Hellas Verona vs Juventus Prediction & Betting Tips - Serie A

Prediction published on 17/02/2024, 03:46  by Kennedy Kechula in Serie A Predictions

Juventus will aim to put their title race back on track when they travel to Verona in their next Serie A game on Saturday. Placed second, Juventus will be looking to strengthen their charge with three points against 18th placed Verona. The hosts on the other hand hope to rise from the relegation region with a win here. Verona have garnered 19 points from their 24 matches thus far and are a point below the safety line. They are disadvantaged by the fact they’ve played a game more than the team ahead of them, Sassuolo. Gialloblu missed the chance to rise from the red zone momentarily when they played to a 0-0 draw with Monza in their last game. With that result, they are now without a win in four matches. The goalless draw with Monza was however the only time they failed to score in six matches. Both teams have actually scored in five of Verona’s last six matches, a run in which they have just a win, and three defeats. Playing at home in recent matches has actually offered some comfort, Verona picking up eight points from a possible 15. They’ve however struggled to keep clean sheets, returning just one in five home games.

Juventus will view this game as the perfect chance to bounce back from their recent lows. Their tally of 53 points has the Old Lady seven points behind league leaders Inter Milan. This gap could widen to 10 points by the time they take to the pitch, as Inter Milan play a day before. In the last four matches against Verona, Juventus have posted straight wins and all with clean sheets. This is a game the visitors will feel they can dominate, having also scored in each of their last 24 meetings. Juventus have ceded crucial ground in their recent league matches, failing to win any of their last three. Coming into this game, they lost the last two, the most recent a 1-0 defeat at home to Udinese. It is however the earlier defeat to Inter Milan that holds the bigger impact on their title charge. Massimiliano Allegri’s side however takes to this game an impressive away run. In their last nine away matches, Juventus are unbeaten, winning six of them. The loss to Inter Milan was their first away defeat since falling to Sassuolo in September.