Inter vs Verona prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-01-05 11:30.
Inter Milan came into 2024 top of Serie A (SA) and two points clear of second-placed Juventus, despite dropping points for only the third time from their last 12 league games (W9, D3) against Genoa last time out (1-1). Having not lost their first league match of a calendar year since 2014 – with four wins from the last four such games – Simone Inzaghiâs men should be quietly confident of bouncing back and maintaining top spot here.
Hellas Verona should be a welcome opponent given Inter have never lost a home H2H (W22, D11), with each of the last six meetings here ending in victories. Further boosting home belief will be their imposing recent form at the San Siro, where they have won four-straight league games with an accompanying clean sheet.
The visitors ended the year on a more sombre note, losing 1-0 against Salernitana without registering a single shot on target for the first time in SA since September 2021. Thatâs a snapshot of a wider attacking problem for Verona, who have netted just 15 league goals all season – only Empoli had netted fewer at the end of the last round.
Coming into the weekend above the relegation zone by virtue of goal difference alone, manager Marco Baroni wonât be buoyed by his own personal record of four defeats from his four previous H2Hs with Inter. Nor does Veronaâs rotten run on the road ease those fears, as they havenât won away from home in SA since matchday one (D2, L6) which includes a 1-0 defeat at this venue against AC Milan back in September.
Key battle: Interâs Lautaro MartĂnez has scored four goals in his last three games against Verona, including the winner in a 1-0 H2H success at this venue last season. That could be bad news for Veronaâs âkeeper Lorenzo MontipĂČ, who has conceded a career-high 27 goals in just seven H2Hs.
Hot stat: Inter are the only SA side yet to concede beyond the 75th minute in this campaign.