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SAS
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VER
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LAZ
PAR
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BOL
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PIS
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ROM
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UDI
COM
COM
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GEN
GEN
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NAP
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Survival points up for grabs in Verona-Salernitana
Serie A

Survival points up for grabs in Verona-Salernitana

Hellas Verona will be looking for another 3 points after having beaten Cagliari, Salernitana will want to get out of the bottom spot

An important victory, achieved against Cagliari, reaffirmed the Veneto side’s good run at the moment: Verona remains unbeaten in their last 3 league home games (1W, 2D) and the last time they achieved a longer run of home games in Serie A TIM without a defeat was between January and February 2023 (4). Now they will want another 3 points to move away from the lower reaches of the standings. The Campani are also in need of 3 points, sitting at the bottom of the table with a 5-point gap to Hellas Verona: Salernitana has only won 1 game so far this season; the last squad to avoid relegation after having so few successes in the first 17 games of a Serie A season in the era of 3 points for a win was Bologna in 1978/79.

DID YOU KNOW?

With the 2-0 win in the last match against Cagliari, Hellas Verona ended a streak of 14 league matches without a win. The Gialloblù could record two clean sheets in a row in Serie A for the first time since September 2020. Salernitana have only won one game in Serie A this season, the last team to avoid relegation after picking up just one (or fewer) wins after the opening 17 matches of a Serie A season was Bologna in 1978/79.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Hellas Verona have only won one of their four previous matches against Salernitana in Serie A - the last meeting between the two sides. Verona won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Cyril Ngonge back in February. Prior to this, Hellas had picked up just one point in three matches against the Granata in the competition. Across Serie A and Serie B, Hellas Verona have won three of the last four home matches against Salernitana (L1), as many wins as they picked up in the previous 11 home matches against the Granata (D6 L2).

PLAYERS

Federico Bonazzoli made 56 appearances for Salernitana in Serie A between 2021 and 2023, scoring 12 goals, only Boulaye Dia (20) has scored more goals for the Granata in the history of the competition. Antonio Candreva scored four goals against Hellas Verona in Serie A, only scoring more against three other teams: Inter (seven), Udinese (six) and Torino (five). He has also provided four assists against the Gialloblù in the competition. The player born in 1987 has also provided an assist in each of his last three Serie A appearances and has never done so in four consecutive matches in the competition.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Duda (Hellas Verona); Fiorillo (Salernitana) Cautioned: Magnani (Hellas Verona); Kastanos e Mazzocchi (Salernitana)

REFEREE

Marinelli (Rossi-Ricci), IV: Zufferli, VAR: Meraviglia, AVAR: Valeri

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A TIM

Inter-Hellas Verona (Saturday 6 January, 12:30 CET) Salernitana-Juventus (Sunday 7 January, 18:00 CET) (Photo LaPresse)