Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo is set to host a battle between Venezia and Hellas Verona in the 16th round of the Italian Serie A. Match day schedules for 15th Dec 2021 at 17:00.
The host is the second-worst attack in the league with 12 goals scored in 15 league games; the newly promoted Venezia sits just 10 point above the relegation zone with 15 points.
Venezia will be looking to make amends following a huge 4-0 Serie A defeat in their last game in the hands of Atalanta. In that match, Venezia got 41% possession, eight shots with four of them on target. Atalanta got 19 shots with six of them on target and goals by Mario Pašalić (7′, 12′, and 67’) and Teun Koopmeiners (57′) scored for Atalanta.
Hellas Verona was unable to claim their sixth successive home victory against Cagliari on Tuesday, but they did at least extend their unbeaten run at the Marcantonio Bentegodi to seven games with a goalless draw. The visitors currently have 20 points from 15 matches to sit in 10th place.
In the match prior Igor Tudor’s men held each other to 0-0 in the Serie A stalemate versus Cagliari.In that match, Hellas Verona had 69% possession and 15 shots with six on target. The opponents, Cagliari got 12 shots on goal with 4 on target.
Over 2.5 goals have been scored in three of Venezia’s last five non-competitive matches, while three of Verona’s last five outings in Serie A have also produced at least three goals. Therefore we should expect not less than 2.5 by the end of this fixture.
Venezia vs Hellas Verona head to head
Since 1993 this two clubs have met 19 times in which Verona has nine wins, Venezia five wins and five stalemates have also been recorded.
The two teams played a six-goal thriller in the third round of Coppa Italia last year when Verona advanced on penalties.
- Hellas Verona 3-1 Venezia 28/10/20
- Hellas Verona 1-0 Venezia 03/03/19
- Venezia 1-1 Hellas Verona 21/10/18
- Hellas Verona 2-2 Venezia 03/05/09
- Venezia 0-0 Hellas Verona 07/12/08
Home
- Atalanta 4-0 Venezia
- Venezia 0-2 Inter
- Bologna 0-1 Venezia
- Venezia 3-2 Roma
- Genoa 0-0 Venezia
Away
- Hellas Verona 0-0 Cagliari
- Sampdoria 3-1 Hellas Verona
- Hellas Verona 2-1 Empoli
- Napoli 1-1 Hellas Verona
- Hellas Verona 2-1 Juventus
Venezia team news
Arnor Sigurdsson Antonio Vacca ,Tyronne Ebuehi and Luca have been ruled out of this fixture fitness issues while Niki Maenpaa and David Okereke are doubts for Verona’s visit. Ethan Ampadu is suspended for accumulation of yellow cards.
Verona team news
Nikola Kalinic and Gianluca Frabotta are unavailable due to injuries while Martin Hongla Martin Hongla is in self-isolation for testing positive to COVID-19.
Prediction and odds
We are backing a first away home win for the visitors.
- Hellas Verona Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
