FIRENZE. Fiorentina beats Hellas Verona 1-0 after L. Beltrán scored just 1 goal (78′). Fiorentina was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Milan Đurić didn’t score a decisive penalty (3′). That would have allowed Hellas Verona to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi with the collaboration of Marco Bresmes and Alessandro Lo Cicero. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 11.95 degrees Celsius or 53.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 5 Total 19
- 3 On Target 7
- 1 Off Target 7
- 1 Shots blocked 5
- 138 Attack 73
- 49 Dangerous attack 28
- 96 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 6
- 3 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 9 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Fiorentina was in firm control of the ball 66% while Hellas Verona was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fiorentina was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match.
Fiorentina shot 5 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Hellas Verona shot 19 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards (Pietro Terracciano, Antonín Barák and Cristiano Biraghi). Regarding the opposition, Hellas Verona received 1 yellow card (Paweł Dawidowicz).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Fiorentina has 27 points like Napoli to remain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Hellas Verona will stays with 11 points to sit in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away against Monza on the 23rd of December with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Hellas Verona will host Cagliari on the 23rd of December with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Hellas Verona (3 draws).
Fiorentina – Formation
Fiorentina
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72'
78'
Fiorentina adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Alfred Duncan, Pietro Terracciano , Michael Kayode , Lucas Martínez Quarta , Luca Ranieri , Cristiano Biraghi , Maxime López , Rolando Mandragora , Jonathan Ikoné , Lucas Beltrán , Riccardo Sottil and M’Bala Nzola .
The home team had on the bench: Gino Infantino, Yerry Mina , Tommaso Vannucchi, Oliver Christensen, Fabiano Parisi, Niccolò Pierozzi, Antonín Barák , Lorenzo Amatucci, Josip Brekalo, Christian Kouamé , Nikola Milenković , Arthur and Giacomo Bonaventura.
Substitutions
Fiorentina made 5 changes: Maxime López for Arthur (46′), M’Bala Nzola for Antonín Barák (46′), Riccardo Sottil for Christian Kouamé (46′), Lucas Martínez Quarta for Nikola Milenković (72′) and Rolando Mandragora for Yerry Mina (85′).
Player of the match: Pietro Terracciano
The most impressive player for Fiorentina was the goalkeeper: Pietro Terracciano. His rating is 8.47. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 7 saves.
Hellas Verona – Formation
Hellas Verona
Also Hellas Verona adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marco Baroni played with: Lorenzo Montipò , Jackson Tchatchoua , Giangiacomo Magnani , Isak Hien , Filippo Terracciano , Martin Hongla , Tomas Suslov , Cyril Ngonge , Michael Folorunsho , Darko Lazović , Milan Đurić .
They had on the bench: Suat Serdar, Bruno Amione , Josh Doig, Thomas Henry , Juan Manuel Cruz, Yayah Kallon, Riccardo Saponara , Alessandro Berardi, Paweł Dawidowicz , Juan Cabal, Simone Perilli, Diego Coppola, Jordi Mboula and Federico Bonazzoli.
Substitutions
Hellas Verona made 5 changes: Milan Đurić for Thomas Henry (63′), Giangiacomo Magnani for Bruno Amione (46′), Tomas Suslov for Paweł Dawidowicz (63′), Darko Lazović for Riccardo Saponara (76′) and Michael Folorunsho for Jordi Mboula (84′).
Player of the match: Tomas Suslov
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hellas Verona was Tomas Suslov.
His rating is with 10 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Milan – Monza – 3-0
- Lazio – Inter – 0-2
- Fiorentina – Hellas Verona – 1-0
- Udinese – Sassuolo – 2-2
- Bologna – Roma – 2-0
