Verona take on the visitors Bologna in the round 31 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Friday, April 21st at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (Verona).
The "Mastiffs" had several good years under Ivan Juric. However, in 2021, the Croatian left for a project with wider potential, "Torino". This was a serious blow to the team, and the decent results of the previous season were mainly due to timely coaching changes, with a focus on Tudor. But the scenario began to repeat itself. Igor moved to "Marseille" in the offseason. His replacement was unsuccessful, and they tried to fix everything with Salvatore Bocchetti, who had played quite a bit in Russia. However, he struggled to improve the play of his players. But not as hopeless as "Cremoneze" and unexpectedly, "Samploria", "Ellas" did not look good in 2023. In April, they managed to secure an important victory over "Sassuolo", and the 2-1 scoreline brought them closer to the safety zone. They also drew with "Napoli", the leader of the season, who was thinking about the Champions League quarter-finals and kept their leaders rested, and it was a goalless draw. Now they are only 3 points away from "Spezia", with a distance of 1 win to secure their position.
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Bologna were a strong mid-table team. In recent years, this status was associated with the work of Mihajlovic, who did not even leave his post due to his battle with cancer. However, there were opinions that the cooperation had exhausted itself, but it was this specialist who conducted the preseason training last summer and then started the new championship. And then, quite unexpectedly, he was fired. The arguments were supported by the fact that his successor, Tiago Motta, spent quite a long time rebuilding the game, paying for his innovations with weak results on the field. But even before the World Cup break, they managed to improve significantly: they won 4 out of 5 matches. Then the results predictably worsened, but not significantly. They managed to win quite often, including in April. The current calendar month started with a confident victory over "Udinese". And then in Bergamo, they beat the ambitious "Atalanta" 2-0, approaching the European Cup zone. They also added to their tally by drawing 1-1 with "Milan". Currently, the club has 44 points, the same as "Juventus", who are in 7th place only due to additional indicators.
"Bologna" have managed to avoid losing to "Verona" for quite some time. But in the past calendar year, "Verona" was able to take 4 points out of 6 possible. In January, the "mastiffs" won 2-1 at home, and in August, the clubs shared the points, playing to a draw. Both clubs need a victory, even if for different motivations. So it shouldn't be boring - let's bet on over 2.0 goals.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 scored goals.
