Opposition Focus | Ten things to know about Hellas Verona

It's Hellas Verona up next for Juventus, who will line up at the Bentegodi Stadium for Saturday's 18:00 CET kick-off against a side struggling in Italy's top-flight this season.

With just one win in their last seven games, the Gialloblu are languishing in 18th place on the Serie A table, a point behind 17th-placed Sassuolo who however have a game in hand, yet will hope home advantage will help in their quest to overcome the Bianconeri this weekend.

Ahead of Saturday evening's match-up, here's ten things to know about the Scaligeri.

1. Hellas Verona has won 12 home games against Juventus (11D, 9L), against no team they have done better at home in Serie A (12 also against Sampdoria).
2. From 2016 onwards, Verona has earned three home victories against Juventus in Serie A (1D, 2L), against no team they have done better in this period (three wins also against Cagliari).
3. The Gialloblu have remained unbeaten in seven of their last nine matches at the Bentegodi against Juventus in Serie A (W3, D4), however losing the most recent one (0-1 on 10 November 2022). The Scaligeri have never recorded two home defeats in a row against the Bianconeri in the league.
4. Verona kept a clean sheet in their last league match, against Monza, and have not achieved two clean sheets in a row in Serie A since April 2014.
5. After three home league defeats in a row, Hellas Verona remained unbeaten in five of their last six Serie A home games (2W, 3D), losing only against Salernitana in this period (0-1), on 30 December.
6. Only Cagliari (37%) and Torino (38%) have a lower percentage of shots on target than Verona (39%) this season– the Venetian team is also 16th in terms of goalscoring percentage in the 2023/24 Serie A (7.8%).
7. Tomás Suslov was involved in Verona's last two league goals: a goal against Frosinone and an assist against Napoli, the Slovakian could take part in at least one goal in three matches in a row for the first time in Serie A.
8. Lorenzo Montipò has made 75 saves this season, fewer only than Wladimiro Falcone (77) and Michele Di Gregorio (83).
9. Thomas Henry has scored three goals as a substitute this season, fewer only than Luka Jovic and Lautaro Martínez (four) – the Hellas Verona striker has not scored a goal as a starter in Serie A since 21 August 2022.
10. Juventus is one of the four teams against which Darko Lazovic has played the most games against in Serie A without ever managing to score: 14, like against Lazio and only fewer than against Bologna and Milan (15).