Verona vs Napoli prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-10-20 13:00.
Hellas Verona ended their four-game scoring drought in stoppage time of their last Serie A match, but it did not change much in a 2-1 defeat to Frosinone. Last season’s relegation play-off victors have definitely slowed up following their impressive start to this campaign as they’re winless in six league encounters now (D2, L4), with another fight for survival looking likely as the Gialloblù sit 16th coming into this round.
Playing at home hasn’t proved particularly helpful recently for Verona, who have failed to score in their last two outings at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi (D1, L1) and could go three such matches without finding the net for the first time since April 2021, with manager Marco Baroni stressing that “the team must become fierce” as they seek to end they barren run.
Rudi Garcia remains in charge of Napoli despite a painful home loss to Fiorentina, but only thanks to Antonio Conte reportedly rejecting an offer from club president Aurelio De Laurentiis. After that, De Laurentiis asked crucial players to help their manager, who is reported to have only three games to turn things around, as the reigning champions are already trailing league leaders Milan by seven points.
The Partenopei will be hoping to begin their road to redemption in Verona, where they began last season’s title-winning campaign with a resounding 5-2 triumph, which represents the latest of five victories in the last six away H2Hs (L1). Travelling hasn’t been the problem this season, as Napoli are unbeaten in each of their five competitive away outings (W3, D2), including consecutive clean sheets in the two most recent such encounters.
Players to watch: Hellas Verona’s Milan Ɖurić has bagged seven of his last nine goals with his head, while the other two were penalties. One of the players asked to help Garcia is Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who scored and assisted here last season at the start of a stunning debut campaign for Napoli. However, the winger only has four goal contributions for his club since the beginning of April (G1, A3) although he did score twice and assist once during the latest international break.
Hot stat: Napoli have netted a joint league-high six goals from the 76th minute onwards so far in 2023/24.