VERONA. Hellas Verona beats Sassuolo 1-0 after K. Swiderski scored just 1 goal (79′). Sassuolo lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Fabio Maresca who had the assistance of Alessio Tolfo and Giuseppe Perrotti. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.66 degrees Celsius or 56.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 10 Total 13
- 5 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 9
- 92 Attack 110
- 23 Dangerous attack 39
- 134 Ball safe 151
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 10
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 23 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sassuolo had a superior ball possession 57% while Hellas Verona was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sassuolo was more aggressive with 39 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Hellas Verona was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Hellas Verona shot 10 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sassuolo shot 13 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Hellas Verona received 4 yellow cards (Juan Cabal, Diego Coppola, Suat Serdar and Paweł Dawidowicz). On the other side, Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards (Samu Castillejo and Matheus Henrique).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Hellas Verona has 23 points like Cagliari to remain in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Sassuolo will stays with 20 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Hellas Verona will play away with Lecce on the 10th of March with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Hellas Verona (2 draws).
Sassuolo will host Frosinone on the 10th of March with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Sassuolo (4 draws).
Hellas Verona – Formation
Hellas Verona
51'
90'
79'
Hellas Verona started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Michael Folorunsho, Lorenzo Montipò , Jackson Tchatchoua , Diego Coppola , Paweł Dawidowicz , Juan Cabal , Tomas Suslov , Suat Serdar , Ondrej Duda , Darko Lazović , Tijjani Noslin and Thomas Henry .
The home team had on the bench: Karol Swiderski , Reda Belahyane, Elayis Tavsan , Stefan Mitrović , Mattia Chiesa, Rúben Vinagre, Daniel Silva, Simone Perilli, Charlys, Federico Bonazzoli , Fabien Centonze and Giangiacomo Magnani.
Hellas Verona could not rely on the presence of Karol Swiderski (injured).
Substitutions
Hellas Verona made 5 changes: Darko Lazović for Federico Bonazzoli (68′), Tijjani Noslin for Stefan Mitrović (60′), Tomas Suslov for Rúben Vinagre (90′), Jackson Tchatchoua for Giangiacomo Magnani (90′) and Thomas Henry for Karol Swiderski (68′).
Player of the match: Karol Swiderski
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hellas Verona was Karol Swiderski.
His rating is with 1 goal, 5 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6.
His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 68′.
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
Sassuolo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Davide Ballardini played with: Ruan, Andrea Consigli , Marcus Pedersen , Martin Erlic , Gian Marco Ferrari , Josh Doig , Matheus Henrique , Daniel Boloca , Kristian Thorstvedt , Domenico Berardi , Andrea Pinamonti and Armand Laurienté .
These were the players on the bench: Filippo Missori, Samuele Mulattieri , Nedim Bajrami, Pedro Obiang, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Marash Kumbulla , Samu Castillejo , Jeremy Toljan, Cristian Volpato , Gianluca Pegolo, Alessio Cragno, Luca Lipani, Grégoire Defrel and Uroš Račić .
Sassuolo could not rely on the presence of Samu Castillejo (injured).
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 4 changes: Domenico Berardi for Samu Castillejo (60′), Daniel Boloca for Uroš Račić (68′), Andrea Pinamonti for Samuele Mulattieri (83′) and Kristian Thorstvedt for Cristian Volpato (83′).
Player of the match: Armand Laurienté
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sassuolo was Armand Laurienté.
His rating is with 19 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 19. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Hellas Verona – Sassuolo – 1-0
- Napoli – Juventus – 2-1
- Frosinone – Lecce – 1-1
- Empoli – Cagliari – 0-1
- Atalanta – Bologna – 1-2
