Verona vs Bologna 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A
Verona beats Bologna to leave it on brink of Serie A safety
— Hellas Verona improved its chances of escaping Serie A’s bottom three after beating Bologna 2-1 on Friday thanks to two goals from Simone Verdi.
Match Commentary
- 25': Stefan Posch (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 30': Substitution, Verona. Ondrej Duda replaces Oliver Abildgaard because of an injury.
- 31': Musa Barrow (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 37': Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 40': Substitution, Verona. Darko Lazovic replaces Kevin Lasagna because of an injury.
- 45'+4': Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+6': Goal! Verona 1, Bologna 0. Simone Verdi (Verona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 45'+12': First Half ends, Verona 1, Bologna 0.
- 45': Substitution, Verona. Milan Djuric replaces Adolfo Gaich.
- 45': Substitution, Bologna. Riccardo Orsolini replaces Michel Aebischer.
- 45': Substitution, Bologna. Nikola Moro replaces Musa Barrow.
- 56': Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Substitution, Bologna. Nicola Sansone replaces Adama Soumaoro.
- 62': Goal! Verona 2, Bologna 0. Simone Verdi (Verona) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Faraoni with a cross.
- 72': Ondrej Duda (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
- 81': Substitution, Verona. Sulemana replaces Simone Verdi.
- 82': Substitution, Verona. Diego Coppola replaces Giangiacomo Magnani because of an injury.
- 90': Lorenzo Montipò (Hellas Verona) Yellow Card at 90'
- 90'+4': Goal! Verona 2, Bologna 1. Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicola Sansone.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Verona 2, Bologna 1.
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Attendance: 21,031
Statistics
 BOL |
VER |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 11 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 3 | Saves | 6 |
| 73.4 | Possession | 26.6 |
| 17 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 596 | Accurate Passes | 148 |
| 686 | Passes | 236 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 12 | Crosses | 18 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 34 | Long Balls | 59 |
| 16 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 17 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 8 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 8 | Clearances | 21 |
Hellas Verona (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lorenzo Montipò (GK)  |
| 6 | Isak Hien |
| 23 | Giangiacomo Magnani |
| 27 | Pawel Dawidowicz |
| 5 | Davide Faraoni |
| 7 | Simone Verdi |
| 28 | Oliver Abildgaard |
| 61 | Adrien Tamèze |
| 38 | Adolfo Gaich |
| 29 | Fabio Depaoli |
| 11 | Kevin Lasagna |
Bologna (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 28 | Lukasz Skorupski (GK) |
| 26 | Jhon Lucumí |
| 5 | Adama Soumaoro |
| 77 | Georgios Kyriakopoulos |
| 3 | Stefan Posch |
| 30 | Jerdy Schouten |
| 8 | Nicolás Domínguez |
| 19 | Lewis Ferguson |
| 11 | Joshua Zirkzee |
| 99 | Musa Barrow |
| 20 | Michel Aebischer |
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