Verona vs Lecce prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-01-20 14:00.
Serie A strugglers Hellas Verona have experienced an array of emotions so far in 2023, with their 1-0 loss to Inter Milan last time out setting them back in their bid to escape the relegation zone after earning four points in their first two games of the year, all under new manager Marco Zaffaroni. Verona now sit seven points from safety in 18th position, mainly due to having already lost as many league games before the halfway point of this campaign than in the entirety of last season (13).
The Mastiffs will be looking forward to their return home though, after their last match at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi resulted in a 2-0 win over Cremonese, their first and only clean sheet of the season. Their last two meetings with the visiting Lecce have sung the same tune, winning both āto-nilā en route to securing a league double in the 2019/20 season.
Lecce will still be pondering how they didnāt make it two wins from three matches this year (W1, D2), after squandering a 2-0 half-time lead against AC Milan last time out. Still, Marco Baroniās men extended their undefeated streak to six games with that draw versus the champions (W3, D3), steering them clear from relegation trouble as they continually sneak up on the mid-table cluster.
The Salentini have impressively secured half of those recent positive results on the road (W1, D2), conceding only once in the process. Stubbornness on their travels has come at the expense of the spectacle however, with only Juventus (15) games seeing less goals than the 16 seen in Lecceās Serie A away fixtures this season.
Players to watch: Veronaās Darko LazoviÄ will look to recreate his heroics of scoring a brace in the win over Cremonese here, which added to five of his last six goals all arriving before half-time. For Lecce, Gabriel Strefezza might be the catalyst, netting his sideās opener in six of his last seven goalscoring outings.
Hot stat: Only one of Veronaās last 19 home matches has ended in a draw (W6, L12).