Hellas Verona tops Empoli 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

VERONA. Hellas Verona beat Empoli to win 2-1.

January 14, 2024

VERONA. Hellas Verona topped Empoli to win 2-1. It was Hellas Verona to strike first with an early goal of Milan Đurić at the 3′. Then Cyril Ngonge scored again for Hellas Verona in the 56′ minute. Eventually, Szymon Zurkowski reduced the distance for Empoli (64′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Empoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

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 Daniele Doveri with the collaboration of Giuseppe Perrotti and Marcello Rossi. The 4th official was Daniele Minelli. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0.27 degrees Celsius or 32.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.

Match Statistics

Hellas Verona

2 - 1

Empoli

40 Ball Possession 60

Shots

11 Total 14
7 On Target 1
3 Off Target 8
2 Shots blocked 5

89 Attack 104
34 Dangerous attack 31
64 Ball safe 72

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 9

Fouls

21 Total 17
4 Yellow Cards 3
1 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Empoli had a strong ball possession 60% while Hellas Verona was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hellas Verona was more aggressive with 34 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hellas Verona won the match.

Hellas Verona shot 11 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Empoli shot 14 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Hellas Verona received 3 yellow cards (Jackson Tchatchoua, Diego Coppola and Ondrej Duda). Talking about the opposition, Empoli received 3 yellow cards (Matteo Cancellieri, Nicolò Cambiaghi and Szymon Zurkowski).

Match Timeline

56'

Matteo Cancellieri- sub ->Stiven Shpendi

56'

Szymon Żurkowski- sub ->Jacopo Fazzini

58'

Szymon Żurkowski- Yellow

64'

Szymon Żurkowski(goal)Bartosz Bereszyński

67'

Ondrej Duda- Yellow

69'

Diego Coppola- Yellow

77'

Răzvan Marin- sub ->Alberto Grassi

78'

Nicolò Cambiaghi- Yellow

P. Dawidowicz- sub ->Diego Coppola

80'

Thomas Henry- sub ->Milan Đurić

80'

Jackson Tchatchoua- Yellow

82'

86'

Ondrej Duda(yellowredcard)

87'

90'

Matteo Cancellieri- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Hellas Verona has 17 points like Udinese to remain in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Empoli will stays with 13 points to remain in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Hellas Verona will play away with Roma on the 20th of January with a 10-2 head to head in favor of Roma (4 draws).

Empoli will host Monza on the 21st of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Monza (2 draws).

Hellas Verona – Formation

Hellas Verona

Lorenzo Montipò 1.Italy

6.6

Josh Doig 3.Scotland

6.3

Giangiacomo Magnani 23.Italy

7.5

Jackson Tchatchoua 38.Belgium

6.7

82'

Diego Coppola 42.Italy

6.8

80'

77'

Cyril Ngonge 26.Belgium

7.3

90'

56'

Tomas Suslov 31.Slovakia

7.6

90'

Ondrej Duda 33.Slovakia

7.8

69'

Michael Folorunsho 90.Italy

6.8

67'

Suat Serdar 25.Germany

7.3

Milan Djuric 11.Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.8

80'

Substitutes

Alessandro Berardi 22.Italy

Simone Perilli 34.Italy

Bruno Amione 2.Argentina

90'

P. Dawidowicz 27.Poland

6.8

80'

Juan Cabal 32.Colombia

Riccardo Saponara 20.Italy

6.6

67'

Charlys 37.Brazil

Jordi Mboula 77.Spain

90'

Thomas Henry 9.France

6.6

80'

Juan Manuel Cruz 13.Argentina

Federico Bonazzoli 99.Italy

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

The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Lorenzo Montipò (6.6), Jackson Tchatchoua (6.7), Diego Coppola (6.8), Giangiacomo Magnani (7.5), Josh Doig (6.3), Michael Folorunsho (6.8), Ondrej Duda (7.8), Cyril Ngonge (7.3), Tomas Suslov (7.6), Suat Serdar (7.3) and Milan Đurić (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Jordi Mboula, Bruno Amione, Thomas Henry (6.6), Juan Manuel Cruz, Riccardo Saponara (6.6), Alessandro Berardi, Paweł Dawidowicz (6.8), Juan Cabal, Simone Perilli, Charlys and Federico Bonazzoli.

Hellas Verona could not rely on the presence of Riccardo Saponara (injured).

Substitutions

Hellas Verona made 5 changes: Michael Folorunsho for Riccardo Saponara (67′), Diego Coppola for Paweł Dawidowicz (80′), Milan Đurić for Thomas Henry (80′), Cyril Ngonge for Jordi Mboula (90′) and Tomas Suslov for Bruno Amione (90′).

Player of the match: Milan Đurić

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

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 24 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 16.

Empoli – Formation

Empoli

Elia Caprile 25.Italy

7.3

Liberato Cacace 13.New Zealand

6.7

B. Bereszyński 19.Poland

6.5

S. Walukiewicz 4.Poland

6.8

Sebastiano Luperto 33.Italy

6.6

Alberto Grassi 5.Italy

7.2

77'

Emmanuel Gyasi 11.Ghana

7.2

86'

Youssef Maleh 29.Morocco

6.5

86'

Tommaso Baldanzi 35.Italy

Jacopo Fazzini 21.Italy

6.8

56'

Stiven Shpendi 7.Albania

6.4

56'

Francesco Caputo 9.Italy

Nicolò Cambiaghi 28.Italy

7.5

78'

Mattia Destro 23.Italy

Substitutes

Samuele Perisan 1.Italy

Etrit Berisha 99.Albania

Răzvan Marin 18.Romania

6.9

77'

Filippo Ranocchia 22.Italy

Szymon Żurkowski 27.Poland

7.0

56'

58'

64'

Matteo Cancellieri 20.Italy

6.8

56'

90'

G. Corona 31.Italy

6.7

86'

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

Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Elia Caprile (7.3), Bartosz Bereszyński (6.5), Sebastian Walukiewicz (6.8), Sebastiano Luperto (6.6), Liberato Cacace (6.7), Jacopo Fazzini (6.8), Alberto Grassi (7.2), Youssef Maleh (6.5), Emmanuel Gyasi (7.2), Tommaso Baldanzi and Francesco Caputo, Mattia Destro, Stiven Shpendi (6.4), Nicolò Cambiaghi (7.5).

They had on the bench: Răzvan Marin (6.9), Gabriele Indragoli, Samuele Perisan, Matteo Cancellieri (6.8), Filippo Ranocchia, Szymon Zurkowski (7.0), Giacomo Corona (6.7), Andrea Sodero (6.6) and Etrit Berisha.

Substitutions

Empoli made 4 changes: Stiven Shpendi for Matteo Cancellieri (56′), Jacopo Fazzini for Szymon Zurkowski (56′), Emmanuel Gyasi for Giacomo Corona (86′) and Alberto Grassi for Răzvan Marin (77′).