Verona vs Lecce prediction for Saturday’s Serie A round 19 fixture at Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi in Verona. Follow on for our free predictions betting tips and preview.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Draw or Lecce to Win – 1.55
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Under 3 Goals – 1.34
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Anytime Correct Score 1-0 – 1.83
Draw or Lecce to Win
In the previous ten rounds, Verona won just one game while Lecce were victorious in three Serie A fixtures. Lecce are undefeated in five matches winning three and drawing two during the process. Lecce won one and drew two of their last three away games.
Under 3 Goals
Playing at the Bentegodi, Verona’s 78% of matches produced under three goals. On the other side, all of Lecce’s nine away Serie A away games saw three or fewer strikes. Hence, there is an 89% chance that this bet will succeed.
Anytime Correct Score 1-0
In their quest to improve their results, Verona have done well at the start of their games recently. To illustrate, the Giallovlu scored first in three of their last four outings. Verona scored first in five of their nine home games while Lecce conceded first in five of their nine away games.
Verona
After a spell of two undefeated games, Verona returned from Milan with a defeat at the hands of Inter by a score of 0-1 in the previous round. That was the Gialloblu’s 13th defeat of the season and with it they are currently at the 18th position with nine points.
Verona are running out of time and points if they want to remain in the top flight as they are seven points behind the safety zone. The Gialloblu have scored 10% fewer goals and conceded 12.8% more goals in the last eight rounds than they have during the season. Those are obviously the two fields that need to be improved.
Lecce
With the 2-2 home draw with AC Milan, Lecce have recorded their second consecutive draw. The Giallorossi are now undefeated in six Serie A games and increased their points tally to 20 in the 13th position.
Lecce’s stats indicate that they have picked up an average of 1.11 points per game since the beginning of the season. However, in the previous eight rounds, coach Marco Baroni’s showed a 35.1% improvement by collecting 1.50 points per game. In addition, Lecce are scoring more and conceding fewer goals in the same period.
Verona’s resurgence from that ten-match losing streak was short lived but they did play well against Inter despite losing. Lecce meanwhile had some interesting results in recent weeks by beating Atalanta and Lazio and drawing with Milan. To conclude, we will back a double chance of a draw or away win.
Verona are averaging 0.83 goals per game this season and 1.11 when playing at the Bentegodi. Lecce had two clean sheets in their last two away games. Verona scored one or fewer goals in three of the last four h2hs. With odds of 1.53 at 1xBet, we predict Verona to score under 1.5 goals.
At the age of 20, Lecce’s Lorenzo Colombo has proved himself as one of the most interesting young forwards in Serie A. The Italian is his team’s top scorer with four goals and added two assists. Colombo has a rating of 6.78 and possesses very strong long shots.
Verona’s Verdi is out with a muscle injury while Faraoni is doubtful.
On Lecce’s side Dermaku and Pongracic are both injured.
Verona: Montipo; Dawidowicz, Hien, Ceccherini; Depaoli, Tameze, Ilic, Doig; Kallon, Lazovic, Djuric;
Lecce: Falcone; Gendrey, Umtiti, Baschirotto, Pezzella; Blin, Hjumland, Gonzalez; Strefezza, Colombo, Di Grancesco;
This match will be played at Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi (Verona)
The starting whistle will sound on January 21st, 2023. 14:00 UTC.
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