Verona vs Sassuolo prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-04-07 16:30.
A narrow 1-0 loss to Juventus last weekend extended Veronaâs winless run (D2, L4) and kept them six points from safety ahead of this Serie A (SA) round, leaving them a tough job to avoid relegation. After scoring just twice across that six-game run and scoring fewer league goals (22) than all but Sampdoria, Verona need to find their shooting boots quickly. Coach Marco Zaffaroni remains hopeful of an escape asserting that âthe key thing is to keep focus on ourselvesâ as the schedule gets tricky with six of their remaining ten matches coming against current top-ten clubs.
Part of his confidence stems from their form at home which has seen them claim 58% of their total points from their last six SA matches (W3, D2, L1) at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. However, three clean sheets during this sequence suggests Verona are likely to be stubborn in their fight for survival.
Sassuolo may be sitting just outside the top 10, but they are unbeaten in five games (W4, D1), bookended by a 1-1 draw against Torino last matchday. Coach Alessio Dionisi wasnât completely impressed, though, indicating that the draw was âglass half full for the performance, half empty for the result.â Getting back to winning ways could be his underlying message as the Neroverdi remain an outside chance to finish seventh and grab a possible European spot.
In that context, this isnât a bad fixture for the visitors as they won the reverse 2-1 and have also picked up four straight away top-flight H2H victories. Sassuolo should be confident of extending that streak having won three of their last four away league matches (D1), including impressive victories over AC Milan and Roma.
Key battle: Verona âkeeper Lorenzo MontipĂČ has conceded two goals in both of his last two H2Hs and his task here will be to stop Armand LaurientĂ©, who scored Sassuoloâs opener in the reverse fixture and had three contributions (G2, A1) in a 4-3 win in their last away game against Roma.
Hot stat: Ahead of this round, Veronaâs matches have averaged 10.25 total corners per game which is the third-highest this league campaign.