Empoli vs Verona

25 May 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Daniele Doveri

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Jacopo Fazzini 43’
  • Suat Serdar 4’
  • Domagoj Bradaric 69’

Match summary

Verona took a 2-1 win at Empoli. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Suat Serdar put Verona ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Ondrej Duda, Jacopo Fazzini equalised in the 43rd minute, and Domagoj Bradaric won it with a header in the 69th minute, set up by Jackson Tchatchoua.

Empoli can feel hard done by, creating 1.24 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Verona's 0.83 from 5.

Match stats

Empoli Verona
14 Shots 5
5 Shots on Target 2
13 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.23 xG 0.83
1.23 Non-penalty xG 0.83
3 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Empoli Verona
Kick-off
4’
Suat Serdar
Assist: Ondrej Duda0-1 (Verona)
Jacopo Fazzini1-1 (Empoli)
43’
Half-time1-1
69’
Domagoj Bradaric
Assist: Jackson Tchatchoua1-2 (Verona)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Empoli
  • Ardian Ismajli
  • Ola Solbakken
Verona
  • Nicolás Valentini
  • Daniel Mosquera

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.24 0.83 4’ Suat Serdar (Verona), 0-1 4’ 43’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), 1-1 43’ 69’ Domagoj Bradaric (Verona), 1-2 69’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.24 0.83 4’ Suat Serdar (Verona), 0-1 Serdar 4’ 43’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), 1-1 Fazzini 43’ 69’ Domagoj Bradaric (Verona), 1-2 Bradaric 69’
Empoli 1.24 xGVerona 0.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Verona attacking Empoli attacking 
43’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.86 xG, goal 69’ Domagoj Bradaric (Verona), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 76’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Ondrej Duda (Verona), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 88’ Daniel Mosquera (Verona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Suat Serdar (Verona), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 23’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Junior Sambia (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 11’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 76’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 77’ Ondrej Duda (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 64’ Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.86 xG, goal 69’ Domagoj Bradaric (Verona), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 76’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Ondrej Duda (Verona), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 88’ Daniel Mosquera (Verona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Suat Serdar (Verona), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 23’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Junior Sambia (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 11’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 77’ Ondrej Duda (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 76’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 64’ Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Devis Vásquez GK900 0.000.000
Ardian Ismajli DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia Viti DEF900 0.000.102
Saba Goglichidze DEF840 0.000.000
Emmanuel Gyasi MID760 0.000.031
Giuseppe Pezzella MID901 0.010.011
Alberto Grassi MID900 0.000.000
Liam Henderson MID622 0.040.031
Jacopo Fazzini MID9015 0.960.011
Liberato Cacace MID620 0.000.000
Sebastiano Esposito FWD843 0.090.000
Lorenzo Colombo Sub281 0.090.000
Faustino Anjorin Sub281 0.010.000
Ola Solbakken Sub140 0.000.000
Junior Sambia Sub61 0.030.000
Ismael Konaté Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 48% Avg odds 1.98
Draw 33% Avg odds 2.93
Verona win 19% Avg odds 4.94

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Empoli DLLWW
Verona LLLDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Verona 1-4 Empoli, 08 Dec 24 All Empoli vs Verona meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.