Ace Football previews the Serie A game between Roma and Verona, who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
AS Roma begin life without Jose Mourinho on Saturday against Verona. This is a round 21 match in the current Serie A campaign, and they face each other at Stadio Olimpico, Rome.
In the Serie A standings, Roma rank ninth with 29 points after 20 matches, 12 points clear of the 18th-placed Verona.
Form: Roma vs Verona
Roma Form
A single point is all Roma can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 1-1 draw with Atalanta, before getting trounced 1-0 against Lazio while AC Milan won 3-1. Roma managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Serie A, where they also drew twice and lost none. They scored ten goals and conceded four times.
Verona Form
Verona collected one win from their last three matches, as Salernitana won by 0-1. Inter were too strong as well, winning 2-1, before Verona won 2-1 against Empoli. Verona didn’t manage a single away win in their last six Serie A matches, but managed one draw while suffering five defeats. They conceded ten and scored five goals themselves.
Betting facts for Roma and Verona
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the most recent games that Roma and Verona played across all competitions.
- Roma have scored in 33 of the last 34 home matches
- Roma have not lost the last 12 home matches in a row
- In the last 10 Roma matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Roma have scored in 22 of the last 23 home matches in the Serie A
- Roma have not lost 14 of the last 16 home matches in the Serie A
- Verona have not won the last 10 away matches in a row
- Verona have not won 17 of the last 19 matches
- Verona have not won 16 of the last 18 matches in the Serie A
- Verona have lost 8 of the last 10 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Verona have lost 7 of the last 9 away matches in the Serie A while scoring less than 1.5 goals
Players in form: Roma vs Verona
Romelu Lukaku is the most prolific Serie A marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Verona look to Milan Djuric, hoping he can add to his current total of two Serie A goals in his latest games.
Popular betting markets: Roma vs Verona
Full-time result
Roma won eight of their last 10 matches on home soil, drawing two in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. They have not lost to Verona in 11 consecutive home meetings. Verona won zero of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing two and losing eight.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Roma only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Curiously, Verona only scored the opening goal of the match in one of the last ten away games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Roma managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Verona kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Roma have also scored in six consecutive league meetings with Verona.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Roma, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Verona, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.
Betting prediction: Roma vs Verona
The match between Roma and Verona should be an interesting one to watch and play some bets on, too. Therefore, we have come up with a free betting tip for this Serie A game.
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