ITALIAN SERIE A BETTING PREVIEW - AS ROMA VS HELLAS VERONA

Italian Serie A

2025-09-28 - AS Roma vs Hellas Verona

A Sports Betting Preview by Cafa

Roma v Verona
Italy Serie A - Round 5
Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Lazio, Italy (70,634)
Sunday, 28 September 2025, 15:00 CET
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Roma Team News

Roma currently holds the 4th spot on the table and is therefore on a Champions League position after a very, very long time. Doesn't matter that only four rounds have been played, it's been so long since Roma was a top-four team that fans will celebrate this minor achievement too, especially as it comes afer a derby win against Lazio.

All four of Roma's games this season ended 1-0 for them or 0-1 for the opponent. Torino win in Rome is the latter case, and it was an accidental win against the run of play, with one counter attack that worked.

What's notable, however, is the slim margin with which Roma is getting their wins. Everything has to go perfectly right, particularly in defence, if Roma is to win the game. Just because so far 75% of the time they managed to win, it doesn't mean they'll continue having that same percentage and continue winning 1-0 against everyone most of the time.

When you watch Roma play, you'll see they dominate the game but are not very good in the final third. Against Torino, they huffed and puffed but failed to create a good goalscoring chance. And that's how they look like all the time - but if they score, then this fact gets hidden.

Verona Team News

Verona is trying to be something like Genoa. A side that plays quality football and tries hard, which sometimes results in good things and sometimes it does not. In other words, Verona looks good on the pitch most of the time, it's just that their lack of classy strikers and perhaps a lack of concentration in defence that usually lets them down at some point.

Against Juventus they had a lot of luck as were awarded a penalty kick for a non-existant handball, so they ended up getting a point with 1-1. But in the end it looked like a fair result indeed if you have watched the entire game, as Verona was the equal opponent throughout.

What's important to note here is that Verona isn't easy to break down. They lost 4-0 to Lazio, sure, but in no other game did they concede more than one goal.

Probable Lineups

Roma (3-4-2-1): Svilar - Hermoso, Mancini, Ndicka - Wesley, Kone, Cristante, Angelino - Soule, Pellegrini - Ferguson. Coach Gasperini.

Verona (3-5-2): Montipo - Nunez, Nelsson, Frese - Belghali, Serdar, Akpa-Akpro, Bernede, Bradaric - Giovane, Orban. Coach Zanetti.

Dybala isn't ready yet and won't even be on the bench for Roma.

The Betting Market

Roma is a 1.42 favourite and the price seems a bit short, as Verona just upset Juventus a week ago and looked very good on the pitch. Under 2.5 Goals is priced at 1.73, which seems reasonable, as it's difficult to expect a goal fest here.

The Betting Verdict

The price of 1.42 on Roma is too short as their opponent is a team that is showing a surprisingly good face this season. Roma is known to be toothless in offense, and that's exactly what we expect to happen here against cunning Verona that won't sit back all the time. We don't see this as a handicap win for Roma, which is why we'll take advantage of the prices that are skewed too heavily in Roma's favour and place a bet on Asian Handicap +1.50 on Verona.

The Pick :

Roma 1-1 Verona

HANDICAP BETTING :

Take Verona AH+1.50 at 1.63 at Bet365