VERONA. Salernitana tops Hellas Verona 1-0 after L. Tchaouna scored just 1 goal (48′).

The match was played at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani with the support of Valerio Colarossi and Francesca Di Monte. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was freezing at -0.53 degrees Celsius or 31.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Hellas Verona

0 - 1

Salernitana

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 11 Total 9
  • 0 On Target 3
  • 9 Off Target 3
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 112 Attack 98
  • 30 Dangerous attack 63
  • 81 Ball safe 73
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 12 Total 12
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Hellas Verona was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Salernitana that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Salernitana was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Salernitana won the match.​

Hellas Verona shot 11 times, 0 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Salernitana shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Hellas Verona received 2 yellow cards (Josh Doig and Cyril Ngonge). Regarding the opposition, Salernitana received 2 yellow cards (Antonio Candreva and Mateusz Legowski).

Match Timeline

5'
Norbert Gyömbér - sub ->Lorenzo Pirola
38'
48'
Loum Tchaouna(goal)Grigoris Kastanos
59'
Mateusz Łęgowski- sub ->Grigoris Kastanos
Federico Bonazzoli- sub ->Darko Lazović
60'
60'
72'
Mateusz Łęgowski- Yellow
79'
Thomas Henry- sub ->Milan Đurić
82'
Juan Cabal- sub ->Josh Doig
87'
87'
88'
Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi- sub ->Simy
90'
Antonio Candreva- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter
93
37
Milan
74
37
Bologna
67
36
Juventus
67
36
Atalanta
66
36
Roma
63
37
Lazio
60
37
Fiorentina
54
36
Torino
53
37
Napoli
52
37
Genoa
46
37
Monza
45
37
Lecce
37
37
Cagliari
36
37
Frosinone
35
37
Hellas Verona
34
36
Udinese
34
37
Empoli
33
37
Sassuolo
29
37
Salernitana
16
36

After this encounter, Hellas Verona stays with 14 points like Cagliari to hold in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Salernitana will has 12 points to sit in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Hellas Verona will play away against Inter on the 7th of January with a 14-0 head to head in favor of Inter (3 draws).

Salernitana will host Juventus on the 7th of January with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Juventus (1 draw).

Hellas Verona – Formation

Hellas Verona
G
Lorenzo Montipò 1.Italy
7.1
D
Isak Hien 6.Sweden
7.3
D
Josh Doig 3.Scotland
7.1
87' 79'
D
P. Dawidowicz 27.Poland
7.1
D
Jackson Tchatchoua 38.Belgium
6.7
60'
M
Michael Folorunsho 90.Italy
7.1
87'
M
Darko Lazović 8.Serbia
7.0
60'
M
Martin Hongla 18.Cameroon
7.1
M
Riccardo Saponara 20.Italy
M
Cyril Ngonge 26.Belgium
6.7
38'
M
Tomas Suslov 31.Slovakia
6.8
F
Milan Djuric 11.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.3
82'
Substitutes
G
Alessandro Berardi 22.Italy
G
Simone Perilli 34.Italy
D
Giangiacomo Magnani 23.Italy
D
Bruno Amione 2.Argentina
D
Davide Faraoni 5.Italy
D
Juan Cabal 32.Colombia
7.1
87'
D
Diego Coppola 42.Italy
M
Filippo Terracciano 24.Italy
7.0
60'
M
Suat Serdar 25.Germany
M
Charlys 37.Brazil
F
Thomas Henry 9.France
6.4
82'
F
Juan Manuel Cruz 13.Argentina
F
Y. Kallon 17.Sierra Leone
F
Jordi Mboula 77.Spain
6.6
87'
F
Federico Bonazzoli 99.Italy
6.8
60'

Hellas Verona adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Lorenzo Montipò (7.1), Jackson Tchatchoua (6.7), Paweł Dawidowicz (7.1), Isak Hien (7.3), Josh Doig (7.1), Martin Hongla (7.1), Tomas Suslov (6.8), Cyril Ngonge (6.7), Michael Folorunsho (7.1), Darko Lazović (7.0), Riccardo Saponara and Milan Đurić (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Filippo Terracciano (7.0), Giangiacomo Magnani, Bruno Amione, Davide Faraoni, Thomas Henry (6.4), Juan Manuel Cruz, Yayah Kallon, Alessandro Berardi, Suat Serdar, Juan Cabal (7.1), Simone Perilli, Charlys, Diego Coppola, Jordi Mboula (6.6) and Federico Bonazzoli (6.8).

Substitutions

Hellas Verona made 5 changes: Jackson Tchatchoua for Filippo Terracciano (60′), Darko Lazović for Federico Bonazzoli (60′), Milan Đurić for Thomas Henry (82′), Josh Doig for Juan Cabal (87′) and Michael Folorunsho for Jordi Mboula (87′).

Player of the match: Isak Hien​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hellas Verona was Isak Hien.

His rating is 7.3 with 55 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 17.

Salernitana – Formation

Salernitana
G
Benoît Costil 56.France
6.8
D
Domagoj Bradarić 3.Croatia
7.5
D
Federico Fazio 17.Argentina
7.7
D
Pasquale Mazzocchi 30.Italy
7.1
D
Lorenzo Pirola 98.Italy
5'
M
Giulio Maggiore 25.Italy
7.1
M
Lassana Coulibaly 18.Mali
7.0
M
Grigoris Kastanos 20.Cyprus
7.3
59'
M
Loum Tchaouna 33.France
7.3
48'
M
Antonio Candreva 87.Italy
7.7
90'
F
Simy 9.Nigeria
6.7
88'
Substitutes
G
Pasquale Allocca 62.Italy
D
Norbert Gyömbér 23.Slovakia
7.0
5'
D
Dylan Bronn 28.Tunisia
D
Matteo Lovato 66.Italy
M
Junior Sambia 6.France
M
Agustín Martegani 7.Argentina
M
Emil Bohinen 8.Norway
M
Mateusz Łęgowski 99.Poland
6.3
59' 72'
F
Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi 22.Nigeria
6.6
88'
F
Erik Botheim 11.Norway
F
Jovane 21.Cape Verde

Also Salernitana adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Filippo Inzaghi played with: Benoît Costil (6.8), Pasquale Mazzocchi (7.1), Federico Fazio (7.7), Lorenzo Pirola , Domagoj Bradaric (7.5), Giulio Maggiore (7.1), Antonio Candreva (7.7), Grigoris Kastanos (7.3), Lassana Coulibaly (7.0), Loum Tchaouna (7.3), Simy (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (6.6), Mateusz Legowski (6.3), Junior Sambia, Agustín Martegani, Emil Bohinen , Erik Botheim, Jovane Cabral, Norbert Gyomber (7.0), Dylan Bronn , Pasquale Allocca, Salvati Gregorio and Matteo Lovato.

Salernitana could not rely on the presence of Norbert Gyomber (injured) and Mateusz Legowski (injured).

Substitutions

Salernitana made 3 changes: Lorenzo Pirola  for Norbert Gyomber (5′), Grigoris Kastanos for Mateusz Legowski (59′) and Simy for Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (88′).

Player of the match: Federico Fazio​

The player that probably impressed the most for Salernitana was Federico Fazio even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.7 with 42 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

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