Serie A: Verona vs. Udinese Preview, Odds, Prediction

A highly interesting clash between Verona and the biggest Serie A surprise so far, Udinese, takes place on Monday night and closes the eighth round of the Italian championship. Verona isn’t playing like before, partially because this unit lost several important players. They still search for the proper form, and according to the analysts, they have the quality to stay in the top tier. On the other side, Udinese amazed everyone. The team from the north plays incredibly attractive football, and isn’t afraid to trade blows with the best teams in the league.

Preview

Verona (+125) and its fans are on no man’s land, with the current president confusing the public with his statements that the club is not for sale, while on the other hand, there were some indications that there were some talks about the change in the ownership structure.

Hellas, as the fans call them, lost the last two games before the pause, and have just one win since the start of the season, and that is across all the competitions, as they suffered an exit from the Coppa Italia in the first round, losing to Bari 1-4 at home.

Five of their seven Serie A games were with under 2.5 goals. When looking only at the home events, three in Serie A and one in Coppa Italia, only one didn’t see three or more scores and goals on both ends.

Udinese (+120) is third in the standings, one point behind the leading duo, Napoli and Atalanta. In seven events, the team from Friuli posted five wins, one draw and one loss, with 15 goals scored and seven conceded.

Following a shaky start, which saw a win in Coppa Italia, then a loss and a draw in the Serie A, Udinese went on to win five in a row. They would score at least two goals in each but one event, and we have to say that some of the triumphs were quite impressive.

Smashing Roma 4-0 and Inter, 3-1 in Udine put them under the spotlight, and truly, once you trash two title contenders with such a high margin, you have to receive some credit.

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Verona has no players who are either suspended or injured.

On the other side, Masina and Buta are out for Monday’s clash.

Head to Head Games

Verona was ruthless against the guests from Udine last year, beating them 4-0, while displaying a one-sided performance. The first meeting at Friuli concluded with a draw.

Prediction

While Verona played appealing and attractive football during the last campaign, presenting a tough nut to crack for any team in the league, including all the powerhouses. The way the season started, it appears Udinese took over their role. We need to say that Udinese showed some signs of fantastic potential in the late phase of the previous season.

Our pick here would be over 2.5 goals, because there is no way for Verona to impose their own style of play against the upcoming rivals. In order to have any chances of winning, they have to accept an open and offensive-minded approach and try to score more goals than Udinese.

Pick: Over 2.5 goals -115