SPAL vs Verona Predictions

• Verona have lost just 7 times in 16 games.
• The visitors are unbeaten in 6 trips to SPAL.
• SPAL have lost 11 of their 17 matches this season.
• The visitors have won 100% of their clashes with the bottom 6 so far.

Hosts in Danger

SPAL have left it late to save themselves in recent seasons, but they have a whole new task in 2020. The hosts come into the year in the bottom three, with a massive change needed to haul them to safety. The club are really struggling for results so far this season, while a blow in this meeting with Verona could set them back even further.

Meanwhile, the visitors come here in fine form. They’ve already built up a cushion over the bottom three, while Verona have the chance to add to that advantage when they clash with SPAL this week.

Verona’s Strong Start

As we approach the half-way point in Serie A, Verona have to be looking back on a job well done so far. The visitors didn’t have the perfect end to 2019, but they are five points clear of the drop after 16 games. They are hoping to add to that lead, while the visitors have been remarkably hard to beat after losing just seven of their 16 games.

The newly-promoted side have a strong record here to defend, with a six-game unbeaten run at SPAL setting them for more joy this week. The visitors have scored eight times in those six visits, while we think they can add another victory in this visit given SPAL’s awful record of late.

Vulnerable SPAL

SPAL have scored the fewest goals in the current Serie A campaign (12). That’s a long-term problem for them, as nine of the last 12 sides with that few goals scored after 17 games played were relegated at the end of the season. However, they also could suffer this weekend. Verona have found the net in each of their last seven Serie A matches and could score in eight in a row for the first time since March 2015, under Andrea Mandorlini.

Having failed to score in 47% of their matches this season, we see SPAL struggling up front. Verona can take advantage of that, having won all four of their clashes with the bottom six so far. Meanwhile, SPAL have already lost to the three sides directly above them, so the 12th placed visitors should get a result.

The hosts come into this clash having lost 11 of their 17 matches this term and we’re backing another here. We’re siding with the visitors here, as a Verona victory and a 1-0 away win are our picks for this clash.