Soccer game preview: Home ticketholders with big optimism before Lazio - Hellas Verona

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

A quick peek at the Serie A standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more information available. Get our Lazio - Hellas Verona preview!

Insights:
  • Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Serie A

Hellas Verona is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Lazio and Hellas Verona should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lazio form and stats

10-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Lazio so far this season.

An away draw last time out for Lazio, facing Juventus in a game that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Juventus as Lazio were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Milinković-Savić popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Midfield player Cataldi got a match rating of 7.71 in that game, the max score being 10. Cataldi hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 75 successful passes (of 82 total).

Before that, Lazio had a home game versus Sampdoria which ended with a victory 2-0.

The Lazio manager Sarri has got the team scoring with 39 from 18 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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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 5-7-6 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Hellas Verona, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Hellas Verona might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Torino proved too strong as Hellas Verona slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. Defender Casale was the best team player with a rating of 7.05. Casale won 8 of 16 duels.

A 1-3 loss hosting Milan before that.

The travelling fans enjoy Hellas's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 18 league matches away. Hellas Verona struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 31 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other earlier on this match year: Hellas Verona - Lazio 4-1. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Lazio won seven, Hellas Verona were winners in two and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. One of the stars has been Immobile with 8 goals scored against Hellas Verona in these 10 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
27 goals
Hellas VeronaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
16 goals
Hellas VeronaG. Caprari
G. Caprari
12 goals

Lazio missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lazio Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
18 10 3 Won W 0 5 14
9 5 3 Drew D 2 7 10
10 3 0 Lost L 3 6 13
74 39 11 Scored S 5 28 62
55 22 6 Conceded C 10 31 56
97% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
92% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 86%
76% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 65%
43% 39% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 39% 41%
19% 22% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 22% 19%
62% 61% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 78% 76%
24% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
16% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 22% 16%
 
4.6 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.4
3.8 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.1 4.9
2.3 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 7
 
11.8 13.4 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 12.2 12.5
5.1 5.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.1
39% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 41%
 
12.1 11.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 12.4 12.5
3.5 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.1 4.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hellas Verona have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) 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 37 25 8 4 66 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 18 13 4 1 38 19 35 83
2 Inter 37 24 9 4 81 32 18 13 3 2 45 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 49 81
3 Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 18 12 4 2 34 15 40 76
4 Juventus 37 20 10 7 57 35 19 10 5 4 25 14 18 10 5 3 32 21 22 70
5 Lazio 37 18 9 10 74 55 18 10 5 3 39 22 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 63
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 18 7 3 8 30 27 13 60
7 Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 18 4 8 6 31 28 19 12 3 4 34 19 18 59
8 Fiorentina 37 18 5 14 57 51 18 12 2 4 36 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 6 59
9 Hellas Verona 37 14 10 13 62 56 19 9 3 7 34 25 18 5 7 6 28 31 6 52
10 Torino 37 13 11 13 46 38 18 8 5 5 29 18 19 5 6 8 17 20 8 50
11 Sassuolo 37 13 11 13 64 63 18 6 6 6 27 27 19 7 5 7 37 36 1 50
12 Udinese 37 10 14 13 57 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 18 4 7 7 26 29 -1 44
13 Bologna 37 11 10 16 43 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 18 3 6 9 18 31 -12 43
14 Empoli 37 9 11 17 49 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 18 5 6 7 21 26 -21 38
15 Sampdoria 37 10 6 21 46 60 19 6 3 10 29 32 18 4 3 11 17 28 -14 36
16 Spezia 37 10 6 21 41 68 18 5 3 10 21 27 19 5 3 11 20 41 -27 36
17 Salernitana 37 7 10 20 33 74 18 3 6 9 17 35 19 4 4 11 16 39 -41 31
18 Cagliari 37 6 11 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 18 3 5 10 14 35 -34 29
19 Genoa 37 4 16 17 27 59 18 3 8 7 14 24 19 1 8 10 13 35 -32 28
20 Venezia 37 6 8 23 34 69 18 3 4 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 26

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Hellas Verona:
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 Milan 37 25 8 4 66 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 18 13 4 1 38 19 35 83
2 Inter 37 24 9 4 81 32 18 13 3 2 45 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 49 81
3 Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 18 12 4 2 34 15 40 76
4 Juventus 37 20 10 7 57 35 19 10 5 4 25 14 18 10 5 3 32 21 22 70
5 Lazio 37 18 9 10 74 55 18 10 5 3 39 22 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 63
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 18 7 3 8 30 27 13 60
7 Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 18 4 8 6 31 28 19 12 3 4 34 19 18 59
8 Fiorentina 37 18 5 14 57 51 18 12 2 4 36 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 6 59
9 Hellas Verona 37 14 10 13 62 56 19 9 3 7 34 25 18 5 7 6 28 31 6 52
10 Torino 37 13 11 13 46 38 18 8 5 5 29 18 19 5 6 8 17 20 8 50
11 Sassuolo 37 13 11 13 64 63 18 6 6 6 27 27 19 7 5 7 37 36 1 50
12 Udinese 37 10 14 13 57 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 18 4 7 7 26 29 -1 44
13 Bologna 37 11 10 16 43 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 18 3 6 9 18 31 -12 43
14 Empoli 37 9 11 17 49 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 18 5 6 7 21 26 -21 38
15 Sampdoria 37 10 6 21 46 60 19 6 3 10 29 32 18 4 3 11 17 28 -14 36
16 Spezia 37 10 6 21 41 68 18 5 3 10 21 27 19 5 3 11 20 41 -27 36
17 Salernitana 37 7 10 20 33 74 18 3 6 9 17 35 19 4 4 11 16 39 -41 31
18 Cagliari 37 6 11 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 18 3 5 10 14 35 -34 29
19 Genoa 37 4 16 17 27 59 18 3 8 7 14 24 19 1 8 10 13 35 -32 28
20 Venezia 37 6 8 23 34 69 18 3 4 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 26

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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.