Verona vs Crotone

10 January 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Luca Massimi

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Nikola Kalinic 16’
  • Federico Dimarco 25’
  • Junior Messias 55’

Match summary

Verona beat Crotone 2-1. Verona led 2-0 at half-time.

Nikola Kalinic put Verona ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Antonin Barak, Federico Dimarco made it 2-0 in the 25th minute, set up by Mattia Zaccagni, and Junior Messias pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 55th minute, set up by Pedro Pereira.

The chances backed that up: Verona created 1.29 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Crotone's 0.83 from 9.

Match stats

Verona Crotone
11 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.29 xG 0.83
1.29 Non-penalty xG 0.83
8 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Verona Crotone
Kick-off
Nikola Kalinic
Assist: Antonin Barak1-0 (Verona)
16’
Federico Dimarco
Assist: Mattia Zaccagni2-0 (Verona)
25’
Half-time2-0
55’
Junior Messias
Assist: Pedro Pereira2-1 (Crotone)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Verona
  • Federico Ceccherini
  • Matteo Lovato
  • Giangiacomo Magnani
Crotone
  • Koffi Djidji
  • Arkadiusz Reca
  • Pedro Pereira

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 1.29 0.83 16’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), 1-0 16’ 25’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), 2-0 25’ 55’ Junior Messias (Crotone), 2-1 55’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.29 0.83 16’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), 1-0 Kalinic 16’ 25’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), 2-0 Dimarco 25’ 55’ Junior Messias (Crotone), 2-1 Messias 55’
Verona 1.29 xGCrotone 0.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crotone attacking Verona attacking 
55’ Junior Messias (Crotone), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 37’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 63’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 54’ Emmanuel Rivière (Crotone), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 16’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 25’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 33’ Federico Ceccherini (Verona), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Junior Messias (Crotone), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Ebrima Colley (Verona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 10’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ Antonin Barak (Verona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Ebrima Colley (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 38’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 6’ Milos Vulic (Crotone), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 11’ Eduardo Henrique (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 19’ Niccolò Zanellato (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 39’ Antonin Barak (Verona), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 45’ Junior Messias (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 83’ Denis Dragus (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Arkadiusz Reca (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 55’ Junior Messias (Crotone), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 37’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 63’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 54’ Emmanuel Rivière (Crotone), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 16’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 33’ Federico Ceccherini (Verona), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 25’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 69’ Junior Messias (Crotone), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Ebrima Colley (Verona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 10’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ Antonin Barak (Verona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Ebrima Colley (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 38’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 6’ Milos Vulic (Crotone), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 11’ Eduardo Henrique (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 19’ Niccolò Zanellato (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 45’ Junior Messias (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 83’ Denis Dragus (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Antonin Barak (Verona), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 52’ Arkadiusz Reca (Crotone), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marco Silvestri GK900 0.000.000
Matteo Lovato DEF900 0.000.000
Giangiacomo Magnani DEF640 0.000.000
Federico Ceccherini DEF471 0.070.041
Marco Faraoni MID901 0.030.000
Federico Dimarco MID9012 0.120.894
Adrien Tameze MID900 0.000.082
Ivan Ilic MID900 0.000.000
Antonin Barak MID9015 0.890.081
Mattia Zaccagni MID7611 0.020.071
Nikola Kalinic FWD6411 0.080.052
Pawel Dawidowicz Sub430 0.000.000
Koray Günter Sub260 0.000.000
Samuel Di Carmine Sub260 0.000.031
Ebrima Colley Sub142 0.080.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Verona win 53% Avg odds 1.79
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.63
Crotone win 21% Avg odds 4.64

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

Form going into the game

Verona LDLWD
Crotone DLWLL

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Crotone 2-1 Verona, 13 May 21  All Verona vs Crotone 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.