Verona vs Lecce prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-05-10 13:00.
[p]Hellas Verona are seeing their relegation fears mount thanks to a run of six matches without a win (D3, L3), scoring just once in the process. The Gialloblù are in their sixth successive season in Serie A, but a mere six-point cushion to the bottom three means they’re sitting a little uncomfortably in the closing stages of the campaign. [/p]
[p]An eye-watering 12 games without netting a first-half goal hasn’t helped their cause, and a 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan last round means Verona have already lost 21 top-flight matches this term – their joint-most in a league campaign since getting relegated in 2017/18. Pressure is growing on head coach Paolo Zanetti as a result, and a run of just one victory in the last 11 attempts (D3, L7) at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi certainly won’t help him win round the home faithful.[/p]
[p]Another defeat to struggling Lecce, who have never won an away H2H in Serie A (D4, L5), would only heighten tensions. The visitors are in desperate need of a result themselves, as they are one of five teams who start this round of fixtures below Verona in the table, with a 1-0 loss to Napoli last Saturday extending their winless streak to 12 matches (D4, L8).[/p]
[p]Marco Giampaolo’s men are consequently only one point above the bottom three ahead of the round, with fears growing that their three-year stint in Serie A could come to an end. They’re now in desperate need of a result, and facing a fellow struggler could be the shot in the arm their survival push needs given that they are unbeaten this season against teams who enter this round below 14th place (W5, D4).[/p]
[p]Key battle: Verona will be hoping that Amin Sarr can score, given that he has been on the losing side just once in the last 11 games in which he has netted (W9, D1), with ten of those encounters featuring 3+ goals. Attempting to thwart him, Lecce’s Wladimiro Falcone has made the second-most saves in Serie A this season pre-round (113). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Only Lecce (18) have failed to score in more Serie A games than Verona (17) this term.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Matt Jones[/i][/p]