Hellas Verona vs Genoa Preview & Prediction | 2023-24 Italian Serie A
THE FACTS
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When is Hellas Verona vs Genoa on and what time does it start? Hellas Verona vs Genoa will take place on Sunday 7th April, 2024 – 17:00 (UK)
Where can I get tickets for Hellas Verona vs Genoa? Visit each club’s official website for the latest ticket information
What TV channel is Hellas Verona vs Genoa on in the UK? TNT Sports have the rights to Serie A matches in the UK, so it is worth checking their schedule for Hellas Verona vs Genoa
Where can I stream Hellas Verona vs Genoa in the UK? If Hellas Verona vs Genoa is televised on TNT Sports, then subscribers can stream the match live on discovery+
THE LOWDOWN
HELLAS VERONA
Hellas Verona began this season with back-to-back victories and the only other time they have ever done that they won their only ever Scudetto. After that, though, they endured a 14-match winless run of form but have since become much-improved once again as they lift themselves out of the bottom three and the relegation places.
Marco Baroni’s Verona come into this one on the back of a 1-1 draw with fellow strugglers Cagliari in Sardinia on Easter Monday with Federico Bonazzoli’s opening goal cancelled out by Ibrahim Sulemana. That draw means Verona have now suffered just two defeats in their last eight matches in Serie A.
GENOA
Having returned to Serie A at the first attempt last season, Genoa’s ownership group 777 Partners took the decision to relatively heavily back manager Alberto Gilardino ahead of this season and that has paid off with the Genovese comfortably safe of relegation and establishing themselves firmly in the middle-of-the-table.
The visitors come into this one on the back of a 1-1 draw with Frosinone in their most recent outing, last weekend, with Albert Gudmundsson scoring a 30th minute penalty but that was cancelled out six minutes later by Reinier. That means the visitors have now managed just one win in their last eight matches.
THE TEAM NEWS
HELLAS VERONA
Juan Manuel Cruz is missing through injury for this weekend’s visit of Genoa, whilst defender Giangiacomo Magnani is unavailable due to suspension.
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Montipo; Tchatchoua, Magnani, Dawidowicz, Cabal; Duda, Serdar; Noslin, Folorunsho, Mitrovic; Bonazzoli
UNAVAILABLE: Magnani (Suspended), Cruz (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
GENOA
Genoa are without Italy international striker Mateo Retegui due to suspension, whilst both Ruslan Malinovskiy and Alan Matturro are missing through injury.
PREDICTED XI (3-5-2): Martinez; Vogliacco, Bani, De Winter; Messias, Stootman, Badelj, Frendrup, Sabelli; Retegui, Gudmundsson
UNAVAILABLE: Retegui (Suspended), Malinovskiy (Injured), Matturro (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
THE PREDICTION
At the start of this season, these would have been two sides expected to be competing alongside each other in the relegation battle but there is in fact only one of them that is needing to really buck their ideas up in the run in. Verona have been doing that, though, with some steady recent form. Genoa have spent money and been generally impressive but remain a defensive and reactive side so a low-scoring encounter is to be expected for this one.
TIP: UNDER 2.5 GOALS
