With Verona missing several key players through injury and suspension, we can envisage Monza returning to winning ways and extending the visitors' sizable losing streak.
Having finished in the top half in each of the last three seasons, Verona appear to be in serious danger of returning to Serie B unless they can make significant positive changes after the World Cup break.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Monza win with a probability of 44.41%. A win for Hellas Verona had a probability of 30.79% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Monza win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.24%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.15%) and 2-0 (7.24%). The likeliest Hellas Verona win was 0-1 (7.45%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.67%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Monza would win this match.