Comments and predictions for Hellas Verona vs Parma: The defense speaks up

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Verona coach Paolo Zanetti will be without four injured players in Martin Frese, Davide Faraoni, Oumar Niasse and Abdou Harroui for Monday night's game, but loaned 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 the chance to compete with Amin Sarr in attack.

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

Parma's injury list is still quite long with the names: Adrian Benedyczak, Alessandro Circati, Gabriel Charpentier, Yordan Osorio and Valentin Mihaila. However, Matteo Cancellieri has recovered in time from the injury that kept him out of the match against Monza.

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

Latest predicted lineup for 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 commentary 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 Serie A free-kick 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).

Before that, Verona had lost 4 of 5 matches and conceded an average of 2 goals per match. Despite having the worst defense in the league, timely victories still helped them maintain the 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 the hero for Verona 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 teams. However, Bonny rescued the team with a wonder strike in the 84th minute, earning them a valuable point and temporarily opening up a three-point gap between them and 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 picked up 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, every time Parma have had at least 25 points after 28 Serie A games, they have only been relegated once – in 2008.

Latest score prediction for Hellas Verona vs Parma

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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