Soccer match preview: Inter confident before travelling to Hellas Verona

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

Receiving guests at their own home is relaxed and friendly for Hellas Verona, but Inter are fully bent and qualified to get all three points. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inter have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Hellas Verona at their home stadium (Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. Hellas Verona has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Hellas shared the glory with Cremonese in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Verdi got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Verdi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Before that, Hellas Verona had a home game versus Bologna which ended with a victory 2-1.

Low on goals? In this club's last 17 league games, 13 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

Hellas are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Lecce awaits in four days.

Hellas Verona are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hellas Verona defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Inter form and stats

6-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Inter in their Serie A matches away.

Impressive finishing from Gosens and Martínez (2) secured the home win 3-1 against Lazio in their previous game. The attacker Lukaku got a match rating of 8.72 in that game. Lukaku signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Before that, the win at home against Juventus in the Coppa Italia (1-0).

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Roma.

Inter has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 15 games. In the opposite end, Inter have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Inter have won every one of the 5 latest battles against this team. Can they do it again?

This isn't the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Inter - Hellas Verona 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
17 goals
InterE. Džeko
E. Džeko
7 goals
HellasS. Verdi
S. Verdi
5 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Inter missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hellas Verona Inter
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 15 32
6 6 0 Won W 3 6 18
9 2 1 Drew D 2 3 3
17 8 4 Lost L 1 6 11
27 19 5 Scored S 9 24 54
45 24 12 Conceded C 5 25 35
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 93% 97%
75% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 87% 69%
38% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 73% 56%
9% 12% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 31%
3% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 12%
56% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 50%
16% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 13% 31%
34% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 20% 22%
 
4.8 4.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.5 5.8
5.2 4.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.2 3.6
2.6 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.4 12.2 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 24 18.1 17.2
3.4 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.2 5.8 5.4
25% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 28% 31%
 
14.2 14.8 15.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 12.7 10.8
4.9 5.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Inter have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Inter have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 32 25 4 3 68 22 16 11 3 2 34 14 16 14 1 1 34 8 46 79
2 Lazio 32 18 7 7 50 24 16 9 3 4 25 14 16 9 4 3 25 10 26 61
3 Juventus 32 18 6 8 48 27 16 11 3 2 34 13 16 7 3 6 14 14 21 60
4 Inter 32 18 3 11 54 35 17 12 0 5 30 10 15 6 3 6 24 25 19 57
5 Milan 32 16 9 7 52 38 15 10 3 2 30 17 17 6 6 5 22 21 14 57
6 Roma 32 17 6 9 44 30 16 10 2 4 24 10 16 7 4 5 20 20 14 57
7 Atalanta 32 16 7 9 53 37 15 7 3 5 27 19 17 9 4 4 26 18 16 55
8 Fiorentina 32 12 9 11 42 36 17 7 6 4 26 21 15 5 3 7 16 15 6 45
9 Bologna 32 12 9 11 41 40 17 7 7 3 22 12 15 5 2 8 19 28 1 45
10 Monza 32 12 8 12 40 43 16 6 4 6 22 20 16 6 4 6 18 23 -3 44
11 Sassuolo 32 12 7 13 40 47 16 8 3 5 21 17 16 4 4 8 19 30 -7 43
12 Udinese 32 10 12 10 42 40 15 5 8 2 27 17 17 5 4 8 15 23 2 42
13 Torino 32 11 9 12 33 38 16 5 5 6 13 16 16 6 4 6 20 22 -5 42
14 Salernitana 32 7 13 12 38 51 16 5 5 6 23 21 16 2 8 6 15 30 -13 34
15 Empoli 32 7 11 14 26 42 15 5 4 6 13 18 17 2 7 8 13 24 -16 32
16 Lecce 32 7 10 15 27 38 16 3 7 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 11 18 -11 31
17 Hellas Verona 32 6 9 17 27 45 16 6 2 8 19 24 16 0 7 9 8 21 -18 27
18 Spezia 32 5 12 15 26 51 17 3 8 6 16 26 15 2 4 9 10 25 -25 27
19 Cremonese 32 3 11 18 28 58 16 2 4 10 10 26 16 1 7 8 18 32 -30 20
20 Sampdoria 32 3 8 21 20 57 16 1 5 10 9 23 16 2 3 11 11 34 -37 17

Hellas Verona:
Inter:
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 32 25 4 3 68 22 16 11 3 2 34 14 16 14 1 1 34 8 46 79
2 Lazio 32 18 7 7 50 24 16 9 3 4 25 14 16 9 4 3 25 10 26 61
3 Juventus 32 18 6 8 48 27 16 11 3 2 34 13 16 7 3 6 14 14 21 60
4 Inter 32 18 3 11 54 35 17 12 0 5 30 10 15 6 3 6 24 25 19 57
5 Milan 32 16 9 7 52 38 15 10 3 2 30 17 17 6 6 5 22 21 14 57
6 Roma 32 17 6 9 44 30 16 10 2 4 24 10 16 7 4 5 20 20 14 57
7 Atalanta 32 16 7 9 53 37 15 7 3 5 27 19 17 9 4 4 26 18 16 55
8 Fiorentina 32 12 9 11 42 36 17 7 6 4 26 21 15 5 3 7 16 15 6 45
9 Bologna 32 12 9 11 41 40 17 7 7 3 22 12 15 5 2 8 19 28 1 45
10 Monza 32 12 8 12 40 43 16 6 4 6 22 20 16 6 4 6 18 23 -3 44
11 Sassuolo 32 12 7 13 40 47 16 8 3 5 21 17 16 4 4 8 19 30 -7 43
12 Udinese 32 10 12 10 42 40 15 5 8 2 27 17 17 5 4 8 15 23 2 42
13 Torino 32 11 9 12 33 38 16 5 5 6 13 16 16 6 4 6 20 22 -5 42
14 Salernitana 32 7 13 12 38 51 16 5 5 6 23 21 16 2 8 6 15 30 -13 34
15 Empoli 32 7 11 14 26 42 15 5 4 6 13 18 17 2 7 8 13 24 -16 32
16 Lecce 32 7 10 15 27 38 16 3 7 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 11 18 -11 31
17 Hellas Verona 32 6 9 17 27 45 16 6 2 8 19 24 16 0 7 9 8 21 -18 27
18 Spezia 32 5 12 15 26 51 17 3 8 6 16 26 15 2 4 9 10 25 -25 27
19 Cremonese 32 3 11 18 28 58 16 2 4 10 10 26 16 1 7 8 18 32 -30 20
20 Sampdoria 32 3 8 21 20 57 16 1 5 10 9 23 16 2 3 11 11 34 -37 17

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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.