Serie A

Empoli 1-0 Hellas Verona

Competition Serie A Season 2015/2016 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 20 Apr 2016, 22:45 Venue time 21 Apr 2016, 00:45 CEST

Empoli vs Hellas Verona finished 1-0 in Serie A. Key event: 3' Massimo Maccarone (assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.3%, 73.9%). Head to head: H2H last 3 before 20 Apr 2016: 1 W / 1 D / 1 L for Empoli. Home form: L W L D D; Away form: L L W L D. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 1.85 / 3.60 / 4.40; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (20 Apr 2016): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L W L D D Matches: 5 · 5 pts, goals 3-4, 0.60 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Away form L L W L D Matches: 5 · 4 pts, goals 4-8, 0.80 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Empoli · season record 10 W · 9 D · 14 L 2015/2016: 33 recorded matches, goals 36–45; before 20 Apr 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Hellas Verona · season record 3 W · 13 D · 17 L 2015/2016: 33 recorded matches, goals 28–56; before 20 Apr 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 63 events

3' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Riccardo Saponara xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.3%, 73.9%

4' shot Giampaolo Pazzini VER assist Pawel Wszolek xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.4%, 45.6%

4' shot Artur Ionita VER assist Eros Pisano xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 87%, 47.2%

5' shot Matteo Bianchetti VER assist Federico Viviani xG 0.09 · From Corner · location 92.4%, 44.7%

11' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Leandro Paredes xG 0.4 · Set Piece · location 92.9%, 47.4%

13' shot Giampaolo Pazzini VER Open Play · Saved · xG 0.25

14' Yellow Federico Viviani VER Yellow Card

14' shot Giampaolo Pazzini VER assist Luca Siligardi xG 0.48 · Open Play · location 93.7%, 49.1%

15' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Leandro Paredes xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 88.7%, 42.5%

16' Yellow Federico Viviani VER

18' Yellow Matteo Bianchetti VER Yellow Card

19' shot Leandro Daniel Paredes EMP Open Play · Off T · xG 0.02

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20' shot Leandro Paredes EMP xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 73.4%, 74.1%

25' Yellow Samuel Souprayen VER Yellow Card

26' Yellow Samuel Souprayen VER

29' shot Luca Siligardi VER Open Play · Off T · xG 0.12

30' shot Luca Siligardi VER assist Pawel Wszolek xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.6%, 65.2%

31' shot Luca Bittante EMP Open Play · Saved · xG 0.01

32' shot Luca Bittante EMP assist Leandro Paredes xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.8%, 37.9%

32' shot Federico Viviani VER xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 71.1%, 45.2%

34' shot Daniele Croce EMP Open Play · Saved · xG 0.43

34' shot Artur Ioniţă VER Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.08

36' shot Daniele Croce EMP assist Manuel Pucciarelli xG 0.37 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 61.4%

40' shot Mário Rui Silva Duarte EMP Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02

41' shot Mário Rui EMP assist Leandro Paredes xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 74%, 72.1%

42' Yellow Riccardo Saponara EMP Yellow Card

42' shot Paweł Wszołek VER Open Play · Saved · xG 0.19

43' shot Paweł Wszołek VER Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.19

43' shot Pawel Wszolek VER assist Federico Viviani xG 0.3 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.7%, 60.9%

44' Yellow Riccardo Saponara EMP

45' shot Pawel Wszolek VER assist Luca Siligardi xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.6%, 56.5%

48' shot Luca Siligardi VER assist Pawel Wszolek xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.9%, 55.3%

49' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Riccardo Saponara xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.7%, 33.6%

51' Sub Marco Zambelli EMP on for Luca Bittante · Tactical

51' Goal Massimo Maccarone 1–0 EMP assist Riccardo Saponara

52' Sub Luca Toni VER on for Leandro Greco · Tactical

52' shot Artur Ionita VER assist Federico Viviani xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 69.9%, 41.9%

54' shot Federico Viviani VER xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76%, 70.6%

55' shot Luca Siligardi VER assist Luca Toni xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 65.6%

57' shot Matteo Bianchetti VER assist Federico Viviani xG 0.07 · Set Piece · location 90%, 43.3%

59' Sub Marcel Büchel EMP on for Riccardo Saponara · Tactical

59' shot Giampaolo Pazzini VER assist Federico Viviani xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 92.7%, 63.6%

62' shot Luca Toni VER assist Giampaolo Pazzini xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 47.4%

64' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Daniele Croce xG 0.66 · Open Play · location 96.7%, 49.1%

