Lazio midfielder Felipe Anderson. (Photo : Reuters)
Winless team Hellas Verona FC (0-2-3, 3 points) will try to come out of its rut as it faces SS Lazio (3-2-0, 9 points) in a Serie A 2015-2016 game at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi on Sunday.
The Yellow-Blues lost a close game versus league leaders Inter Milan on the road last Wednesday, 0-1, as I Nerazzurri's Felipe Melo converted a header from the center box at the 56th minute, as per BBC Sport.
Andrea Mandorlini's men were not able to recover from that as they were held scoreless in the entire match.
Verona has yet to score its first win of the season after five attempts and Mandorlini would want to change his side's fortunes starting with this game against Lazio.
Meanwhile, I Biancocelesti are 2-0 victors over Genoa in their game at the Stadio Olimpico also last Wednesday.
Serbian striker Filip Djordjevic and Brazilian winger Felipe Anderson each scored a goal in the first and second halves to take away any challenge put up by I Rossoblu, via SkySports.
Lazio had been inconsistent so far in the season, winning and losing alternately in their first five games. Their match prior to the win versus Genoa was a 0-5 beating in the hands of lowly Napoli, which highlighted the defensive unpredictability of Stefano Pioli's side.
Pioli would want to correct those issues on defense and this game versus the struggling Mastiffs is the ideal chance to do it.
Prediction: 2-0 triumph for Lazio.
Verona starting lineup (5-3-2 formation): Rafael; Pisano, Bianchetti, Moras, Helander, Albertazzi; Sala, Viviani, Greco; Pazzini, Juanito
Lazio starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Marchetti; Basta, Mauricio, Gentiletti, Lulic; Mandziuk, Cataldi; Anderson, Milinkovic-Savic, Kishna; Djordjevic
