Chievo vs Verona Betting Tips

By just about any standard, Chievo have made a great start to their 2015-16 Serie A campaign. They’re seventh in the table with three wins in their first six games, and even last weekend’s 1-1 away draw with Sassuolo was a pretty good result. The real test of their top tier credentials will come in games like this, which they are favoured to win at home. Finishing in the top half will require picking up three points in game like these.

We’ve reminisced about Verona and there misfortunes this season. They’ve played pretty well all season long, but they are win-less after six games and they find themselves in Serie A’s bottom three. Their last match-up, a 2-1 home defeat to Lazio, was a good case in point. It wasn’t a bad display and it’s hard to fault a loss to a quality side, but it was another defeat. A trip to Chievo represents another tough trip.

Three Reasons for Betting Tips

1. Chievo can up the pace

We think Chievo’s ability to up the pace of the game will work to their advantage in this game. Verona are more likely to be the team that sits back where possible, but Chievo should be able to take advantage of them moving forward.

2. Coping with Luca Toni

Chievo’s central defenders have the height and the presence to control Verona’s long ball game and Luca Toni, who has looked more like a 36-year old this season scoring just a single goal so far and only featuring in four matches.

3. Verona’s rut

Sometimes a team can get into a rut of form where things just seem to go wrong. They haven’t had an easy set of fixtures to start the season and Verona haven’t been able to gain traction. Looking past this game, there are some winnable fixtures on the horizon and this club will need to pick up points then.