

7.3

84'

Federico Ceccherini 17.Italy

7.3

P. Dawidowicz 27.Poland

6.9

68'

Davide Faraoni 5.Italy

6.6

Nicolò Casale 16.Italy

6.8

Miguel Veloso 4.Portugal

6.4

59'

Adrien Tamèze 61.France

7.1

Antonín Barák 7.Czech Republic

7.2

75'

41'

Gianluca Caprari 10.Italy

7.0

84'

Giovanni Simeone 99.Argentina

7.1

75'

13'

Substitutes

Alessandro Berardi 22.Italy

Ivor Pandur 1.Croatia

Bosko Sutalo 31.Croatia

Giangiacomo Magnani 23.Italy

6.2

84'

Mert Çetin 15.Turkey

Kevin Rüegg 20.Switzerland

Martin Hongla 78.Cameroon

D. Bessa 24.Italy

4.9

75'

80'

Nikola Kalinic 9.Croatia

6.6

84'

85'

Kevin Lasagna 11.Italy

6.5

75'

Matteo Cancellieri 18.Italy

A. Ragusa 32.Italy

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

On the other side, Igor Tudor played with: Lorenzo Montipò (6.1), Paweł Dawidowicz (6.9), Koray Günter (7.3), Federico Ceccherini (7.3), Davide Faraoni (6.6), Adrien Tameze (7.1), Miguel Veloso (6.4), Nicolò Casale (6.8), Antonín Barák (7.2), Gianluca Caprari (7.0) and Giovanni Simeone (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Boško Šutalo, Nikola Kalinić (6.6), Alessandro Berardi, Ivor Pandur, Kevin Lasagna (6.5), Giangiacomo Magnani (6.2), Mert Çetin, Kevin Ruegg, Martin Hongla, Matteo Cancellieri, Antonino Ragusa and Daniel Bessa (4.9).

Substitutions

Hellas Verona made 4 changes: G. Simeone for K. Lasagna (75′), A. Barak for D. Bessa (75′), G. Caprari for N. Kalinic (84′) and K. Gunter for G. Magnani (84′).