Verona vs Atalanta prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-08-27 16:30.
The lead-up to this game for Hellas Verona has been clouded by uncertainty over key man Adrien Tamèze, while another of last season’s stars, AntonĂn Barák, is edging ever-closer to a move to Fiorentina. A winless start to the Serie A (SA) season (D1, L1) hasn’t done much to appease the Verona faithful, who now face the very real prospect of seeing their side lose four consecutive SA home games.
It’s hardly a surprise to see Verona have lost three successive SA games at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi considering that trio of games saw an average of three goals hit the back of the Verona goal. It wasn’t that long ago Atalanta netted five goals on this very ground, and with Verona falling to keep a clean sheet in the last five home H2Hs, all signs point to another long afternoon for Gabriele Cioffi’s side.
Atalanta’s start to the season has been much more solid (W1, D1) and considering only two SA sides collected more away points last season, Gian Piero Gasperini’s side may be glad to get back on the road. Indeed, Atalanta’s SA win this season came on the road against Sampdoria (2-0) and having won on both their opening two road trips in the three SA seasons prior, confidence must be high of stretching that run to four here.
Heightening belief of another away win, Atalanta have won 13 of their last 17 Sunday-held SA away games (D1, L3), and even with a question mark hanging over the head of the influential Ruslan Malinovskyi amid Premier League interest, Atalanta will fancy their chances of justifying their shorts odds for this match to record their first ever sequence of three straight top-flight H2H wins at Verona.
Players to watch: After scoring in his last two games, a goal here would see Thomas Henry become the first player to score in his first three SA games for Verona since the turn of the century. Meanwhile, Atalanta’s Jérémie Boga has scored his side’s first goal of the game in his two goalscoring appearances against Verona.
Hot stat: Verona have scored exactly once in seven of their last 12 SA home games.