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Both hoping for their first win of 2026, Hellas Verona and Bologna will compete for maximum points when they meet at the Stadio Bentegodi on Thursday.

Since putting together a magnificent run in November, the visitors have not won any of their last seven games. Series A While Verona has not won for five games.

Match preview

After losing 1-0 to Lazio on Sunday night, Verona only have one point to show from their first three games of the new year, leaving them in great danger.

Only newly promoted Pisa have collected as few points as Paolo Zanetti’s side, who find themselves four adrift of safety halfway through their league campaign.

Having managed just one win in 11 games at Bentegodi this season, they must reverse their dismal form to have any chance of avoiding relegation.

Only once in their long history have Hellas accumulated fewer points at home at this stage of a top-flight campaign, and that was in 2015-16, when they were eventually relegated.

With his position under threat, Zanetti clearly has problems to sort out on both sides of the pitch: Verona have conceded at least once in their last eight Serie A games, while failing to score in three of their last four.

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Following a 2-1 victory in their most recent match at the Bentegodi in March, Bologna have won three of their last four games against Verona in all competitions.

Now Rossoblu manager Vincenzo Italiano returns to his former club in dire need of another win as his team’s form has taken a nosedive since early December.

Bologna have not won any of their last seven league games, equaling their worst run in five years, and are now behind several other clubs competing for European qualification.

Dropping to ninth in the table, Italiano’s men have picked up just three points during that crisis, including one from last week’s trip to Como.

Nicolo Cambiaghi was both hero and villain for the visitors on that occasion, scoring the first goal before being sent off; His dismissal proved costly as Lariani equalized with a stunning late goal.

So before hosting Celtic in a crucial Europa League clash, Bologna will be desperate to beat two teams fighting for Serie A: after visiting Verona, they will face Fiorentina in Sunday’s Derby dell’Appennino.

Form of Hellas Verona Serie A:

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Team news

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Verona are still missing the injured Tomas Suslov and Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, but Rafik Belghali has returned from the African Cup of Nations and is likely to start.

Once again, Gift Orban, Daniel Mosquera, Amine Sarr and outstanding striker Giovane will fight for two spots up front.

The latter, who made an impact in his first campaign in Serie A, has recorded seven goal involvements so far, six of them at home.

Meanwhile, Bologna talisman Riccardo Orsolini has reflected on his club’s recent decline: the Italian winger has scored just one goal in his last 11 top-flight games, after scoring eight goals in the previous 11.

While Thijs Dallinga and Santiago Castro are rivals to lead the Rossoblu’s front line, substitute striker Ciro Immobile has already scored 10 goals in 14 games against Verona, seven of which have come at the Bentegodi.

The visitors will be without Jhon Lucumi and Federico Bernardeschi due to injury; After his reckless red card last week, Cambiaghi must serve a suspension.

Possible starting lineup for Hellas Verona:

Montipo; Nelsson, Bella-Kotchap, Valentini; Belghali, Niasse, Gagliardini, Bernede, Frese; Giovane, Orban

Bologna’s possible starting lineup:

Ravaglia; Holm, Heggem, Vitik, Miranda; More, Ferguson; Orsolini, Odgaard, Rowe; Dallinga

We say: Hellas Verona 1-2 Bologna

By catching up with a delayed Italian Super Cup match, in which they lost the final, Bologna can finally end their wait for a league victory.

Verona’s drought will continue as they waste too many chances and miss too many goals, a fatal combination.

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