Review and prediction Hellas Verona vs Parma: The defense speaks up

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Verona coach Paolo Zanetti will be without four injured players – Martin Frese, Davide Faraoni, Oumar Niasse and Abdou Harroui – for Monday night’s game, but on-loan Fiorentina centre-back Nicolas Valentini will return after a one-match suspension.

Valentini is likely to start in the home team's three central defenders, in coach Zanetti's preferred 3-4-2-1 formation.

Verona’s top scorer, Casper Tengstedt, is racing against time to recover. If he is not fit enough to start, he could be benched, leaving Daniel Mosquera and Dailon Livramento to compete for a place alongside Amin Sarr in attack.

On the other side of the front line, Parma will welcome back Simon Sohm and Alessandro Vogliacco after suspension. However, Brazilian midfielder Hernani will be absent due to serving a one-match ban.

Parma's injury list remains long, with Adrian Benedyczak, Alessandro Circati, Gabriel Charpentier, Yordan Osorio and Valentin Mihaila all injured. Matteo Cancellieri, however, has recovered from the injury that kept him out of the game against Monza.

Veteran striker Milan Djuric – who used to play for Verona – is currently struggling with a knee problem, so Mateo Pellegrino and Ange-Yoan Bonny will compete for a starting spot in the visitors' three-man attack.

Latest predicted lineup Hellas Verona vs Parma

Hellas Verona:
Montipo; Dawidowicz, Coppola, Valentini; Tchatchoua, Serdar, Duda, Bradaric; Suslov, Mosquera; Sarr

Parma:
Suzuki; Del Prato, Vogliacco, Valenti, Valeri; Keita, Bernabe, Sohm; Man, Bonny, Cancellieri

Latest football prediction Hellas Verona vs Parma

Verona gave their relegation battle a huge boost ahead of the international break, with the Veneto side surprisingly beating in-form Udinese thanks to a moment of magic from Ondrej Duda.

Not only did Duda score the club’s first direct free-kick in Serie A in four seasons, he was also a key figure in Verona’s relegation battle, leading the team in chances created from set-pieces (11), successful passes in the opposition box (102) and in the final third (215).

Verona had lost four of their last five games, conceding an average of two goals per game. Despite having the worst defence in the league, timely victories have kept them a distance from the danger zone.

They now aim to make it two wins in a row for the first time in over a year when they host a direct relegation battle rival at the Bentegodi.

Verona are currently four points ahead of Parma with nine games remaining. If they win their sixth consecutive home game against their opponents, Paolo Zanetti's side will not only surpass the 30-point mark but also deal a heavy blow to Parma's hopes of staying in the league.

While Duda was Verona's hero in Udine, Parma put their faith in French striker Ange-Yoan Bonny in their final game before the international break.

Behind a goal away to bottom-placed Monza, Parma looked set to lose the crucial clash between the two bottom-placed sides. However, Bonny rescued the team with a wonder strike in the 84th minute, earning them a valuable point and temporarily moving Parma three points clear of the relegation zone.

New coach Cristian Chivu has lost just once in his first four games in charge, collecting five points – the same total Parma won in their last 11 games under Fabio Pecchia.

As Serie B champions last season, Parma now have a chance to survive relegation, and history is on their side. In the 21st century, Parma have only been relegated once when they have collected at least 25 points after 28 Serie A games – in 2008.

Latest Hellas Verona vs Parma score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Hellas Verona vs Parmaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Hellas Verona 1-2 Parma

• WhoScore:Hellas Verona 1-1 Parma
• Our newspaper predicts:Hellas Verona 1-1 Parma

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