February 19th features a match where Roma hosts Hellas Verona at Stadio Olimpico in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Roma sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Lecce. Ibañez struck first for Lecce on an own goal in the 7th minute, but Paulo Dybala got the equalizer for Roma in the 17th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Roma. Roma is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 18th placed Hellas Verona is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Salernitana. Cyril Ngonge struck first for Hellas Verona in the 31st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Salernitana was frustrated by Hellas Verona’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hellas Verona ended the match with the shutout victory. Hellas Verona is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadio Marc’antonio Bentegodi, Roma won by a score of 3 to 1. Paweł Dawidowicz scored the first goal for Hellas Verona in the 27th minute, then Nicolò Zaniolo tied it up for Roma in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback in the 88th minute on a goal by Volpato to cap off a wild match.
Cyril Ngonge has been the most prolific scorer on Hellas Verona in the last five matches with 2 goals. Both Stephan El Shaarawy and Tammy Abraham have been the hottest scorers for Roma in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.