Verona vs Spezia 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Hellas Verona

4': Giovanni Simeone
15': Davide Faraoni
42': Gianluca Caprari
71': Daniel Bessa

FT
4 - 0

Spezia

81': Simone Bastoni

Introduction

Hellas Verona are hosting Spezia at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
4': Goal! Verona 1, Spezia 0. Giovanni Simeone (Verona) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Ilic with a cross following a corner.
15': Goal! Verona 2, Spezia 0. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
28': Gianluca Caprari (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Salvador Ferrer (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Goal! Verona 3, Spezia 0. Gianluca Caprari (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Simeone.
45': Substitution, Verona. Yildirim Mert Çetin replaces Marco Faraoni.
45': Substitution, Verona. Federico Ceccherini replaces Koray Günter because of an injury.
45': Substitution, Spezia. Aimar Sher replaces Kelvin Amian.
59': Substitution, Spezia. David Strelec replaces Suf Podgoreanu.
59': Substitution, Spezia. M'Bala Nzola replaces Janis Antiste.
60': Substitution, Verona. Adrien Tameze replaces Gianluca Caprari.
68': Substitution, Verona. Giangiacomo Magnani replaces Nicolò Casale.
71': Goal! Verona 4, Spezia 0. Daniel Bessa (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonin Barak following a fast break.
73': Substitution, Verona. Nikola Kalinic replaces Daniel Bessa.
81': Simone Bastoni (Spezia) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
90': Second Half ends, Verona 4, Spezia 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Attendance: 8,938

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Internazionale	15	33	4
+11	AC Milan	15	32	1
+8	Juventus	17	32	3
+9	Napoli	15	31	4

Full Table

Statistics

SPE		VER
11	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
5	Corner Kicks	1
0	Saves	4
54.8	Possession	45.2
12	SHOTS	6
4	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
411	Accurate Passes	318
480	Passes	404
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	1
17	Crosses	3
0.2	Cross %	0.3
43	Long Balls	40
23	Accurate Long Balls	13
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
1	Blocked Shots	2
12	Effective Tackles	10
19	Tackles	23
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
12	Interceptions	8
7	Effective Clearances	18
7	Clearances	18

Line-Ups

Hellas Verona (3-4-3)

No.	Name
96	Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
21	Koray Günter
16	Nicolo Casale
27	Pawel Dawidowicz
14	Ivan Ilic
24	Daniel Bessa
8	Darko Lazovic
5	Davide Faraoni
99	Giovanni Simeone
10	Gianluca Caprari
7	Antonín Barák

Substitutes:

Ivor Pandur, Kevin Ruegg, Federico Ceccherini, Giangiacomo Magnani, Nikola Kalinic, Kevin Lasagna, Adrien Tamèze, Miguel Veloso, Bosko Sutalo, Martin Hongla, Mert Çetin, Alessandro Berardi.

Spezia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jeroen Zoet (GK)
43	Dimitris Nikolaou
15	Petko Hristov
20	Simone Bastoni
27	Kelvin Amian
10	Daniele Verde
11	Emmanuel Gyasi
21	Salvador Ferrer
9	Rey Manaj
17	Suf Podgoreanu
22	Janis Antiste

Substitutes:

Jakub Kiwior, Petar Zovko, Nicolò Bertola, Ivan Provedel, M'Bala Nzola, David Strelec, Aimar Sher.

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