Hellas Verona vs Napoli, 2023-24 Italian Serie A
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Napoli beat Verona 3-1 to ease pressure on coach Rudi Garcia
Kvaratskhelia appears back to his stunning best as he scored two goals to help Napoli beat Hellas Verona 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Piotr Zielinski.
- 2': Attempt saved. Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross.
- 2': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 2': Attempt saved. Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross.
- 2': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 3': Foul by Michael Folorunsho (Verona).
- 3': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Marco Faraoni (Verona).
- 5': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 7': Attempt saved. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.
- 9': Foul by Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona).
- 9': Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 11': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 11': Michael Folorunsho (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Pawel Dawidowicz.
- 12': Foul by Natan (Napoli).
- 12': Michael Folorunsho (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Milan Djuric (Verona).
- 13': Natan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Montipò.
- 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giangiacomo Magnani.
- 18': Delay in match because of an injury Lorenzo Montipò (Verona).
- 19': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 20': Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
- 20': Marco Faraoni (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 22': Foul by Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona).
- 22': Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Attempt saved. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 23': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Montipò.
- 24': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani following a corner.
- 27': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 1. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross.
- 28': Attempt saved. Jens Cajuste (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a through ball.
- 28': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 30': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giangiacomo Magnani.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 31': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giangiacomo Magnani.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 32': Foul by Bruno Amione (Verona).
- 32': Jens Cajuste (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Delay in match because of an injury Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
- 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 35': Attempt missed. Suat Serdar (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marco Faraoni.
- 37': Foul by Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona).
- 37': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 2. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a fast break.
- 44': Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
- 45': Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+1': Foul by Bruno Amione (Verona).
- 45'+1': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+3': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 45'+3': Michael Folorunsho (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Verona 0, Napoli 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Verona 0, Napoli 2.
- 45': Substitution, Verona. Darko Lazovic replaces Suat Serdar.
- 45': Substitution, Verona. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Cyril Ngonge.
- 45': Substitution, Verona. Filippo Terracciano replaces Bruno Amione.
- 47': Attempt saved. Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Milan Djuric.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 48': Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Natan (Napoli).
- 49': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marco Faraoni.
- 49': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a corner.
- 54': Hand ball by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 55': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 3. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a fast break.
- 55': Delay in match because of an injury Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
- 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 57': Attempt saved. Milan Djuric (Verona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 59': Attempt missed. Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marco Faraoni.
- 60': Goal! Verona 1, Napoli 3. Darko Lazovic (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
- 60': Dangerous play by Natan (Napoli).
- 60': Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Filippo Terracciano (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 62': Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
- 62': Substitution, Verona. Jackson Tchatchoua replaces Josh Doig.
- 63': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Jens Cajuste.
- 64': Foul by Federico Bonazzoli (Verona).
- 64': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Attempt saved. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 66': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Montipò.
- 66': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
- 67': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Mário Rui.
- 67': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 67': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Natan.
- 68': Attempt saved. Milan Djuric (Verona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a cross.
- 69': Attempt missed. Milan Djuric (Verona) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jackson Tchatchoua with a cross.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 71': Jens Cajuste (Napoli) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 72': Offside, Napoli. Alex Meret tries a through ball, but Giovanni Simeone is caught offside.
- 73': Attempt saved. Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Faraoni with a cross.
- 74': Attempt missed. Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 76': Attempt saved. Darko Lazovic (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Hongla.
- 77': Substitution, Napoli. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 78': Attempt missed. Milan Djuric (Verona) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jackson Tchatchoua with a cross.
- 78': Substitution, Verona. Thomas Henry replaces Milan Djuric.
- 80': Foul by Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli).
- 80': Jackson Tchatchoua (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Attempt saved. Michael Folorunsho (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filippo Terracciano.
- 81': Offside, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka tries a through ball, but Giovanni Simeone is caught offside.
- 84': Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Matteo Politano because of an injury.
- 84': Substitution, Napoli. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Piotr Zielinski.
- 85': Attempt missed. Thomas Henry (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jackson Tchatchoua.
- 85': Foul by Michael Folorunsho (Verona).
- 85': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Gaetano.
- 87': Attempt saved. Gianluca Gaetano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesper Lindstrøm.
- 87': Foul by Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona).
- 87': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Michael Folorunsho (Verona).
- 90': Attempt saved. Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesper Lindstrøm.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Filippo Terracciano.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Verona 1, Napoli 3.
- 0': Match ends, Verona 1, Napoli 3.
Statistics
 NAP |
VER |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 12 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 8 | Saves | 7 |
| 60.4 | Possession | 39.6 |
| 22 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 10 | ON GOAL | 9 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 454 | Accurate Passes | 258 |
| 520 | Passes | 323 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 13 | Crosses | 26 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 67 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 36 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 13 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 22 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Attendance: 20,549
Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Attendance: 20,549
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 10 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 10 | +11 | 21 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 10 | +12 | 19 |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 10 | +12 | 19 |
Line-Ups
Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lorenzo Montipò (GK) |
| 27 | Pawel Dawidowicz |
| 2 | Bruno Amione |
| 23 | Giangiacomo Magnani  |
| 25 | Suat Serdar |
| 18 | Martin Hongla |
| 3 | Josh Doig |
| 5 | Davide Faraoni |
| 11 | Milan Djuric |
| 90 | Michael Folorunsho |
| 26 | Cyril Ngonge |
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 3 | Natan |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 24 | Jens Cajuste |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 81 | Giacomo Raspadori |
| 77 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
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