Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi: Hellas Verona vs Genoa Serie A preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 04.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

Hellas Verona have won 26 of their 42 in total here at their familiar ground. Will they claim the win against Genoa?

Insights:
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Serie A
  • Genoa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Hellas Verona form and stats

The Serie A results at home this season for Hellas Verona are 8-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Hellas Verona shared the glory with Empoli in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Attacking player Caprari bested all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.74 out of 10. Caprari hit two key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Napoli (1-2).

Goals decide football matches and Hellas Verona are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 15 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded. 10 of these goals were conceded after the match timer had passed 60 minutes (more than 50 percent).

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Genoa form and stats

Genoa have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-8-6 (15 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Genoa have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Cagliari game.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Genoa goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu is eager to challenge this, with his 437 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Genoa are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Torino (placed 11th). Midfield player Portanova was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Portanova scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Atalanta that ended 0-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Genoa when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing two and winning one game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Genoa as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Genoa have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met before this season: Genoa - Hellas 3-3. Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Hellas Verona won one game, four matches ended in a draw and Genoa managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

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

Hellas Verona missing players

Genoa missing players

Hellas Verona Genoa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 6 15 30
11 8 3 Won W 0 1 2
9 2 1 Drew D 3 8 16
10 5 1 Lost L 3 6 12
55 31 12 Scored S 8 13 23
47 20 3 Conceded C 17 28 47
97% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 73%
90% 93% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 63%
70% 87% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 47% 43%
47% 47% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 83% 47% 33%
23% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 13%
80% 80% 40% BTTS BTTS 83% 53% 47%
10% 20% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
13% 7% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 47% 50%
 
4.7 5.3 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.3 4.1
4.6 4.5 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.3 5.3
2.6 2.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.5
7 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.7 13.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.5 10.4
4.2 4.9 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.7 3.1
44% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 32% 25%
 
12.4 13.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 16.4 15
4.1 4.3 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.1 4.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Genoa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
  • Genoa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona have scored more than double the goals of Genoa.
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Serie A

  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 30 20 6 4 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 66
2 Napoli 30 19 6 5 53 22 15 9 2 4 25 11 15 10 4 1 28 11 31 63
3 Inter 29 17 9 3 62 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 14 7 6 1 26 11 38 60
4 Juventus 30 17 8 5 47 26 15 9 3 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 27 17 21 59
5 Atalanta 29 14 9 6 51 31 14 4 6 4 24 18 15 10 3 2 27 13 20 51
6 Roma 30 15 6 9 50 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 14 6 2 6 27 21 15 51
7 Lazio 30 14 7 9 58 45 14 8 4 2 33 18 16 6 3 7 25 27 13 49
8 Fiorentina 29 14 5 10 48 38 14 9 2 3 32 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 10 47
9 Sassuolo 30 11 10 9 55 49 15 5 5 5 23 23 15 6 5 4 32 26 6 43
10 Hellas Verona 30 11 9 10 55 47 15 8 2 5 31 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 8 42
11 Torino 29 9 8 12 34 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 14 2 4 8 7 14 4 35
12 Bologna 29 9 6 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 14 3 3 8 14 26 -12 33
13 Empoli 30 8 9 13 41 55 15 3 3 9 23 38 15 5 6 4 18 17 -14 33
14 Udinese 28 6 12 10 36 46 14 4 7 3 19 21 14 2 5 7 17 25 -10 30
15 Sampdoria 30 8 5 17 39 51 15 4 3 8 23 28 15 4 2 9 16 23 -12 29
16 Spezia 30 8 5 17 31 54 14 4 3 7 15 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -23 29
17 Cagliari 30 5 10 15 28 54 15 2 6 7 16 26 15 3 4 8 12 28 -26 25
18 Genoa 30 2 16 12 23 47 15 1 8 6 10 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -24 22
19 Venezia 29 5 7 17 25 54 15 2 4 9 15 30 14 3 3 8 10 24 -29 22
20 Salernitana 28 3 7 18 22 65 14 1 5 8 12 31 14 2 2 10 10 34 -43 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.