Verona vs Sampdoria

16 December 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Riccardo Ros

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Mattia Zaccagni 70’ (pen)
  • Albin Ekdal 41’
  • Valerio Verre 54’

Match summary

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

Albin Ekdal put Sampdoria ahead in the 41st minute, Valerio Verre made it 0-2 in the 54th minute, set up by Alex Ferrari, and Mattia Zaccagni pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 70th minute.

Verona can feel hard done by, creating 1.49 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Sampdoria's 0.78 from 9. Verona had a player sent off.

Match stats

Verona Sampdoria
6 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 0
1.49 xG 0.78
0.73 Non-penalty xG 0.78
5 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Verona Sampdoria
Kick-off
41’
Albin Ekdal0-1 (Sampdoria)
Half-time0-1
54’
Valerio Verre
Assist: Alex Ferrari0-2 (Sampdoria)
Mattia Zaccagni
Penalty1-2 (Verona)
70’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Verona
  • Antonin Barak
  • Marco Faraoni
  • Eddie Salcedo
Sampdoria
  • Lorenzo Tonelli
  • Adrien Silva
  • Mikkel Damsgaard
  • Valerio Verre

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.49 0.78 41’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), 0-1 41’ 54’ Valerio Verre (Sampdoria), 0-2 54’ 70’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), 1-2 70’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.49 0.78 41’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), 0-1 Ekdal 41’ 54’ Valerio Verre (Sampdoria), 0-2 Verre 54’ 70’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), 1-2 Zaccagni 70’
Verona 1.49 xGSampdoria 0.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sampdoria attacking Verona attacking 
70’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 54’ Valerio Verre (Sampdoria), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 66’ Antonio La Gumina (Sampdoria), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 65’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 80’ Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 3’ Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Adrien Tameze (Verona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 42’ Miguel Veloso (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Antonio La Gumina (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Antonio La Gumina (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 76’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Miguel Veloso (Verona), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 70’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 54’ Valerio Verre (Sampdoria), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 66’ Antonio La Gumina (Sampdoria), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 65’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 80’ Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 3’ Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Adrien Tameze (Verona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 42’ Miguel Veloso (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Antonio La Gumina (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Antonio La Gumina (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 76’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Miguel Veloso (Verona), set piece, 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
Federico Dimarco DEF900 0.000.000
Pawel Dawidowicz DEF890 0.000.000
Federico Ceccherini DEF380 0.000.000
Marco Faraoni MID901 0.020.000
Darko Lazovic MID620 0.000.021
Antonin Barak MID902 0.540.000
Miguel Veloso MID622 0.040.000
Mattia Zaccagni MID9011 0.760.091
Eddie Salcedo MID901 0.090.000
Samuel Di Carmine FWD620 0.000.031
Matteo Lovato Sub520 0.000.041
Adrien Tameze Sub281 0.040.000
Ebrima Colley Sub280 0.000.000
Kevin Rüegg Sub280 0.000.000
Koray Günter Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Verona win 44% Avg odds 2.17
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.37
Sampdoria win 28% Avg odds 3.42

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

Form going into the game

Verona DLWDW
Sampdoria LLDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sampdoria 2-1 Verona, 08 Mar 20 Next meeting: Sampdoria 3-1 Verona, 17 Apr 21  All Verona vs Sampdoria 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.