Verona vs Napoli

21 October 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Rosario Abisso

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Darko Lazovic 60’

Matteo Politano 27’
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 43’, 55’

Match summary

Napoli won 3-1 away at Verona. Napoli led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Matteo Politano put Napoli ahead in the 27th minute, set up by Giacomo Raspadori and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia made it 0-2 in the 43rd minute, set up by Matteo Politano. In the second half, Kvaratskhelia made it 0-3 in the 55th minute, set up by Matteo Politano and Darko Lazovic pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 60th minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.67 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Verona's 0.87 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 22

9 Shots on Target 10

5 Corners 8

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.87 xG 2.66

0.87 Non-penalty xG 2.66

5 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Verona Napoli

Kick-off

27’

Matteo Politano
Assist: Giacomo Raspadori

0-1

43’

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Assist: Matteo Politano

0-2

Half-time0-2

55’

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Assist: Matteo Politano

0-3

Darko Lazovic

1-3

60’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Verona

Giangiacomo Magnani
Marco Faraoni
Federico Bonazzoli

Napoli

Mário Rui
Jesper Lindstrom

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 0.87 xGNapoli 2.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli attacking Verona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lorenzo Montipò	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Giangiacomo Magnani	DEF	90		1	0.11	0.00	0
Pawel Dawidowicz	DEF	90		1	0.12	0.00	0
Bruno Amione	DEF	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Faraoni	MID	90		1	0.05	0.10	3
Josh Doig	MID	64		0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Hongla	MID	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Suat Serdar	MID	48		1	0.04	0.00	0
Michael Folorunsho	MID	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Cyril Ngonge	MID	48		0	0.00	0.23	2
Milan Djuric	FWD	80		4	0.14	0.08	1
Federico Bonazzoli	Sub	42		3	0.14	0.00	0
Filippo Terracciano	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.01	1
Darko Lazovic	Sub	42	1	2	0.13	0.03	1
Jackson Tchatchoua	Sub	26		0	0.00	0.19	3
Thomas Henry	Sub	10		1	0.12	0.05	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex Meret	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Natan	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Mário Rui	DEF	69			0	0.00	0.03	2
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jens Cajuste	MID	90			2	0.64	0.00	0
Piotr Zielinski	MID	86			0	0.00	0.45	2
Matteo Politano	FWD	86	1	2	6	0.57	0.71	4
Giacomo Raspadori	FWD	68		1	6	0.38	0.64	2
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	FWD	79	2		3	0.61	0.12	2
Giovanni Simeone	Sub	22			1	0.12	0.00	0
Alessandro Zanoli	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jesper Lindstrom	Sub	11			1	0.07	0.23	2
Alessio Zerbin	Sub	4			1	0.08	0.00	0
Gianluca Gaetano	Sub	4			1	0.14	0.07	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Verona win 17% Avg odds 5.71

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.09

Napoli win 60% Avg odds 1.61

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

Form going into the game

Verona D L L D L

Napoli D D W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Napoli 0-0 Verona, 15 Apr 23 Next meeting: Napoli 2-1 Verona, 04 Feb 24 All Verona vs Napoli 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.