Week 19 brings us a match on Dec 22nd where Hellas Verona hosts Fiorentina in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 11th placed Hellas Verona, recorded a 3-4 loss against Empoli. Andrea La Mantia scored the first goal for Empoli in the 15th minute, then Matteo Cancellieri tied it up for Hellas Verona in the 18th minute on a feed from Daniel Bessa , but luckily for Empoli it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Hellas Verona is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while fiorentina is fresh off their 2-1 win against Benevento. Nikola Milenković scored the first goal for Fiorentina in the 19th minute, then Riccardo Sottil added another in the 47th minute. Fiorentina should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Fiorentina won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Dušan Vlahović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 5 goals for Fiorentina. Giovanni Simeone has been the most prolific scorer on Hellas Verona in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.