On Sunday Feb 27th, Hellas Verona hosts Venezia in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Hellas Verona is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Roma. Antonín Barák struck first for Hellas Verona in the 5th minute, then Adrien Tameze added another in the 20th minute on a feed from Gianluca Caprari. Hellas Verona is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Venezia, recorded a 1-1 draw against Genoa. Thomas Henry struck first for Venezia in the 13th minute on a feed from Pietro Ceccaroni, then Caleb Ekuban got the equalizer for Genoa in the 29th minute on a feed from Mattia Destro squeezing out at least the one point for Genoa. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
Venezia and Hellas Verona last played eachother at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo on Dec 5th. Hellas Verona won by a score of 4 to 3. Pietro Ceccaroni scored the first goal for Venezia in the 12th minute, then Domen Črnigoj added another in the 19th minute on a feed from Dennis Johnsen But luckily in the 85th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Giovanni Simeone.
Thomas Henry has been the most prolific scorer on Venezia in his last five matches with two goals. Hellas Verona is fortunate enough to have Antonín Barák in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored five goals.