Verona vs Venezia prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-10-03 18:45.
[p]Hellas Verona made a bright start to the new Serie A campaign with two wins across their first three matches (L1), but that feel-good factor has quickly evaporated with their next three league games delivering losses. They’ve shown signs of life late on in those games, rallying to score in second-half stoppage time in both recent defeats to reduce losing deficits (3-2), but they’ll need a more rounded performance here to get back to winning ways.[/p]
[p]Slow starts have been a big cause of their faltering form with Paolo Zanetti’s side having conceded two first-half goals in each of their last two home games. Sitting above the bottom-three by just a point coming into the round, that’s something they need to remedy or risk slipping into the relegation zone this coming weekend. [/p]
[p]Late goals were the curse for Venezia in their 2-1 loss away to Roma last time out, where their first-half lead was negated by strikes beyond the 70th minute for the home side. It was their third defeat across four games, and the second decided by a goal after the 80th minute, pointing to a growing concentration issue for the Winged Lions. [/p]
[p]The visitors are one of the few sides sitting below their hosts in the table and are just a point above the bottom, but a win could see them leapfrog Verona. Hopes of that are slim with their four away league matches this term returning just a single point. There’s no comfort from historical H2Hs either as Venezia have lost all three top-flight H2Hs, two with a 1-0 scoreline.[/p]
[p]Key battle: On-loan Verona forward Casper Tengstedt has two league goals to his name this term and both have been the second goal of the match – he also got booked in those two matches. Looking to keep him quiet will be Venezia’s defender Jay Idzes, but he will have to tread cautiously himself, having picked up four yellow cards in his last 11 games.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: The away team on the day failed to score before half-time in all six top-flight H2Hs, and in 13 of the last 16 league H2Hs.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]