In this week 17 match, on Sunday Dec 12th, Hellas Verona plays host to Atalanta in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Hellas Verona is fresh off their 4-3 win against Venezia. Pietro Ceccaroni struck first for Venezia in the 12th minute on a feed from Thomas Henry, then Domen Črnigoj added another in the 19th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 85th minute on a goal by Giovanni Simeone. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Hellas Verona should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 4th placed Atalanta is fresh off their 3-2 win against Napoli. Ruslan Malinovskyi struck first for Atalanta in the 7th minute, then Piotr Zieliński tied it up for Napoli in the 40th minute , but luckily for Atalanta it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Atalanta looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Mario Pašalić has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored five goals for Atalanta. Hellas Verona’s most prolific scorer has been Giovanni Simeone. The Argentinian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.