Hellas Verona vs Atalanta, 2019-20 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AIn-form Atalanta held to 1-1 draw at Verona
Atalanta dropped points for only the second time since the season's restart after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Hellas Verona on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Rafael Tolói (Atalanta).
- 1': Mattia Zaccagni (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 2': Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Verona).
- 4': Attempt saved. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata with a cross.
- 6': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Alan Empereur.
- 8': Foul by Eddie Salcedo (Verona).
- 8': José Luis Palomino (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Attempt blocked. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 10': Foul by Alan Empereur (Verona).
- 10': Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 11': Foul by Eddie Salcedo (Verona).
- 11': José Luis Palomino (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt missed. Miguel Veloso (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 13': Attempt saved. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
- 13': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Marco Silvestri.
- 14': Attempt missed. Robin Gosens (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 15': Amir Rrahmani (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Duván Zapata (Atalanta).
- 15': Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Matteo Pessina (Verona).
- 18': Attempt blocked. Eddie Salcedo (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Faraoni with a headed pass.
- 18': Corner, Verona. Conceded by José Luis Palomino.
- 18': Attempt missed. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sofyan Amrabat following a corner.
- 22': Attempt saved. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sofyan Amrabat.
- 22': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Pierluigi Gollini.
- 23': Eddie Salcedo (Verona) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Miguel Veloso with a cross following a corner.
- 24': Eddie Salcedo (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by José Luis Palomino (Atalanta).
- 25': Foul by Mattia Zaccagni (Verona).
- 25': Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Hand ball by Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta).
- 30': Attempt saved. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
- 31': Foul by Mario Pasalic (Atalanta).
- 31': Sofyan Amrabat (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Hand ball by Duván Zapata (Atalanta).
- 33': Offside, Verona. Sofyan Amrabat tries a through ball, but Eddie Salcedo is caught offside.
- 33': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.
- 35': Attempt missed. Amir Rrahmani (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Miguel Veloso.
- 35': Hand ball by Eddie Salcedo (Verona).
- 36': Foul by Matteo Pessina (Verona).
- 36': Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt missed. Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez with a cross.
- 38': Attempt missed. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 39': Foul by Duván Zapata (Atalanta).
- 39': Koray Günter (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Verona).
- 40': Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41': Sofyan Amrabat (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 41': Foul by Alan Empereur (Verona).
- 41': Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Attempt saved. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez.
- 45': Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Darko Lazovic (Verona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani.
- 45'+1': Offside, Atalanta. Rafael Tolói tries a through ball, but Duván Zapata is caught offside.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Verona 0, Atalanta 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Verona 0, Atalanta 0.
- 45': Substitution, Verona. Fabio Borini replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
- 47': Offside, Verona. Fabio Borini tries a through ball, but Marco Faraoni is caught offside.
- 48': Eddie Salcedo (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 48': Foul by José Luis Palomino (Atalanta).
- 48': Offside, Verona. Marco Faraoni tries a through ball, but Fabio Borini is caught offside.
- 49': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Verona).
- 49': Remo Freuler (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 50': Goal! Verona 0, Atalanta 1. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 52': Amir Rrahmani (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Foul by Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta).
- 53': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Koray Günter.
- 53': Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez with a cross following a corner.
- 55': Foul by Remo Freuler (Atalanta).
- 55': Matteo Pessina (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Miguel Veloso (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 56': Attempt saved. Marco Faraoni (Verona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Miguel Veloso with a cross.
- 57': Corner, Verona. Conceded by José Luis Palomino.
- 58': Corner, Verona. Conceded by José Luis Palomino.
- 59': Attempt saved. Amir Rrahmani (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 59': Goal! Verona 1, Atalanta 1. Matteo Pessina (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
- 60': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.
- 61': Eddie Salcedo (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 61': Foul by José Luis Palomino (Atalanta).
- 62': Attempt saved. Eddie Salcedo (Verona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.
- 63': Attempt saved. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
- 63': Attempt saved. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 63': Fabio Borini (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Hans Hateboer (Atalanta).
- 64': Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Attempt saved. Eddie Salcedo (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Pessina.
- 64': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Pierluigi Gollini.
- 65': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Rafael Tolói.
- 66': Corner, Verona. Conceded by José Luis Palomino.
- 68': Hand ball by Matteo Pessina (Verona).
- 69': Substitution, Atalanta. Mattia Caldara replaces José Luis Palomino.
- 69': Substitution, Atalanta. Timothy Castagne replaces Robin Gosens.
- 70': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Alan Empereur.
- 71': Attempt missed. Mattia Caldara (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez with a cross following a corner.
- 72': Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Eddie Salcedo (Verona).
- 72': Alan Empereur (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta).
- 73': Substitution, Verona. Samuel Di Carmine replaces Eddie Salcedo.
- 73': Substitution, Verona. Federico Dimarco replaces Darko Lazovic.
- 73': Offside, Verona. Alan Empereur tries a through ball, but Samuel Di Carmine is caught offside.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hans Hateboer.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy.
- 77': Foul by Duván Zapata (Atalanta).
- 77': Miguel Veloso (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Ruslan Malinovskiy.
- 79': Substitution, Atalanta. Marten de Roon replaces Remo Freuler.
- 79': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Alan Empereur.
- 80': Attempt missed. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) header from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez with a cross following a corner.
- 82': Substitution, Verona. Matteo Lovato replaces Koray Günter.
- 84': Attempt saved. Fabio Borini (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sofyan Amrabat.
- 84': Matteo Pessina (Verona).
- 84': Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Matteo Pessina (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Foul by Rafael Tolói (Atalanta).
- 85': Samuel Di Carmine (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Rafael Tolói (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Attempt saved. Federico Dimarco (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 90'+1': Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Samuel Di Carmine (Verona).
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez with a cross.
- 90'+2': Second Half ends, Verona 1, Atalanta 1.
- 0': Match ends, Verona 1, Atalanta 1.
Statistics
 ATA |
VER |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 7 | Saves | 6 |
| 54.6 | Possession | 45.4 |
| 21 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 324 | Accurate Passes | 249 |
| 431 | Passes | 362 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 8 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 18 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 50 | Long Balls | 72 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 14 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 14 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 34 | +49 | 79 |
| 2 | Napoli | 34 | +19 | 69 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 34 | +21 | 67 |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | +28 | 64 |
Line-Ups
Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Silvestri (GK) |
| 21 | Koray Günter |
| 33 | Alan Empereur |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 4 | Miguel Veloso |
| 34 | Sofyan Amrabat  |
| 88 | Darko Lazovic |
| 5 | Davide Faraoni |
| 29 | Eddie Salcedo |
| 20 | Mattia Zaccagni |
| 32 | Matteo Pessina |
Atalanta (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 95 | Pierluigi Gollini (GK) |
| 6 | José Palomino |
| 19 | Berat Djimsiti |
| 2 | Rafael Tolói |
| 11 | Remo Freuler |
| 88 | Mario Pasalic |
| 8 | Robin Gosens |
| 33 | Hans Hateboer |
| 91 | Duván Zapata |
| 10 | Alejandro Gómez |
| 18 | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
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