Delightful dogfight as daring Fiorentina duel with determined Hellas Verona

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

Creeping up on the top clubs is the subject when these mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league position, Fiorentina in 8th and Hellas Verona in 9th position.

Insights:
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Serie A

There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Coppa Italia game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadio Artemio Franchi. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Hellas Verona have had more rest.

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Fiorentina form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Artemio Franchi as Fiorentina have scored 30 goals to get 25 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 8-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The gifted forward Saponara bettered all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Saponara hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).

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

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fiorentina handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, three draws and one defeat.

Goals decide football matches and Fiorentina are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 12 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Hellas Verona playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Hellas are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against Venezia (placed 18th). The attacker Simeone got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. Simeone scored three goals.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Roma that ended 2-2.

Hellas Verona has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. Hellas Verona have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Hellas Verona - Fiorentina 1-1 was the product when these teams previously did battle, also in this season. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Fiorentina won four, Hellas Verona were winners in two and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Hellas VeronaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
15 goals
Hellas VeronaA. Barák
A. Barák
10 goals
Hellas VeronaG. Caprari
G. Caprari
9 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fiorentina Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 3 13 27
13 8 1 Won W 1 3 11
3 1 1 Drew D 0 5 7
10 3 1 Lost L 2 5 9
45 30 4 Scored S 4 22 52
36 15 6 Conceded C 4 25 43
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 85% 89%
73% 92% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 74%
35% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 54% 52%
12% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 31% 26%
58% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 77% 78%
23% 42% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
19% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 23% 15%
 
5 4.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.8
3.7 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 4.8 4.6
2.3 2 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.4
8 3 2 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
13.3 15.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.2 13.1
4.8 6.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.5 4.4
36% 41% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 48% 44%
 
10.1 9.3 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.4 12.8
3.8 3.8 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.2 4.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hellas Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most matches over the total-line (15) 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 Napoli 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
2 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
3 Inter 26 16 7 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 33 55
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 26 13 8 5 50 30 13 4 5 4 24 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 20 47
6 Roma 27 13 5 9 45 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 11 44
7 Lazio 27 12 7 8 54 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 14 5 3 6 22 24 12 43
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 25 5 11 9 32 42 12 3 6 3 16 19 13 2 5 6 16 23 -10 26
15 Sampdoria 27 7 5 15 35 46 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 3 2 8 13 21 -11 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 27 5 10 12 28 48 13 2 6 5 16 22 14 3 4 7 12 26 -20 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 25 3 6 16 20 56 13 1 4 8 10 29 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 15

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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 Napoli 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
2 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
3 Inter 26 16 7 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 33 55
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 26 13 8 5 50 30 13 4 5 4 24 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 20 47
6 Roma 27 13 5 9 45 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 11 44
7 Lazio 27 12 7 8 54 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 14 5 3 6 22 24 12 43
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 25 5 11 9 32 42 12 3 6 3 16 19 13 2 5 6 16 23 -10 26
15 Sampdoria 27 7 5 15 35 46 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 3 2 8 13 21 -11 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 27 5 10 12 28 48 13 2 6 5 16 22 14 3 4 7 12 26 -20 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 25 3 6 16 20 56 13 1 4 8 10 29 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 15

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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.