Verona vs Spezia

1 May 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Manuel Volpi

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Eddie Salcedo 46’
  • Riccardo Saponara 86’

Match summary

Verona and Spezia drew 1-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Eddie Salcedo put Verona ahead with a header in the 46th minute, set up by Darko Lazovic and Riccardo Saponara equalised in the 86th minute, set up by Kevin Agudelo.

Verona had the better of the chances, with 2.04 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Spezia's 1.18 from 13.

Match stats

Verona Spezia
7 Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 5
6 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.04 xG 1.18
2.04 Non-penalty xG 1.18
2 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Verona Spezia
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Eddie Salcedo
Assist: Darko Lazovic1-0 (Verona)
46’
86’
Riccardo Saponara
Assist: Kevin Agudelo1-1 (Spezia)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Verona
  • Pawel Dawidowicz
  • Marco Faraoni
  • Stefano Sturaro
  • Mattia Zaccagni
  • Adrien Tameze
  • Ivan Ilic
Spezia
  • Julian Chabot
  • M'Bala Nzola

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.04 1.18 46’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), 1-0 46’ 86’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), 1-1 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.04 1.18 46’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), 1-0 Salcedo 46’ 86’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), 1-1 Saponara 86’
Verona 2.04 xGSpezia 1.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Spezia attacking Verona attacking 
46’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 47’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), set piece, 0.56 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 26’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 86’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 52’ Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona), from a corner, 0.23 xG, blocked 81’ Daniel Bessa (Verona), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 53’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 66’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 85’ Gennaro Acampora (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 79’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 56’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 17’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 29’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 1’ Kevin Lasagna (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 3’ Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Riccardo Marchizza (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Nahuel Estévez (Spezia), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 47’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), set piece, 0.56 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 26’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 86’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 52’ Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona), from a corner, 0.23 xG, blocked 66’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 81’ Daniel Bessa (Verona), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 53’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 85’ Gennaro Acampora (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 79’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 18’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 56’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 29’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 1’ Kevin Lasagna (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 3’ Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Riccardo Marchizza (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Nahuel Estévez (Spezia), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
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 DEF901 0.050.231
Pawel Dawidowicz DEF900 0.000.000
Giangiacomo Magnani DEF782 0.250.031
Marco Faraoni MID900 0.000.000
Darko Lazovic MID9010 0.001.052
Antonin Barak MID900 0.000.101
Stefano Sturaro MID470 0.000.000
Eddie Salcedo MID6613 1.610.000
Mattia Zaccagni MID610 0.000.000
Kevin Lasagna FWD611 0.030.000
Adrien Tameze Sub430 0.000.000
Nikola Kalinic Sub290 0.000.000
Daniel Bessa Sub291 0.100.000
Ivan Ilic Sub240 0.000.000
Koray Günter Sub120 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Verona win 46% Avg odds 2.09
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.47
Spezia win 27% Avg odds 3.59

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

Form going into the game

Verona WLLLL
Spezia LWLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Spezia 0-1 Verona, 03 Jan 21 Next meeting: Verona 4-0 Spezia, 03 Oct 21  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.