FIORENTINA v HELLAS VERONA – Pick: 1 AH-1 – 20 April 2015

Fiorentina look good for the line against Hellas

International Football Tips

Football – Italy – Serie A

Monday 20th April 2015 – Kickoff: 2045hrs

Despite suffering a 3-0 defeat away at Napoli last weekend, Fiorentina will go into Monday night’s match at home against Hellas Verona in reasonably confident mood following back-to-back home wins recently.

Fiorentina posted good wins over AC Milan and Sampdoria 2-1 and 2-0 respectively, and they’ve put together a useful eight match unbeaten run on home turf as we head towards the final weeks of the regular season, and Fiorentina currently in fifth spot.

However, they’ll be keen to bounce back with a win tonight as they have Sampdoria breathing down their necks and are level on points with them as the race for Europa League spots heats up – it’s looking like a three-horse race between Napoli, Fiorentina and Sampdoria battling it out for the two positions.

Fiorentina’s home record stands at  6-6-2  20/12.

 

Hellas Verona sit fifth from bottom in Serie A but they’re not in any immediate relegation danger as they currently hold a comfortable 11-point cushion over third from bottom club Cesena ahead of this weekend’s action.

With just two wins from their last ten Serie A matches though, the visitors aren’t exactly bringing a winning momentum into tonight’s encounter, and they’ve lost two of their last three matches with defeats to Lazio and Inter Milan.

Hellas’ away record stands at  3-5-7  16/30 and they’ve gained just one away win from their last seven trips, having lost four of these with defeats at Juventus, Palermo, Genoa and Lazio. In addition, only bottom club Parma (31 goals) have conceded more away goals than Hellas Verona this season so far, with Hellas keeping just three clean sheets to date on their travels.

Incidentally, Hellas Verona have shipped a total of 16 goals in their last six away matches.

 

The -1 asian line certainly favours the hosts here and I fully expect them to cover this line with perhaps a solid 2-0 win for the hosts.

Pick: Fiorentina AH-1 @ 1.77 Bet Victor