Verona vs Spezia

3 October 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Giacomo Camplone

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Giovanni Simeone 4’
  • Marco Faraoni 15’
  • Gianluca Caprari 42’
  • Daniel Bessa 71’

Match summary

Verona won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Spezia. Verona led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Giovanni Simeone put Verona ahead with a header in the 4th minute, set up by Ivan Ilic, Marco Faraoni made it 2-0 in the 15th minute, set up by Gianluca Caprari, and Gianluca Caprari made it 3-0 in the 42nd minute, set up by Giovanni Simeone. In the second half, Daniel Bessa made it 4-0 in the 71st minute, set up by Antonin Barak.

Spezia can feel hard done by, creating 1.59 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Verona's 0.69 from 6. Spezia had a player sent off.

Match stats

Verona Spezia
6 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
0.69 xG 1.58
0.69 Non-penalty xG 1.58
4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Verona Spezia
Kick-off
Giovanni Simeone
Assist: Ivan Ilic1-0 (Verona)
4’
Marco Faraoni
Assist: Gianluca Caprari2-0 (Verona)
15’
Gianluca Caprari
Assist: Giovanni Simeone3-0 (Verona)
42’
Half-time3-0
Daniel Bessa
Assist: Antonin Barak4-0 (Verona)
71’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Verona
  • Gianluca Caprari
Spezia
  • Simone Bastoni
  • Salvador Ferrer

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 0.69 1.59 4’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), 1-0 4’ 15’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), 2-0 15’ 42’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), 3-0 42’ 71’ Daniel Bessa (Verona), 4-0 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.69 1.59 4’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), 1-0 Simeone 4’ 15’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), 2-0 Faraoni 15’ 42’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), 3-0 Caprari 42’ 71’ Daniel Bessa (Verona), 4-0 Bessa 71’
Verona 0.69 xGSpezia 1.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Spezia attacking Verona attacking 
17’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), from a corner, 0.71 xG, off target 4’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), from a corner, 0.40 xG, goal 30’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 48’ Janis Antiste (Spezia), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 54’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 71’ Daniel Bessa (Verona), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 42’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 78’ David Strelec (Spezia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 15’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 74’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Adrien Tameze (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 16’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 17’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 17’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), from a corner, 0.71 xG, off target 4’ Giovanni Simeone (Verona), from a corner, 0.40 xG, goal 30’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 48’ Janis Antiste (Spezia), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 54’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 71’ Daniel Bessa (Verona), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 42’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 78’ David Strelec (Spezia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 15’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 74’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Adrien Tameze (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 16’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 17’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Gianluca Caprari (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lorenzo Montipò GK900 0.000.000
Pawel Dawidowicz DEF900 0.000.000
Nicolò Casale DEF720 0.000.000
Koray Günter DEF490 0.000.000
Marco Faraoni MID4911 0.070.000
Darko Lazovic MID900 0.000.021
Ivan Ilic MID9010 0.000.422
Daniel Bessa MID7611 0.100.000
Antonin Barak FWD9010 0.000.101
Giovanni Simeone FWD90111 0.400.081
Gianluca Caprari FWD63112 0.100.071
Federico Ceccherini Sub410 0.000.000
Yildirim Mert Cetin Sub410 0.000.000
Adrien Tameze Sub271 0.020.000
Giangiacomo Magnani Sub180 0.000.000
Nikola Kalinic Sub140 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Verona win 61% Avg odds 1.57
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.29
Spezia win 17% Avg odds 5.67

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

Form going into the game

Verona LLWDD
Spezia LLWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Verona 1-1 Spezia, 01 May 21 Next meeting: Spezia 1-2 Verona, 06 Jan 22  All Verona vs Spezia 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.