Hellas Verona vs Benevento Serie A Match

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The home side has won the last two encounters between Verona and Benevento with Verona winning the first meeting (1-0) and Benevento winning the second (3-0) during the 2017-18 campaign.

Since Ivan Juric joined Verona, they have won three of their four games against newly promoted sides, however they did lose their last such fixture against Brescia in July: as many wins as in their previous 15 matches against such opponents.

Verona have drawn their last two Serie A games and could draw three matches in a row in the competition for the first time since January 2016: in 2020, only Celta Vigo (14) have drawn more games than Verona (11) in the top-5 European Leagues.

Verona have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four home games in Serie A – only in May 1989 (six games) and in November 1971 (five) have they had a longer such run in the competition.

Benevento have scored in each of their last five Serie A matches and could score for six games in a row for the first time in the competition.

Among teams with 5+ goals scored in the top-5 European Leagues this season, no side has scored a higher percentage from outside the box than Benevento (33%, 3/9).

Verona are the only side yet to score during the first half in Serie A this season; in the last top-flight campaign they managed to score two in the first five matches in the first 45 minutes of play, both netted by Veloso in the first and fourth matchday.

Verona’s Andrea Favilli is one of just two players to score more than one Serie A goal as a substitute this season (two goals, level with Sam Lammers).

Nikola Kalinic has scored eight of his 38 Serie A goals against newly promoted sides including his last hat-trick in the competition, against Cagliari back in October 2016.

Gianluca Lapadula has been directly involved in eight goals in his last nine Serie A appearances (six goals and two assists); Indeed, he has netted nine in the top-flight in 2020, as many as he scored in both 2019 and 2018 combined.