Verona vs Bologna

17 May 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Matteo Marchetti

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Marco Faraoni 2’
Nikola Kalinic 53’

Lorenzo De Silvestri 32’
Rodrigo Palacio 82’

Match summary

Verona and Bologna drew 2-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marco Faraoni put Verona ahead from a corner in the 2nd minute, set up by Koray Günter and Lorenzo De Silvestri equalised in the 32nd minute. In the second half, Nikola Kalinic put Verona back in front in the 53rd minute, set up by Darko Lazovic and Rodrigo Palacio equalised in the 82nd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Verona created 2.01 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Bologna 2.04 from 12.

Match stats

11 Shots 13

5 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.99 xG 2.04

1.99 Non-penalty xG 2.04

7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Verona Bologna

Kick-off

Marco Faraoni
Assist: Koray Günter

1-0

2’

32’

Lorenzo De Silvestri

1-1

Half-time1-1

Nikola Kalinic
Assist: Darko Lazovic

2-1

53’

82’

Rodrigo Palacio

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Verona

Koray Günter
Antonin Barak
Nikola Kalinic

Bologna

Mitchell Dijks
Jerdy Schouten
Roberto Soriano

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.

Verona 2.01 xGBologna 2.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bologna attacking Verona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ivor Pandur	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Ceccherini	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Dimarco	DEF	90			3	0.14	0.04	1
Koray Günter	DEF	74		1	2	0.05	0.58	1
Marco Faraoni	MID	90	1		2	0.66	0.00	0
Darko Lazovic	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.73	3
Ivan Ilic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	2
Antonin Barak	MID	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattia Zaccagni	MID	86			1	0.29	0.07	1
Daniel Bessa	MID	86			0	0.00	0.09	1
Nikola Kalinic	FWD	75	1		3	0.82	0.00	0
Miguel Veloso	Sub	39			1	0.03	0.00	0
Pawel Dawidowicz	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Lasagna	Sub	15			1	0.03	0.07	1
Adrien Tameze	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Salcedo	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.03	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Federico Ravaglia	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lorenzo De Silvestri	DEF	90	1	1	0.70	0.10	1
Adama Soumaoro	DEF	90		1	0.10	0.02	1
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Dijks	DEF	74		0	0.00	0.00	0
Emanuel Vignato	MID	90		0	0.00	0.07	2
Jerdy Schouten	MID	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Andreas Skov Olsen	MID	90		1	0.03	0.01	1
Roberto Soriano	MID	90		2	0.04	0.00	0
Nicola Sansone	MID	62		3	0.43	0.08	2
Rodrigo Palacio	FWD	90	1	3	0.73	0.37	1
Musa Barrow	Sub	28		1	0.02	0.03	1
Riccardo Orsolini	Sub	16		0	0.00	0.00	0
Musa Juwara	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrea Poli	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonio Raimondo	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Verona win 45% Avg odds 2.14

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.69

Bologna win 29% Avg odds 3.27

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

Form going into the game

Verona L L D D L

Bologna D L D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bologna 1-0 Verona, 16 Jan 21 Next meeting: Bologna 1-0 Verona, 13 Sep 21 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.