Hellas Verona vs Napoli preview

March 14, 2015
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

Verona vs NapoliHaving scored a last-gasp equalizer at San Siro to hold AC Milan to a 2-2 draw, Hellas Verona will attempt to surprise another Italy’s top side.

Meanwhile, Napoli are desperate to revive their top 3 bid with a win at Bentegodi, so chances are we will see a highly entertaining encounter.

While Hellas Verona have not been as impressive as last season, Andrea Mandorlini’s charges can be satisfied with the fact they have again managed to avoid the relegation tussle.

A three-match losing run at the start of February was definitely a cause for concern, but the Gialloblu have since shown considerable improvement to create a nine-point cushion between them and the bottom three.

After coming from a goal behind to share spoils with Roma, Verona recorded a very important away win over Cagliari that acted as a major boost to their survival hopes.

The team continued the bright run of results by holding AC Milan to a 2-2 draw at San Siro, with Nico Lopez scoring the equalizer with the last kick of the game.

And with their next opponents under intense pressure on the back of a poor run, Hellas Verona can be backed at 2.05 (21/20) not to lose on Sunday.

Rafa Marquez and Artur Ionita miss out through injury and suspension respectively, while Nico Lopez is struggling with a bout of flu.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-3): Benussi – Pisano, Moras, Rodriguez, Agostini – Sala, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson – Jankovic, Toni, Gomez Taleb.

Napoli will be quite busy during the final stretch of the season seeing as they are still competing in three major competitions.

And while the Azzurri are on the verge of reaching Coppa Italia final and Europa League quarter-finals, their league campaign is not going according to plan.

Just few weeks ago, Napoli had an eight-point advantage over their top 3 rivals, but they have since managed to slip to fourth thanks to a dismal run of results.

They are now behind in-form Lazio on goal difference and have got to try and beat Verona in order to revive their Champions League hopes.

Having returned to winning ways by defeating Dynamo Moscow in the Europa League, the Azzurri are 1.85 (17/20) to win at Bentegodi.

While Miguel Britos and Cristian Maggio are back in contention, Kalidou Koulibaly has suffered an ankle problem in midweek and is set to miss out.

Meanwhile, Henrique is banned and Lorenzo Insigne, Walter Gargano and Michu are out injured, while Manolo Gabbiadini faces a fitness test.

Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Andujar – Maggio, Britos, Albiol, Ghoulam – Lopez, Inler – Callejon, Hamsik, Mertens – Higuain.

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