65' shot Giampaolo Pazzini VER assist Eros Pisano xG 0.08 · Open Play · location 91.5%, 45.2%

69' shot Piotr Zielinski EMP assist Daniele Croce xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.5%, 39.1%

69' shot Luca Toni VER assist Luca Siligardi xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.5%, 64.9%

70' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP Open Play · Saved · xG 0.09

71' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Daniele Croce xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.4%, 61.4%

73' Sub Ante Rebić VER on for Luca Toni · Injury

73' Sub Juan Ignacio Gómez Taleb VER on for Luca Siligardi · Tactical

79' shot Ante Rebić VER Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.06

79' shot Ante Rebic VER assist Samuel Souprayen xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.4%, 68.3%

80' shot Eros Pisano VER assist Federico Viviani xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 98.3%, 39.6%

82' Sub Levan Mchedlidze EMP on for Massimo Maccarone · Tactical

85' shot Giampaolo Pazzini VER assist Ante Rebic xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.9%, 56.4%

87' shot Juan Ignacio Gómez Taleb VER Open Play · Off T · xG 0.09

87' shot Juanito Gómez VER assist Federico Viviani xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 92.6%, 54.2%

87' shot Marcel Büchel EMP assist Piotr Zielinski xG 0.02 · Open Play · location 85.6%, 58.3%

89' Red Federico Viviani VER Second Yellow

90' Yellow Paweł Wszołek VER Yellow Card

90' Yellow Federico Viviani VER

90+2' Yellow Pawel Wszolek VER

Shot map 33 shots · 1 goal

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Empoli 12 shots · 2.21 xG · 1 goal

Hellas Verona 21 shots · 1.93 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Hellas Verona160 plotted of 368 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Empoli160 plotted of 421 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Hellas Verona222 exact passer-recipient links

BIA VIV ION GOL PIS SIL PAZ SOU TON GRE

BIAMatteo Bianchetti31 passes
VIVFederico Viviani38 passes
IONArtur Ioniţă27 passes
GOLPierluigi Gollini10 passes
PISEros Pisano42 passes
SILLuca Siligardi17 passes
PAZGiampaolo Pazzini9 passes
SOUSamuel Souprayen35 passes
TONLuca Toni2 passes
GRELeandro Greco11 passes

Empoli242 exact passer-recipient links

ZIE COS CRO SAP MAC PUC MCH PEL ZAM BÜC BIT ĆOS

ZIEPiotr Zieliński38 passes
COSAndrea Costa35 passes
CRODaniele Croce18 passes
SAPRiccardo Saponara18 passes
MACMassimo Maccarone8 passes
PUCManuel Pucciarelli27 passes
MCHLevan Mchedlidze2 passes
PELAlberto Pelagotti14 passes
ZAMMarco Zambelli21 passes
BÜCMarcel Büchel8 passes
BITLuca Bittante17 passes
ĆOSUroš Ćosić36 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Hellas Verona368 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Empoli421 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 31 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

EmpoliHellas Verona

0–5′33–67
5–10′0–100
10–15′58–42
15–20′28–72
20–25′0–100
25–30′0–100
30–35′4–96
35–40′22–78
40–45′19–81
45–50′100–0
50–55′100–0
55–60′100–0
60–65′34–66
65–70′0–100
70–75′0–100
75–80′29–71
80–85′47–53
85–90′43–57
90–95′0–100

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Hellas Verona leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 25 May 2025 · Empoli vs Hellas Verona · 1 - 2.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 9 after this match (20 Apr 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

25 May 2025

Empoli 1 - 2 Hellas Verona

08 Dec 2024

Hellas Verona 1 - 4 Empoli

13 Jan 2024

Hellas Verona 2 - 1 Empoli

19 Aug 2023

Empoli 0 - 1 Hellas Verona

28 May 2023

Hellas Verona 1 - 1 Empoli

31 Aug 2022

Empoli 1 - 1 Hellas Verona

20 Mar 2022

Empoli 1 - 1 Hellas Verona

15 Dec 2021

Hellas Verona 3 - 4 Empoli

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22 Nov 2021

Hellas Verona 2 - 1 Empoli

06 Dec 2015

Hellas Verona 0 - 1 Empoli

17 May 2015

Hellas Verona 2 - 1 Empoli

06 Jan 2015

Empoli 0 - 0 Hellas Verona

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (20 Apr 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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01 Nov 2026

Hellas Verona 3 - 0 Carrarese