Verona vs AC Milan prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-03-16 14:00.
[p]Following six games without a win (D3, L3), Hellas Verona hauled themselves away from the Serie A relegation zone thanks to back-to-back 1-0 victories over fellow strugglers Sassuolo and Lecce. The GialloblĆ¹ will now be aiming to secure three straight wins āto nilā in the top-flight for the first time since April 2000, as they look to build on their two-point gap to the drop zone pre-round.[/p]
[p]To do that, they must beat an AC Milan side they havenāt beaten in the last ten H2Hs (D2, L8), with the last six of those games ending in defeat. Verona will therefore be glad to be at home where theyāve lost just one of their last eight league matches (W3, D4), but manager Marco Baroni may not be so confident, as he has taken only two points from five personal H2Hs in the dugout, with his teams scoring in just one of those matches.Ā [/p]
[p]Milan, meanwhile, come into this clash on the back of booking their place in the Europa League quarter-finals after a 7-3 aggregate victory over Slavia Prague. The Rossoneriās recent matches have been dominated by red cards, with five dished out to their opponents in their last four outings, and further ill-discipline could aid them in their bid to cement their place as ābest of the restā behind runaway leaders Inter.[/p]
[p]Striking first would certainly help Stefano Pioliās men in that regard, as Milan have taken the lead the most times in Serie A this season without losing (23 – W18, D5). And if they win at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, the Rossoneri will have earned their fifth consecutive victory across all competitions in the same campaign for the first time since lifting the Scudetto in May 2022.Ā [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Michael Folorunsho scored the winner for Verona against Lecce last week, but that was the only time this season heās directly contributed to a goal and been on the winning side. Milan marksman Rafael LeĆ£o has been all-action of late, scoring three goals, assisting three more, and picking up three yellow cards across his last five appearances, while he netted the winner in Milanās 1-0 win in Septemberās reverse fixture.Ā [/p]
[p]Hot stat: A shut-out here would see Milan claim successive H2H clean sheets for the first time since May 1992.Ā [/p]