Overview
Hellas Verona have only won 3 points after 5 rounds, causing them to drop to 17th place in the Serie A rankings.
A few days after being eliminated from the National Cup on penalties against the same city of Venezia, they continued to lose 0-2 at home stadium Olimpico to Roma.
Scaligeri have won just one of their 14 league games since last season, putting the strain on manager Paolo Zanetti on the rise. His team has only scored 2 goals, including gift Orban's penalty kick to help them gain a surprising point against Juventus. This shows that Verona's main problem lies in their ability to score.
Although Orban and new signing Giovane are ready to finish, they still lack the accuracy to regularly convert opportunities into goals. After hosting Juventus and Cremonese, Verona drew both of their first two home games with only 1 goal scored. Therefore, improving the weak attack is the key for this team to have better results.
Right before being relegated in the 2023-2024 season, Sassuolo suffered a 0-1 defeat to the home team Verona in Bentegodi.
After quickly returning to Serie A from leading Serie B last season, Neroverdi is in a confident spirit under the leadership of coach Fabio Grosso.
Since the opening loss to Napoli, Sassuolo have had 2 wins, 2 losses and been eliminated from the national cup against Como. However, last week they created a surprise against Udinese, scoring 2 goals early and ending the match with a 3-1 victory at home.
This victory helped Sassuolo climb to 13th place in the rankings with 6 points. Their attack, featuring winger Domenico Berardi and striker Armand Lauriente, promises to be the key to Sassuolo's relegation.
However, Sassuolo have not won an away match in Serie A since November 2023. Therefore, Neroverdi's next goal is to end this streak.
Personnel situation
Verona hopes to welcome the return of Nicolas Valentini and Colombian striker Daniel Mosquera. These are players who have been absent for most of the season. However, it is likely that both will only sit on the bench.
Veteran midfielder Roberto Gagliardini returned to play last week, playing against Roma, and is also part of Zanetti's plans. Meanwhile, Abdou Harroui and Tomas Suslov are still unable to play.
On Sassuolo's side, Andrea Pinamonti led the 3-man attack, along with Domenico Berardi and Armand Lauriente - the player who just scored a double in the most recent match.
Nemanja Matic and Ismael Kone could join the midfield trio, while Aster Vranckx and Kristian thorstvedt are competing for the remaining positions. Yeferson Paz remains the only absent player, giving Fabio Grosso a number of options.
Expected lineup:
Hellas Verona: Montipo, Nunez, Nelsson, Frese, Belghali, Serdar, Akpra Akpro, Bernede, Bradaric, Giovane, Orban.
Sassuolo: Muric, Walukiewicz, Idzes, Muharemovic, Doig, Vranckx, Matic, Kone, Berardi, Pinamonti, Lauriente.
The match between Verona and Sassuolo takes place at 1:45 am on October 4 (Vietnam time).
