Verona vs Sassuolo Preview
I don’t see Sassuolo as relegation candidates this season. They’ve won two of their last three games, outclassing Lazio and Udinese, and I like their chances of beating struggling Verona on Friday.
Stats
- Verona are winless in their last 7 matches.
- Sassuolo have won 5 of their last 8 matches against Verona.
- Sassuolo have won 2 of their last 3 matches (Serie A).
HTH
Sassuolo have a 13-9 advantage against Verona with 4 draws in 26 matches.
They last met in March 2024, the game being won by Verona 1-0.
Verona Form
Verona are having a poor start to the new Serie A campaign, securing just three points in five games while still being winless.
The Mastiffs started this month with back to back draws against Cremonese 0-0 and Juventus 1-1 (both at home), while the most recent encounter was lost to Roma 2-0 last weekend.
Paolo Zanetti’s side also appeared in the Coppa Italia ten days ago, getting eliminated by Venezia on penalties (0-0 in regular time). They had just 37% possession and one shot on target in 90 minutes.
Sassuolo Form
Sassuolo earned promotion to the top flight last season and so far have plenty of reasons for optimism, winning two out of five games and sit in 13th place.
Neroverdi were beaten in their last two August appearances by Napoli 2-0 and Cremonese 3-2, but returned from the international break with a 1-0 home win over favored Lazio.
Earlier this month, the Reggio Emilia side offered solid resistance at Guiseppe Meazza but lost to Inter 2-1, but bounced back last weekend by beating Udinese 3-1.
Veteran Domenico Berardi is their top contributor so far with two assists and one goal.
Team News
Hosts will be without injured Aboud Harroui, Tomas Suslov and Nicolas Valentini, while Daniel Mosquera is doubtful.
As for Sassuolo, Yeferson Paz is the only sidelined player, nursing a calf injury.
Predicted Starting Lineups
Verona: Montipo, Nunez, Nelsson, Frese, Belghali, Serdar, Akpra Akpro, Bernede, Bradaric, Orban, Giovane
Sassuolo: Muric, Walukiewicz, Idzes, Muharemovic, Doig, Vranckx, Matic, Kone, Pinamonti, Berardi, Lauriente