Juventus vs Verona prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-03-02 19:45.
[p]Despite Juventus earning four consecutive Serie A victories for the first time this season, a run which has helped them move two points clear of fifth-placed Lazio ahead of this upcoming round of fixtures, the last two weeks have in other ways been disastrous. After suffering UEFA Champions League elimination at the hands of PSV, Thiago Motta’s men were then knocked out of the Coppa Italia on Wednesday by relegation-threatened Empoli, leading Motta to criticise his side’s “shameful” attitude. [/p]
[p]That result ended a sequence of three successive home victories, which included a 1-0 win over defending champions Inter Milan in Juve’s last such Serie A match. The loss to Empoli also showcased their recent tendency to start games slowly, as the Bianconeri have scored just once before the break in their six encounters at the Allianz Stadium in 2025. Interestingly though, they remain one of only two sides in the division ahead of this round yet to suffer a league defeat this season in a game that stood level at half-time (W5, D8).[/p]
[p]It looked like being a third consecutive match without scoring for Hellas Verona until a last-gasp winner halted their two-game losing streak as they surprisingly beat European hopefuls Fiorentina in the last round. Despite having suffered a joint league-high 16 defeats this term along with rock-bottom Monza ahead of the weekend, Paolo Zanetti’s men enter this round with a five-point cushion over the relegation places. [/p]
[p]A standout feature of Verona’s league matches this season has been the low number of draws (two) – comfortably the fewest in Serie A. They’d probably take a stalemate here though considering their three away trips in 2024/25 to current top-five sides have all ended in defeat, with the visitors conceding ten goals across those encounters. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: French midfielder Khéphren Thuram scored his third goal for Juventus last week, with seven of his last ten strikes arriving after the break. In only his third Serie A appearance, Antoine Bernède netted his first goal for Verona against Fiorentina and has now opened the scoring with each of his last four goals.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Ahead of the round, Verona have conceded first in a league-high 19 matches this season. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]