MILANO. Inter prevailed over Hellas Verona to win 2-1. A goal from D. Frattesi was decisive in the 90min. It was Inter to strike first with a goal of Lautaro Martínez at the 13′. Then it was a goal in the 74′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Davide Frattesi gave the win to Inter in the 90′ minute with a goal. Inter was much superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Darko Lazović received a red card (90′). This red card was one of the reason why Hellas Verona lost the match.
Thomas Henry squandered a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Hellas Verona to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Marco Piccinini with the support of Luigi Rossi and Alessandro Cipressa. The 4th official was Matteo Gualtieri. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 15 Total 8
- 6 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 102 Attack 84
- 47 Dangerous attack 36
- 100 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 0
- 6 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Inter was in firm control of the ball 61% while Hellas Verona was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Inter was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the match.
Inter shot 15 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Hellas Verona shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Inter didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Hellas Verona received 2 yellow cards (Tomas Suslov and Diego Coppola).
Also, Hellas Verona didn’t end the match with 11 players after Darko Lazović (Hellas Verona) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Inter has 48 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Hellas Verona will stays with 14 points to remain in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Inter will play away with Monza on the 13th of January with a 1-1 head to head record.
Hellas Verona will host Empoli on the 13th of January with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Hellas Verona (7 draws).
Inter – Formation
Inter
83'
13'
Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Simone Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Yann Sommer , Benjamin Pavard , Francesco Acerbi , Alessandro Bastoni , Denzel Dumfries , Nicolò Barella , Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Carlos Augusto , Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martínez .
The home team had on the bench: Marko Arnautović , Stefano Sensi , Stefan de Vrij, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Davy Klaassen, Davide Frattesi , Kristjan Asllani , Yann Bisseck, Federico Dimarco , Matteo Darmian , Alexis Sánchez and Emil Audero.
Substitutions
Inter made 5 changes: Carlos Augusto for Federico Dimarco (72′), Marcus Thuram for Marko Arnautović (73′), Denzel Dumfries for Matteo Darmian (61′), Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Davide Frattesi (83′) and Benjamin Pavard for Alexis Sánchez (83′).
Player of the match: Benjamin Pavard
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Inter was Benjamin Pavard even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 42 passes (98% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Hellas Verona – Formation
Hellas Verona
77'
90'
Hellas Verona started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marco Baroni played with: Paweł Dawidowicz, Lorenzo Montipò , Jackson Tchatchoua , Giangiacomo Magnani , Diego Coppola , Josh Doig , Ondrej Duda , Michael Folorunsho , Cyril Ngonge , Tomas Suslov and Jordi Mboula , Milan Đurić .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Darko Lazović , Martin Hongla, Bruno Amione, Davide Faraoni, Thomas Henry , Juan Manuel Cruz, Yayah Kallon , Alessandro Berardi, Suat Serdar, Juan Cabal , Simone Perilli, Charlys and Federico Bonazzoli.
Substitutions
Hellas Verona made 5 changes: Cyril Ngonge for Yayah Kallon (87′), Jordi Mboula for Darko Lazović (46′), Milan Đurić for Thomas Henry (73′), Josh Doig for Juan Cabal (73′) and Tomas Suslov for Charlys (90′).
Player of the match: Giangiacomo Magnani
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hellas Verona was Giangiacomo Magnani.
His rating is with 37 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Inter – Hellas Verona – 2-1
- Sassuolo – Fiorentina – 1-0
- Lecce – Cagliari – 1-1
- Frosinone – Monza – 2-3
