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Monza
Serie A | Gameweek 24
Feb 11, 2024 at 2pm UK
U-Power Stadium
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Monza
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Hellas Verona


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Preview: Monza vs. Hellas Verona - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Serie A clash between Monza and Hellas Verona, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Monza welcome struggling Hellas Verona to the U-Power Stadium on Sunday, keen to extend their unbeaten Serie A run against the Mastiffs.

The gameweek 24 encounter could see the home side secure back-to-back wins on their turf for the third time since gaining promotion to the big time last season, while the visitors hope to avoid slipping into the bottom three.


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Monza's Valentin Carboni celebrates scoring their first goal with Patrick Ciurria on December 1, 2023© Reuters

After keeping one clean sheet in six — a run that included just one victory for the Biancorossi — Monza have consecutive shutouts in Serie A, defeating Sassuolo 1-0 and playing out a goalless encounter with Udinese last time out.

Raffaele Palladino's men have benefitted from facing the struggling sides in the last two gameweeks, and they hope to inflict further damage to relegation-threatened Verona by securing maximum points.

Winning sees the Biancorossi pick up consecutive home victories for the third time in Serie A — September-October 2022 and November 2022 — which extends their undefeated run against the Mastiffs to four since gaining promotion last season.

Given that Palladino's 12th-placed side are unlikely to be involved in a relegation scrap, the Biancorossi could take advantage of the congestion in the middle of the table in Serie A by securing a win that gives them an outside chance of making Europe next season — they are seven points shy of Bologna in sixth.

While the number of sides they have to supplant means it is a challenging ambition, stranger things have happened, and they could give themselves a chance by winning games like Sunday's.

Hellas Verona coach Marco Baroni reacts on January 6, 2024© Reuters

Indeed, supporters at the U-Power Stadium will demand a home victory due to Verona's road blues and broader tendency to lose games.

Marco Baroni's side have been defeated 13 times in Serie A this term — only Salernitana (14) have lost more — with the majority of those losses (nine) coming away from the Bentegodi.

The Mastiffs have not secured a positive road result since the goal-laden 3-3 draw with Udinese on December 3, with that draw followed by four straight losses on their travels, albeit against Fiorentina (1-0), Inter Milan (2-1), Roma (2-1) and Napoli (2-1).

Despite the defeats, the marginal final score suggests that Baroni's men competed commendably against superior opponents, possibly giving them an iota of confidence heading into Sunday's fixture in Lombardy.

Having lost the reverse fixture 3-1 at the Bentegodi, Verona seek to avoid a third defeat to Monza in four Serie A meetings to prevent the club in 17th from slipping into the bottom three — both Cagliari and Empoli are level with Baroni's side on 18 points.

Monza Serie A form:

Hellas Verona Serie A form:


Team News

Monza's Matteo Pessina in action on December 1, 2023© Reuters

Papu Gomez's two-year ban for failing an anti-doping test means the diminutive attacking midfielder is still unavailable for selection.

Samuele Vignato is not expected back for Monza for another fortnight because of a muscle issue, but Gianluca Caprari is unequivocally missing the rest of the season due to an ACL injury.

Lorenzo Colombo, despite not scoring since netting twice in the reverse fixture in November, should back himself again on Sunday if he plays in any capacity.

Tomas Suslov picked up his fifth yellow card in Verona's defeat in Naples, thus ruling out the suspended Slovak this weekend.

Alessandro Berardi is out with a shoulder problem, but the goalkeeper was not expected to start between the sticks owing to his backup role to Lorenzo Montipo.


Monza possible starting lineup:
Di Gregorio; D'Ambrosio, Mari, Caldirola; Ciurria, Gagliardini, Pessina, Birindelli; Mota, Colpani; Djuric

Hellas Verona possible starting lineup:
Montipo; Tchatchoua, Coppola, Dawidowicz, Cabal; Duda, Serdar; Noslin, Folorunsho, Lazovic; Swiderski


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We say: Monza 1-1 Hellas Verona

Only Juventus, Fiorentina and Inter have defeated Palladino's team at home this season, signifying that Monza are expected to avoid a loss on Sunday, even if victory over Verona cannot be guaranteed despite the latter's awful road record.

Palladino's men have tended to draw games on their turf this season, and while they could nick a victory, erring on the side of caution seems the safer bet.



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2Atalanta BCAtalanta1281331151625
3Fiorentina1274125101525
4Inter Milan1274126141225
5Lazio1281325141125
6Juventus126602171424
7AC Milan115332014618
8Bologna114611513218
9Udinese125161518-316
10Empoli12363910-115
11Torino124261518-314
12Roma123451417-313
13Parma122641618-212
14Hellas VeronaHellas Verona124081727-1012
15Como122461323-1010
16CagliariCagliari122461222-1010
17Genoa12246922-1310
18Lecce12237521-169
19Monza121561015-58
20VeneziaVenezia122281121-108


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