Verona vs Bologna

21 January 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Matteo Gariglio

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Gianluca Caprari 38’
  • Nikola Kalinic 85’
  • Riccardo Orsolini 14’

Match summary

Verona came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Bologna, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Riccardo Orsolini put Bologna ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Roberto Soriano, Gianluca Caprari equalised in the 38th minute, set up by Darko Lazovic, and Nikola Kalinic won it with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Kevin Lasagna.

The chances backed that up: Verona created 2.05 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Bologna's 0.42 from 8.

Match stats

Verona Bologna
14 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.05 xG 0.42
2.05 Non-penalty xG 0.42
8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Verona Bologna
Kick-off
14’
Riccardo Orsolini
Assist: Roberto Soriano0-1 (Bologna)
Gianluca Caprari
Assist: Darko Lazovic1-1 (Verona)
38’
Half-time1-1
Nikola Kalinic
Assist: Kevin Lasagna2-1 (Verona)
85’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Verona
  • Koray Günter
  • Giovanni Simeone
Bologna
  • Lukasz Skorupski
  • Aaron Hickey
  • Luis Binks
  • Nicola Sansone

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 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.05 0.42 14’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 0-1 14’ 38’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), 1-1 38’ 85’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), 2-1 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.05 0.42 14’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 0-1 Orsolini 14’ 38’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), 1-1 Caprari 38’ 85’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), 2-1 Kalinic 85’
Verona 2.05 xGBologna 0.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bologna attacking Verona attacking 
85’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 3’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 48’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 52’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 90+2’ Diego Falcinelli (Bologna), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 37’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 64’ Kevin Lasagna (Verona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 38’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 19’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 68’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 12’ Ivan Ilic (Verona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Federico Ceccherini (Verona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 57’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Federico Ceccherini (Verona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 24’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 14’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 90+5’ Diego Falcinelli (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Darko Lazovic (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Luis Binks (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 3’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 48’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 52’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 90+2’ Diego Falcinelli (Bologna), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 37’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 64’ Kevin Lasagna (Verona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 38’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 19’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 68’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Federico Ceccherini (Verona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Ivan Ilic (Verona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Federico Ceccherini (Verona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 24’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 14’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 90+5’ Diego Falcinelli (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Darko Lazovic (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Luis Binks (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lorenzo Montipò GK900 0.000.000
Koray Günter DEF900 0.000.000
Federico Ceccherini DEF902 0.090.051
Nicolò Casale DEF900 0.000.000
Marco Faraoni MID900 0.000.000
Darko Lazovic MID8711 0.020.213
Ivan Ilic MID751 0.050.021
Miguel Veloso MID640 0.000.291
Antonin Barak MID902 0.130.362
Gianluca Caprari MID8712 0.130.193
Giovanni Simeone FWD644 1.070.000
Adrien Tameze Sub260 0.000.000
Kevin Lasagna Sub2611 0.090.481
Nikola Kalinic Sub1511 0.480.000
Daniel Bessa Sub30 0.000.000
Fabio Depaoli Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Verona win 52% Avg odds 1.84
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70
Bologna win 22% Avg odds 4.31

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

Form going into the game

Verona LDWLW
Bologna LLWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bologna 1-0 Verona, 13 Sep 21 Next meeting: Bologna 1-1 Verona, 21 Aug 22  All Verona vs Bologna 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.