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Italian Soccer Serie A
51% Ball Possession EMPOLI and 49% Ball Possession HELLAS VERONA
Empoli 1 – 1 Hellas Verona 
26′ Tommaso Baldanzi 69′ Yayah Kallon
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 14th position with 2 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Hellas Verona, 17th position with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -4
Hellas Verona failed to win the Serie A Week 4 game ending with a draw against Empoli on Wednesday 31 August 2022 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy. The defeat sees Verona risking going down to the relegation zone having only 2 points. Empoli with the first draw after the last eight Serie A matches played on Wednesday (3W, 5L) – the last one dates back to 3 February 2016 against Udinese (with Manuel Pucciarelli’s goal in injury time to recover the initial Juventus advantage of Duván Zapata).
Empoli opened the score in the 26th minute. Tommaso Baldanzi defeated Hellas Verona goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipò with a left footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Sam Lammers. Baldanzi is the younger player to score a goal in the Serie A 22/23 and he is the first Empoli player born since 1/1/2003 to find the net in Serie A.
👉 Empoli 1 – 0 Hellas Verona, 26th minute, goal by ⚽️ Tommaso Baldanzi for @EmpoliCalcio with a left footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Sam Lammers. https://t.co/Thc38I0Zl1
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 31, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/EmpoliCalcio
Photo via twitter.com/EmpoliCalcio
Hellas Verona equalized for the 1-1 in the 69th minute. Yayah Kallon defeated Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Josh Doig.
👉 Empoli 1 – 1 Hellas Verona, 69th minute, goal by ⚽️ Yayah Kallon equalized for @HellasVeronaFC with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Josh Doig. https://t.co/0O40wMJ0rQ
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 31, 2022
✅ Stats before the game: Empoli and Verona have met 10 times in Serie A and the balance between the two teams is in perfect equality: four wins on each side and two draws, including the 1-1 draw in March 2022 of the last previous one. Empoli are unbeaten in the five home matches played in Serie A against Verona and Matteo Cancellieri’s on March 20, 2022 (1-1) was the first goal conceded by the Tuscans at home against Hellas after always getting the clean sheet in the first four preceding. Empoli is the team that has drawn the most matches in the Italian top league since the beginning of 2022 (10 out of 22) – the Tuscan team has drawn the last two matches: in the whole of last season of Serie A only in February it had recorded two X signs in a row (against Bologna and Cagliari) and hasn’t reached three since March 2015. Empoli drew the last two Serie A games played at Castellani: the Tuscans have not impacted at least three consecutive home games in the competition since the 2014/15 season, when Maurizio Sarri sat on the bench (four 0-0 in a row in that occasion).
👉 Lineup EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Ismajli, Luperto, Parisi; Haas, Grassi, Bandinelli; Baldanzi; Lammers, Satriano
👉 Lineup HELLAS VERONA (3-5-2): Montipò; Coppola, Ceccherini, Dawidowicz; Faraoni, Tameze, Hongla, Ilic, Lazovic; Henry, Lasagna
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📺 Click the video to watch Empoli 1 – 1 Hellas Verona highlights including all goals on Wednesday 31 August 2022.
🇮🇹 Referee Marco Serra from the section of Torino will be assisted by Stefano Liberti from the section of Pisa and Davide Miele from the section of Torino. The Fourth Official will be Luca Pairetto from the section of Nichelino. The VAR will be Federico La Penna from the section of Roma 1. The AVAR will be Giacomo Paganessi from the section of Bergamo.
Alle 18.30 la sfida contro l’Hellas Verona: ecco la nostra formazione ⬇
EMPOLI: Vicario; Grassi, Lammers, Satriano, Bandinelli, Stojanovic, Haas, Luperto, Ismajli, Baldanzi, Parisi pic.twitter.com/EUeYwVjeQx
— Empoli Fc Official (@EmpoliCalcio) August 31, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/hellasveronafc
👉Empoli vs Hellas Verona, Match Officials
Serie A Week 4🗓️ Wednesday 31 August 2022
🏟️ Carlo Castellani
⏲️ 18:30🙍 Referee: SERRA
🚩 Assistants: LIBERTI – MIELE D.
4⃣ Fourth Official: PAIRETTO
VAR: LA PENNA @EmpoliCalcio @HellasVeronaFC https://t.co/MNvTnKckkO pic.twitter.com/ccqQnO9LVd— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 31, 2022
👉 First half is over. Empoli 1 – 0 Hellas Verona
⚽️ Goals: 26′ Tommaso Baldanzi
🟨 Yellows: 9′ Marco Faraoni (V), 33′ Federico Ceccherini (V)
Corners: Empoli 5, Verona 2
✍️ Ball Possession 54% @EmpoliCalcio and 46% @HellasVeronaFC
✅ https://t.co/U8LdCMhJ51@EmpoliArg https://t.co/rDcnMxJgZQ
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 31, 2022
👉 Result Empoli 1 – 1 Hellas Verona
⚽️ Goals: 26′ T. Baldanzi (E), 69′ Y. Kallon (V)
🟨 Yellows: 9′ Faraoni (V), 33′ Ceccherini (V), 66′ Dawidowicz (V), 67′ Veloso (V)
✍️ Ball Possession 51% @EmpoliCalcio and 49% @HellasVeronaFC
✅ https://t.co/U8LdCMhJ51@SerieASitdown https://t.co/LP4izb97u5
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 31, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/EmpoliCalcio
2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 4
Empoli 1 – 1 Hellas Verona
Wednesday 31 August 2022
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy
18:30
Referee: SERRA
Assistants: LIBERTI – MIELE D.
Fourth Official: PAIRETTO
VAR: LA PENNA
AVAR: PAGANESSI
Goals: 26′ Tommaso Baldanzi (E), 69′ Yayah Kallon (V)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Luperto, Ismajli, Parisi; Grassi (63′ Marin), Haas (63′ Henderson), Bandinelli; Baldanzi (83′ Bajrami); Satriano (83′ Fazzini), Lammers (83′ Destro).
Subs: Perisan, Ujkani, Cacace, De Winter, Crociata, Ekong, Degli Innocenti, Ebuehi, Guarino
Coach: Paolo Zanetti
👉 Lineup HELLAS VERONA (3-5-2): Montipò; Dawidowicz, Coppola, Ceccherini (46′ Hien); Faraoni (46′ Terracciano), Tameze (67′ Doig), Hongla (46′ Veloso), Ilic, Lazovic; Lasagna (67′ Kallon), Henry.
Subs: Chiesa, Perilli, Amione, Djuric, Cabal, Cortinovis, Sulemana
Coach: Gabriele Cioffi