Verona vs Juventus prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-08-25 18:45.
[p]Hellas Verona made a superb start to the new Serie A campaign as they scored three unanswered second-half goals to down Napoli 3-0. New manager Paolo Zanetti couldnât have hoped for a better curtain raiser, and now they have a chance to repeat last yearâs feat of opening the campaign with two successive league victories. Â [/p]
[p]This will already be a third consecutive home competitive outing for Verona given they also played out a 2-1 defeat to Serie B newcomers Cesena in Coppa Italia prior to last weekâs impressive win over Napoli. Thatâs a snapshot of some of the inconsistencies they suffered at home last term, which is perhaps summarised best by their form last season in front of their home fans (W6, D6, L7), but a record of just two home defeats against the divisionâs eventual top five (D3) does bode well for this contest against Juventus. [/p]
[p]One of those three stalemates was a 2-2 draw with the visitors back in February which snapped a run of four consecutive H2H wins âto nilâ for Juventus. Theyâll aim to get that dominance back on track here and will be confident after opening with an impressive 3-0 win over Como. The big story from that clash was boss Thiago Motta handing 20-year-old Samuel Mbangula his debut in place of new arrival Douglas Luiz – the youngster repaid his faith by netting the opener. [/p]
[p]Last week made it the third successive season that Juventus have opened their league campaign with a 3-0 win, yet history suggests that they could face a test building on that here. Thatâs because theyâve failed to follow that up with a victory in round two in each of the previous two seasons, drawing on both occasions [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Daniel Mosquera scored twice on his Serie A debut for Verona despite only coming off the bench in the 73rd minute – each of his last six goals have arrived after the break. Andrea Cambiaso rounded off the scoring for Juventus in the last round and also scored a late winner in the first H2H last term.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Juventus scored 2+ goals in each of their nine away league matches against teams who ended last season 12th or lower. [/p]
[p][i]Written by TomĂĄĆĄ VlasĂĄk[/i][/p]