Serie A match preview: Fiorentina versus Hellas Verona

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Artemio Franchi haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Fiorentina languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Hellas Verona will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fiorentina and Hellas Verona.

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Fiorentina form and stats

2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Fiorentina so far this season. Fiorentina have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Fiorentina, who played 1-1 against Sassuolo. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Artemio Franchi). Prior to that, an away loss at Atalanta.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fiorentina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost one.

There will be little rest for Fiorentina after this match as they are travelling to Juventus for a Serie A game in only three days.

Fiorentina has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Fiorentina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Hellas Verona have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Hellas are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The manager I. Juric was unhappy after their last game, a Serie A match played at their home ground Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. Hellas Verona suffered a 1-2 loss to Sampdoria (placed 11th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lazio at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Hellas Verona in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hellas, eight draws and five defeats.

A new game in only four days for Hellas Verona, the Serie A home match versus Inter. Busy days.

Hellas find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Hellas in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Fiorentina wins - draws - Hellas Verona wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FiorentinaG. Castrovilli
G. Castrovilli
4 goals
Hellas VeronaM. Zaccagni
M. Zaccagni
3 goals
Hellas VeronaA. Barák
A. Barák
3 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Fiorentina Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
2 2 1 Won W 0 2 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
6 2 1 Lost L 1 1 3
12 7 4 Scored S 0 7 13
20 7 4 Conceded C 1 5 11
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 73%
42% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 36%
25% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
17% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 55%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 27%
42% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.8 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 13.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14 8.2 11.7
3.5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.8
29% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 31%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 12 8 4 0 27 13 6 3 3 0 14 7 6 5 1 0 13 6 14 28
2 Inter 12 8 3 1 30 15 6 4 1 1 15 10 6 4 2 0 15 5 15 27
3 Juventus 12 6 6 0 24 10 6 4 2 0 12 3 6 2 4 0 12 7 14 24
4 Napoli 12 8 0 4 26 12 6 4 0 2 17 7 6 4 0 2 9 5 14 23
5 Sassuolo 12 6 5 1 22 13 6 2 3 1 9 8 6 4 2 0 13 5 9 23
6 Roma 11 6 3 2 24 16 5 3 2 0 12 4 6 3 1 2 12 12 8 21
7 Hellas Verona 12 5 4 3 16 11 7 3 2 2 9 6 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 19
8 Atalanta 11 5 3 3 22 17 5 2 1 2 10 8 6 3 2 1 12 9 5 18
9 Lazio 12 5 3 4 18 20 6 1 2 3 7 12 6 4 1 1 11 8 -2 18
10 Udinese 11 4 2 5 13 14 6 2 1 3 5 7 5 2 1 2 8 7 -1 14
11 Sampdoria 12 4 2 6 18 20 5 1 1 3 8 8 7 3 1 3 10 12 -2 14
12 Cagliari 12 3 4 5 18 23 5 2 1 2 9 9 7 1 3 3 9 14 -5 13
13 Bologna 12 4 1 7 18 24 6 3 0 3 12 13 6 1 1 4 6 11 -6 13
14 Parma 12 2 6 4 12 19 6 1 4 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 9 15 -7 12
15 Benevento 12 3 3 6 13 23 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 2 1 3 7 11 -10 12
16 Spezia 12 2 5 5 17 25 6 0 3 3 7 14 6 2 2 2 10 11 -8 11
17 Fiorentina 12 2 4 6 12 20 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 10
18 Genoa 12 1 4 7 12 24 7 1 1 5 10 15 5 0 3 2 2 9 -12 7
19 Torino 11 1 3 7 19 27 6 0 2 4 11 16 5 1 1 3 8 11 -8 6
20 Crotone 12 1 3 8 10 25 6 1 1 4 6 12 6 0 2 4 4 13 -15 6

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Read more about Serie A

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.