Inter vs Hellas Verona preview: Away team face a grim job at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

The Serie A standings tell a story about these contenders up until now, with Inter ahead of Hellas Verona by 25 points. Tipsway full preview:

Insights:
  • Inter have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie A

The hosts Inter saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Coppa Italia. Thankfully the previous game, versus Parma, was also a home game here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The away team is better rested.

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Inter form and stats

Home games in the Serie A have been a walk in the park for Inter so far, with 21 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Inter has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. We remember; it was Roma.

Inter's previous fixture was a Coppa Italia game also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Parma. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Midfielder Asllani was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.13 (out of ten) in that game. Asllani hit one key pass and had 113 successful passes (of 118 total).

A 2-2 draw away in the Serie A before that, with Monza the opponent.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Inter home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 11 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.

Goal party? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 13 of the 17 most recent league games with this team has had three or more goals.

The manager Inzaghi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Milan in only four days.

Goals decide football matches and Inter are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Inter are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 8 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 3 points from 8 away games in the Serie A. Hellas Verona only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.

Impressive finishing from Lazović (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Cremonese in their previous game. That victory was so important for this club, after a horrific sequence of eleven league matches in a row not winning. Lazović, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.2. Lazović scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).

Before that, Hellas Verona travelled to Torino and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

You'll want to know how Hellas Verona managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hellas as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. Hellas Verona have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent meetings involving these opponents have all finished as Inter wins. Will history repeat itself?

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
8 goals
InterE. Džeko
E. Džeko
7 goals
InterN. Barella
N. Barella
5 goals

Inter missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Inter Hellas Verona
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 1 8 17
11 7 4 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 3 3
5 1 0 Lost L 1 5 12
37 20 11 Scored S 0 5 15
24 4 1 Conceded C 2 13 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
76% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 47%
47% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
24% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
65% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 65%
29% 62% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 29%
 
5.3 5.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 5
3.8 3.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 5.5
1.9 1.2 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
15.3 15.9 18 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11 11.7
5.4 5.2 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.9 3.2
41% 48% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 28%
 
11.9 8.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.1 15.3
4.4 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.9 5.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Hellas Verona's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hellas Verona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hellas Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hellas Verona have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have yet to win a game away.
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Inter have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Inter have scored more than double the goals of Hellas Verona.
  • Inter have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Serie A
  • Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 14 2 1 39 13 8 7 1 0 21 6 9 7 1 1 18 7 26 44
2 Juventus 17 11 4 2 26 7 9 7 2 0 21 3 8 4 2 2 5 4 19 37
3 Milan 17 11 4 2 33 18 9 7 1 1 22 11 8 4 3 1 11 7 15 37
4 Inter 17 11 1 5 37 24 8 7 0 1 20 4 9 4 1 4 17 20 13 34
5 Lazio 17 9 4 4 29 15 9 5 2 2 16 9 8 4 2 2 13 6 14 31
6 Atalanta 17 9 4 4 26 18 8 3 2 3 11 11 9 6 2 1 15 7 8 31
7 Roma 17 9 4 4 21 16 8 4 1 3 8 5 9 5 3 1 13 11 5 31
8 Udinese 17 6 7 4 25 19 8 3 4 1 13 7 9 3 3 3 12 12 6 25
9 Fiorentina 17 6 5 6 21 22 9 4 3 2 14 14 8 2 2 4 7 8 -1 23
10 Torino 17 6 5 6 18 19 8 3 3 2 7 5 9 3 2 4 11 14 -1 23
11 Lecce 17 4 7 6 16 18 8 2 4 2 9 9 9 2 3 4 7 9 -2 19
12 Bologna 17 5 4 8 21 28 9 4 3 2 13 8 8 1 1 6 8 20 -7 19
13 Empoli 17 4 7 6 15 22 8 3 2 3 7 8 9 1 5 3 8 14 -7 19
14 Salernitana 17 4 6 7 21 27 9 3 3 3 14 11 8 1 3 4 7 16 -6 18
15 Monza 17 5 3 9 19 25 9 4 1 4 13 10 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 18
16 Sassuolo 17 4 4 9 17 26 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 1 2 6 5 17 -9 16
17 Spezia 17 3 6 8 16 28 9 2 6 1 13 12 8 1 0 7 3 16 -12 15
18 Hellas Verona 17 2 3 12 15 30 9 2 0 7 10 17 8 0 3 5 5 13 -15 9
19 Sampdoria 17 2 3 12 8 30 9 0 2 7 2 15 8 2 1 5 6 15 -22 9
20 Cremonese 17 0 7 10 11 29 8 0 3 5 2 12 9 0 4 5 9 17 -18 7

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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.