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Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi sets the stage for a ‘David vs Goliath’ Serie A clash between Hellas Verona and Inter Milan.

Moise Kean’s first hat-trick in the Fiorentina jersey condemned Hellas Verona to a 3-1 defeat on the stroke of November’s international break, inflicting a seventh loss on Paolo Zanetti’s side across their last nine league outings (W2). Interestingly, none of Verona’s 12 Serie A matches this season have ended all square (W4, L8), including a superb 3-2 victory against Roma in their last home outing. Despite the odds, ‘I Gialloblu’ will fancy their chances against Inter after proving their capacity to handle high-profile tasks with a scintillating 3-0 home triumph against table-topping Napoli on matchday one. However, Verona’s woes in this fixture are long-standing, as witnessed by a dreadful record of just four wins from 66 historical top-flight H2Hs (D22, L40).

In addition to that formidable H2H record, Inter Milan haven’t lost a Serie A encounter against this opposition since February 1992 (W21, D5). More importantly, they’ve avoided defeat on their last 13 league visits to the Bentegodi (W9, D4). Therefore, Simone Inzaghi’s men are seemingly in pole position to make it five consecutive away wins in a row across all competitions and, in turn, extend their eye-catching ten-game unbeaten run (W8, D2). Inter’s bid to defend the Scudetto took a minor hit just before the break as Hakan Calhanoglu’s first missed penalty in the ‘Nerazzurri’ shirt saw Napoli hold the reigning holders to a 1-1 draw at Giuseppe Meazza.