Empoli vs Verona

19 August 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Luca Massimi

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Federico Bonazzoli 75’

Match summary

Verona beat Empoli 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Federico Bonazzoli put Verona ahead from a corner in the 75th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Empoli created 0.85 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Verona 0.69 from 10.

Match stats

Empoli Verona
10 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.84 xG 0.69
0.84 Non-penalty xG 0.69
3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Empoli Verona
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
75’
Federico Bonazzoli0-1 (Verona)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Empoli
  • Liberato Cacace
  • Alberto Grassi
Verona
  • Giangiacomo Magnani
  • Ondrej Duda

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.85 0.69 75’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), 0-1 75’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.85 0.69 75’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), 0-1 Bonazzoli 75’
Empoli 0.85 xGVerona 0.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Verona attacking Empoli attacking 
42’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 62’ Josh Doig (Verona), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 60’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 75’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 42’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 13’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 61’ Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 90+5’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 84’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 56’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 45’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 8’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Jordi Mboula (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Riccardo Saponara (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+5’ Juan Cabal (Verona), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Josh Doig (Verona), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 80’ Steven Shpendi (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 42’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 62’ Josh Doig (Verona), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 60’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 75’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 42’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 13’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 61’ Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 90+5’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 84’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 56’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 45’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 8’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Jordi Mboula (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Riccardo Saponara (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+5’ Juan Cabal (Verona), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Josh Doig (Verona), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 80’ Steven Shpendi (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Elia Caprile GK900 0.000.000
Tyronne Ebuehi DEF900 0.000.000
Ardian Ismajli DEF900 0.000.000
Sebastiano Luperto DEF900 0.000.000
Liberato Cacace DEF820 0.000.021
Razvan Marin MID903 0.160.000
Alberto Grassi MID890 0.000.021
Matteo Cancellieri MID732 0.090.000
Tommaso Baldanzi MID902 0.070.451
Emmanuel Gyasi MID891 0.450.000
Francesco Caputo FWD731 0.070.000
Roberto Piccoli Sub170 0.000.000
Steven Shpendi Sub171 0.010.061
Giuseppe Pezzella Sub80 0.000.000
Emmanuel Ekong Sub10 0.000.021
Liam Henderson Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 42% Avg odds 2.26
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.35
Verona win 30% Avg odds 3.23

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

Form going into the game

Empoli WDWDL
Verona WLLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Verona 1-1 Empoli, 28 May 23 Next meeting: Verona 2-1 Empoli, 13 Jan 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.