Match preview: Atalanta likely to beat Hellas Verona at Gewiss Stadium

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gewiss Stadium (26393 seats)

Classic home win, the away team steals it or a tactical 0-0 draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Atalanta and Hellas Verona meet at Gewiss Stadium.

Insights:
  • Atalanta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Serie A

The hosts Atalanta saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus RB Leipzig, was also a home game here at Gewiss Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Atalanta form and stats

Atalanta have collected 18 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-6-5.

Atalanta's previous game was also a home event, the loss 0-2 versus RB Leipzig (in Europa League). Zappacosta (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Zappacosta hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sassuolo (1-2).

A decent goal production from Atalanta in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Atalanta have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

There's been little loot from Hellas Verona's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the Serie A. Hellas Verona only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 7 draws.

Two away games in a row for Hellas Verona, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Inter. Midfield player Ilić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Ilić hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 50 successful passes (of 55 total).

Before that, Hellas secured a home win against Genoa with the score 1-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Hellas Verona's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Hellas Verona have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged scoreline featuring both these squads is the Hellas Verona - Atalanta 1-2 played previously this season. Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two contenders are: five wins for Atalanta, two draws and three wins for Hellas Verona. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Hellas VeronaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
16 goals
Hellas VeronaA. Barák
A. Barák
10 goals
Hellas VeronaG. Caprari
G. Caprari
10 goals

Atalanta missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atalanta Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 16 32
14 4 1 Won W 1 3 12
9 6 2 Drew D 2 7 9
8 5 1 Lost L 2 6 11
53 25 4 Scored S 6 24 56
36 21 4 Conceded C 6 29 49
84% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 88% 88%
61% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 66%
39% 47% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 44%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 22%
61% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 75% 75%
32% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
23% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 16%
 
5.5 6.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.1 4.6
4 3.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5 4.8
2.2 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
15.2 16 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 11.6 12.4
4.8 5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.4 4.1
36% 33% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 43%
 
10.5 8.9 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.1 12.5
3.6 3.7 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.1 4.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atalanta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hellas Verona have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 32 20 8 4 56 29 16 9 4 3 23 12 16 11 4 1 33 17 27 68
2 Inter 31 19 9 3 65 24 16 11 3 2 38 13 15 8 6 1 27 11 41 66
3 Napoli 32 20 6 6 58 26 16 9 2 5 27 14 16 11 4 1 31 12 32 66
4 Juventus 32 18 8 6 49 28 16 9 3 4 20 10 16 9 5 2 29 18 21 62
5 Roma 32 17 6 9 53 36 17 10 4 3 25 15 15 7 2 6 28 21 17 57
6 Lazio 32 16 7 9 64 47 15 9 4 2 35 19 17 7 3 7 29 28 17 55
7 Fiorentina 31 16 5 10 52 40 15 10 2 3 33 16 16 6 3 7 19 24 12 53
8 Atalanta 31 14 9 8 53 36 15 4 6 5 25 21 16 10 3 3 28 15 17 51
9 Sassuolo 32 12 10 10 58 52 16 6 5 5 25 24 16 6 5 5 33 28 6 46
10 Hellas Verona 32 12 9 11 56 49 16 9 2 5 32 20 16 3 7 6 24 29 7 45
11 Torino 31 10 9 12 35 30 16 7 5 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 8 14 5 39
12 Bologna 31 10 7 14 34 44 16 7 3 6 20 18 15 3 4 8 14 26 -10 37
13 Udinese 30 8 12 10 43 48 15 5 7 3 24 22 15 3 5 7 19 26 -5 36
14 Empoli 32 8 10 14 41 56 16 3 4 9 23 38 16 5 6 5 18 18 -15 34
15 Spezia 32 9 6 17 32 54 15 5 3 7 16 17 17 4 3 10 16 37 -22 33
16 Sampdoria 32 8 5 19 39 54 16 4 3 9 23 29 16 4 2 10 16 25 -15 29
17 Cagliari 32 5 10 17 30 61 16 2 6 8 17 28 16 3 4 9 13 33 -31 25
18 Genoa 32 2 16 14 24 52 16 1 8 7 11 23 16 1 8 7 13 29 -28 22
19 Venezia 31 5 7 19 26 57 16 2 4 10 16 32 15 3 3 9 10 25 -31 22
20 Salernitana 30 3 7 20 23 68 15 1 5 9 12 32 15 2 2 11 11 36 -45 16

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Hellas Verona:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 32 20 8 4 56 29 16 9 4 3 23 12 16 11 4 1 33 17 27 68
2 Inter 31 19 9 3 65 24 16 11 3 2 38 13 15 8 6 1 27 11 41 66
3 Napoli 32 20 6 6 58 26 16 9 2 5 27 14 16 11 4 1 31 12 32 66
4 Juventus 32 18 8 6 49 28 16 9 3 4 20 10 16 9 5 2 29 18 21 62
5 Roma 32 17 6 9 53 36 17 10 4 3 25 15 15 7 2 6 28 21 17 57
6 Lazio 32 16 7 9 64 47 15 9 4 2 35 19 17 7 3 7 29 28 17 55
7 Fiorentina 31 16 5 10 52 40 15 10 2 3 33 16 16 6 3 7 19 24 12 53
8 Atalanta 31 14 9 8 53 36 15 4 6 5 25 21 16 10 3 3 28 15 17 51
9 Sassuolo 32 12 10 10 58 52 16 6 5 5 25 24 16 6 5 5 33 28 6 46
10 Hellas Verona 32 12 9 11 56 49 16 9 2 5 32 20 16 3 7 6 24 29 7 45
11 Torino 31 10 9 12 35 30 16 7 5 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 8 14 5 39
12 Bologna 31 10 7 14 34 44 16 7 3 6 20 18 15 3 4 8 14 26 -10 37
13 Udinese 30 8 12 10 43 48 15 5 7 3 24 22 15 3 5 7 19 26 -5 36
14 Empoli 32 8 10 14 41 56 16 3 4 9 23 38 16 5 6 5 18 18 -15 34
15 Spezia 32 9 6 17 32 54 15 5 3 7 16 17 17 4 3 10 16 37 -22 33
16 Sampdoria 32 8 5 19 39 54 16 4 3 9 23 29 16 4 2 10 16 25 -15 29
17 Cagliari 32 5 10 17 30 61 16 2 6 8 17 28 16 3 4 9 13 33 -31 25
18 Genoa 32 2 16 14 24 52 16 1 8 7 11 23 16 1 8 7 13 29 -28 22
19 Venezia 31 5 7 19 26 57 16 2 4 10 16 32 15 3 3 9 10 25 -31 22
20 Salernitana 30 3 7 20 23 68 15 1 5 9 12 32 15 2 2 11 11 36 -45 16

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.