Verona vs AC Milan prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-12-19 19:45.
[p]The club’s retained confidence in manager Paolo Zanetti looks to be paying off for Hellas Verona who halted their four-game losing streak in Serie A with an impressive 3-2 victory over Parma last time out. Verona’s second victory in nine league games (L7) was enough to move them outside of the relegation zone and they now sit a point above the bottom three ahead of kick-off. [/p]
[p]After conceding nine goals during the first half across their last two home league matches, Verona will be desperate to start better here. They have still managed to pick up two wins from their past five matches (L3) on home soil, with the last three all producing an entertaining five match goals. But expect a winner one way or another here as Verona remain one of only two sides across the traditional top-five European leagues yet to register a draw this term (W5, L11).[/p]
[p]AC Milan travel to Verona following a disappointing 0-0 draw with Genoa on Sunday evening in which they failed to capitalise on a special night for the club as they celebrated their 125-year anniversary. The result left Milan with only one win across their last five league matches (D3, L1) and five points behind the top six.[/p]
[p]Milan’s last away match against Atalanta (L 2-1) was the first competitive trip in five to see the Rossoneri suffer a defeat (W3, D1), but the third in a row in which Paulo Fonseca’s men conceded at least two goals. From a wider point of view, Milan remain the only Serie A side from last season’s top five yet to register 10+ points on the road (W2, D2, L3), highlighting their travelling woes this term. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: If there’s another leaky first period for Verona, it may be Darko Lazović to remedy it as four of his Serie A goals have arrived inside the 15 minutes straight after the break. Visiting Rafael Leão enjoys playing against Verona as he never lost a personal H2H (W7, D2) and netted three goals across the last three matches. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Milan have scored before the break in each of the last five H2Hs, leading 1-0 at half-time in the previous three.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]