Italian Serie A

Verona vs Napoli 2023-24 Italian Serie A

  • 60': Darko Lazovic
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1 - 3
  • 27': Matteo Politano
  • 43': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
  • 55': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Napoli beat Verona 3-1 to ease pressure on coach Rudi Garcia

Kvaratskhelia appears back to his stunning best as he scored two goals to help Napoli beat Hellas Verona 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 27': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 1. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross.
  • 37': Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 2. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a fast break.
  • 44': Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Verona 0, Napoli 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Verona. Filippo Terracciano replaces Bruno Amione.
  • 45': Substitution, Verona. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Cyril Ngonge.
  • 45': Substitution, Verona. Darko Lazovic replaces Suat Serdar.
  • 55': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 3. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a fast break.
  • 60': Goal! Verona 1, Napoli 3. Darko Lazovic (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 62': Substitution, Verona. Jackson Tchatchoua replaces Josh Doig.
  • 65': Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  • 67': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Mário Rui.
  • 77': Substitution, Napoli. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 78': Substitution, Verona. Thomas Henry replaces Milan Djuric.
  • 80': Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 84': Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Matteo Politano because of an injury.
  • 84': Substitution, Napoli. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Verona 1, Napoli 3.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Attendance: 20,549

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+30 Napoli 35 77 4
+40 Internazionale 35 74 5
+40 Atalanta 35 68 7
+20 Juventus 35 63 4
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Statistics

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9 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 5
8 Saves 7
60.4 Possession 39.6
22 SHOTS 15
10 ON GOAL 9
0.5 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
454 Accurate Passes 258
520 Passes 323
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 7
13 Crosses 26
0.3 Cross % 0.3
67 Long Balls 56
36 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
6 Blocked Shots 0
10 Effective Tackles 6
13 Tackles 13
0.8 Tackle % 0.5
3 Interceptions 7
22 Effective Clearances 15
22 Clearances 15

Line-Ups

VER Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
27 Pawel Dawidowicz
2 Bruno Amione
23 Giangiacomo Magnani Yellow Card
25 Suat Serdar
18 Martin Hongla
3 Josh Doig
5 Davide Faraoni Yellow Card
11 Milan Djuric
90 Michael Folorunsho
26 Cyril Ngonge

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
3 Natan
13 Amir Rrahmani
6 Mário Rui Yellow Card
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
24 Jens Cajuste
20 Piotr Zielinski
81 Giacomo Raspadori
77 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
21 Matteo Politano

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