On Monday evening, Hellas Verona host Genoa at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, in a Serie A game that could be vital for the visitor’s hopes of maintaining their top-flight status this season.
Verona are currently mid-table in Serie A, nine points adrift of the European spots in the Italian top flight. Igor Tudor’s team could have mounted a realistic bid for the league’s top-six if it were not for some highly inconsistent form of late in Serie A.
Verona are currently winless in their last three Serie A outings, having won just once in five matches in the Italian top-flight. Last time out, the home side was held to a 1-1 draw by Empoli.
The Gialloblu have been inconsistent on home soil of late in Serie A, winning just three of their last eight home games in the Italian top-flight.
However, a 2-1 defeat by Napoli in their last home game in Serie A ended a three-game winning streak for Verona at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi in the Italian top-flight.
Genoa are now just three points from safety in Serie A after at one point looking like a certainty to suffer relegation to Serie B. The visitors are now unbeaten in their last eight league games.
However, a 1-0 win over Torino in their last league game ended a 26-match winless run for the visitors, as the seven games before the win over Torino finished in draws.
The visitors have now also kept four straight clean sheets in the Italian top-flight.
Alexander Bessin’s team has failed to win in 13 away games in Serie A, but seven of the visitor’s last ten away games in the Italian top-flight have produced draws.
Unsurprisingly, considering that Genoa have become the draw kings of Serie A of late, Forebet predicts that this game will produce a high-scoring draw.