Verona hosts Fiorentina in round 19 of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Wednesday, December 22nd at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (Verona)
Igor Tudor's team is ranked 13th in the standings with 23 points. In 18 rounds, Verona gained six victories and five draws and suffered seven losses. The Mastiffs are approaching the end of the first part of the championship in a bad mood. They were in the role of losers in three official matches in a row. The Yellow-and-Blues were eliminated from the Italian Cup after losing to Empoli (3-4) and did not cope with Atalanta (1-2) and Torino (1-0) in Serie A. The outcome of the match against the Bulls on December 19 was determined by an episode in the middle of the first half. Giangiacomo Magnani committed a foul near the box and was sent off, and Torino converted the set piece into a goal that was the only one in 90 minutes.
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Vincenzo Italiano's team is in 6th place in the Serie A standings with 31 points. Fiorentina gained ten wins and one draw and suffered seven defeats. The Violets gained excellent momentum at the end of the calendar year, having won four games in a row in the championship and the Italian Cup. The winning streak of Fiorentina was broken on December 19 in the home game against Sassuolo (2-2). Italiano’s charges were behind with a score of 0-2, but goals from Dusan Vlahovic and Lucas Torreira restored the balance in the second half. The Florentines spent the rest of the match without Cristiano Biraghi (he was sent off) but kept a draw.
Verona usually doesn’t achieve positive results in home matches against Fiorentina in the Italian championship. In seven previous games, the Mastiffs suffered six defeats and gained only one victory in November 2019 (1-0). In the 2020/21 season, the Violets earned four points in two confrontations versus Verona. On December 19 last year, Fiorentina tied against the Yellow-Blues in Florence (1-1), but on April 20, it won away (1-2). Now the teams' chances are approximately equal. Verona looked good at home in the current championship, gaining five wins and one draw in nine matches, but the recent results of Tudor’s men are not impressive. Fiorentina players are in good shape, but poor away stats are against them. In five previous away matches, the Violets limited themselves to one victory over Bologna (2-3) and lost the rest of the games. Verona and Fiorentina are more likely to play productive football. In four out of six games in Verona, the sides scored at least three goals. Over 2.5 goals were recorded in five out of seven previous matches of the Mastiffs. Seven consecutive games of Fiorentina ended with the same results.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
