Hellas Verona haven`t won for two games, Lazio for three: both will want to turn things around

Hellas Verona and Lazio will face off at the Bentegodi at 18:00 CET. The hosts are coming off a defeat against Napoli and a draw against Udinese and will look for salvation points to stay above the waterline.

Lazio must also win: they only got two points in their last three games and will want to put the difficult moment behind them to defend fourth place from the attacks of those behind.

HEAD TO HEAD

After the win in the reverse match on 16^th September, Lazio could win both of their Serie A games against Hellas Verona in a single season for the first time since 2017/18.

Lazio haven’t lost in 16 of their last 18 Serie A games against Hellas Verona (W10 D6), including the six most recent (W3 D3); the last Scaligeri win against the Biancolesti was back on 24^th October 2021 (4-1 at Bentegodi stadium under Igor Tudor).

Hellas Verona are unbeaten in their last three home Serie A games against Lazio (W1 D2), drawing the two most recent; only once have the two teams drawn three consecutive matches at the Bentegodi stadium in the top-flight: between 1975 and 1978.

DID YOU KNOW?

Lazio (55) and Hellas Verona (53) are the two teams that have received the highest number of cards in Serie A this season: 51 yellow cards and four red cards for the Biancocelesti and 47 yellows and six reds for the Scaligeri.

Lazio (10) and Hellas Verona (six) are two of the three teams, with Atalanta (nine), with the most goals scored by substitutes in Serie A in 2024/25.

PLAYERS

Among the players with more than five goals in the current league season, Verona’s Casper Tengstedt (six goals) is both the one with the fewest shots on target (nine) and the one with the fewest total shots (27).

Lazio’s Mattia Zaccagni`s first 81 appearances, with nine goals, in Serie A were for Hellas Verona between 2015 and 2021. He has been involved in five goals in six matches against the Scaligeri in the top-flight: two goals and three assists, a record of assists for him against a single opponent in the competition.

Three of the four players with the most cards received in Serie A this season could feature in this match: Lazio’s Nicolò Rovella (nine, all yellows), teammate Valentín Castellanos (seven, six yellows and one red) and Verona’s Diego Coppola (seven, all yellows).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Tchaouna (Lazio)

Cautioned: Dawidowicz, Belahyane e Zanetti (Hellas Verona); Isaksen, Rovella (Lazio)

REFEREE

FABBRI (LO CICERO – GARZELLI) IV: RUTELLA, VAR: ABISSO, AVAR: PATERNA

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Venezia-Hellas Verona (Monday 27 January, 18:30 CET)

Lazio-Fiorentina (Sunday 26 January, 20:45 CET)

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