Henry Roldán
Next Saturday’s Serie A action begins early with a battle between two clubs near the bottom of the table, Verona vs Lecce. These clubs are undergoing very different circumstances.
Last matchday, the Gialloblù team was unable to beat Inter after losing 1-0, while the Giallorossi were on the verge of pulling off a surprise by drawing 2-2 against Milan. Without further ado, we at JefeBet bring you the preview of the match between Verona vs Lecce. Keep reading to find out more about this game.
Predictions, Picks, and Betting Odds for Verona vs Lecce Serie A Matchday 19 Game on January 21, 2023
- Where: Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi – Verona, Italy.
- When: Saturday, January 21, 9:00 AM E.T.
- Moneyline: Verona (+145) / Tie (+180) / Lecce (+250).
- Asian Handicap: Verona (-0.25, +102) / Lecce (+0.25, -125).
- Over/Under (2.5): Over (+125) / Under (-157).
- Both teams score: Yes (-129) / No (-103).
All odds shown are courtesy of Unibet.
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Betting on Verona
After a great performance last season, in which they finished close to the European places, Verona are not doing well in the current edition of Serie A and are currently in the relegation places. Marco Zaffaroni’s team has just nine points after 18 games and is seven points behind Sassuolo, who occupy the last relegation place.
Over the last 13 matches, Verona has racked up just four points, and they were defeated 11 times—10 of them consecutively between matchdays 6 and 15. In that period, it only scored six goals and conceded a total of 20.
In terms of home performance, Verona is the third worst club in this condition as it accumulates only two wins in nine matches. Both of its wins came against Cremonese and Sampdoria, the other two teams in the relegation places.
Furthermore, previous to this encounter, which concludes the first round of the tournament, Verona is the third-highest goal conceding team, with 31 goals, and the third-lowest, with only 15.
Probable lineup (3-4-2-1): Lorenzo Montipo, Pawel Dawidowicz, Isak Hien, Federico Ceccherini, Fabio Depaoli, Adrien Tameze, Ivan Ilic, Josh Doig, Yayah Kallon, Darko Lazovic, Milan Djuric.
Betting on Lecce
Despite being 14th in the table, Lecce’s reality is significantly different from that of their opponents, as they are well outside of the relegation zone. The Giallorossi are not in contention for the European places, but their six-match unbeaten streak has moved them 11 points behind Verona and Sampdoria, who are in the Serie B play-off places.
Marco Baroni’s team has three wins and three draws in the aforementioned period, and during the week they beat Milan 2-0 for 58 minutes. Unfortunately for them, they failed to hold on to the lead, but this result adds to other good records such as the recent victories over Lazio and Atalanta.
In terms of away form, they have now gone two games without losing away from home and have nine points from nine games. Their biggest problem at home right now is scoring goals, with only seven scored, but their defense is solid, conceding only nine goals.
It is precisely their ability to not allow many goals that keep Lecce afloat, as with 20 goals conceded they equal the fifth-lowest number in the championship along with Milan, Atalanta and Torino.
Probable lineup (4-3-3): Wladimiro Falcone; Valentin Gendrey, Federico Baschirotto, Samuel Umtiti, Giuseppe Pezzella; Alexis Blin, Morten Hjulmand, Joan Gonzalez; Gabriel Strefezza, Lorenzo Colombo, Federico Di Francesco.
JefeBet Prediction
The rules of probability would suggest that Verona should win this game, considering they are playing against a team who has gone six games unbeaten and has won only one of their first seven away games.
Verona, on the other hand, have shown that they are not the same accurate team in front of goal that they were last year. Now, they’ll be facing a Lecce team that is one of the most strong defensively in Serie A.
In terms of head-to-head meetings, the series between the two is very even, despite Verona’s two wins in a row. An example of this is that in the last 10 meetings Lecce won three of them, Verona won three others and on four occasions the match ended in a draw.
Prediction: Both teams score (VER 1 – LEC 1).
