Hellas Verona host Como in Serie A on Sunday afternoon, 10 May 2026, with both clubs needing very different things from the run-in. Verona are fighting to haul themselves away from the bottom end of the table and every point is precious now, while Como arrive in sixth and with a real shot at turning a strong season into European qualification. One side is scrambling for oxygen. The other is trying to finish with style.
Paolo Sammarco’s Verona are under enormous pressure after a miserable campaign, and the table tells you exactly why. They’ve spent most of the season in survival mode and their home form has been a major reason for that. Como, under Cesc Fàbregas, are in a far healthier place. They’ve been one of the better away sides in the division and have the comfort of knowing that a solid finish could still lead to a big reward. That said, this trip to the Bentegodi isn’t the sort of fixture you can just breeze through.
The context is pretty clear. Verona need a result to keep hope alive; Como need to handle the weight of expectation and avoid a sloppy afternoon against a desperate opponent. Recent meetings between these two have had a bit of edge to them too, and there’s enough evidence here to expect a competitive game rather than a stroll for the visitors.
Hellas Verona Form & Analysis
Verona’s recent league form has been grim, but not hopeless. They went to Juventus on 3 May and came away with a 1-1 draw, which felt like a proper jolt after a long stretch of frustration. Before that they were held 0-0 at home by Lecce, then edged out 1-0 by Milan in a game where they simply couldn’t find a way through. Go back a little further and you see the same pattern repeating: a 2-1 defeat at Torino, another narrow home loss to Fiorentina, and a 1-0 reverse at Atalanta. It’s been tight, but tight doesn’t put points on the board. Seven league matches without a win is the blunt reality.
What Verona have lacked most is cutting edge at home. Their league record at the Bentegodi is only 1 win, 5 draws and 11 defeats, with 12 goals scored and 25 conceded. That’s the record of a side always having to work from behind, and it explains why they’ve struggled to build momentum. They do at least show some resistance — draws against Lecce and Juventus are not nothing — but they’ve only managed one home league win all season. One. That’s bleak.
The encouraging sign, if you’re trying to find one, is that they’ve stayed in games recently rather than getting completely blown away. The draw at Juventus came after a performance where they were on the back foot for long spells, but they still found a goal and held on. Still, the bigger issue remains obvious. Verona don’t score enough, and they’re far too open when the pressure rises. They’ve also gone six straight home league games without a clean sheet, which makes life hard when your own attack is this blunt. You can’t keep asking the back line to bail you out. Eventually it cracks.
Como Form & Analysis
Como come into this on a far stronger footing, even if their latest result was a little frustrating. They were held 0-0 at home by Napoli on 2 May, and while a clean sheet against a side of that calibre is no small thing, they’ll feel they could have taken more from a match in which they had 16 shots and produced 1.79 expected goals. Before that, they went to Genoa and won 2-0 in a tidy, professional away performance. That was the sort of game that summed up their season at its best — composed, efficient, and hard to shake off.
Their other recent results have been less serene. There was a 3-2 defeat away to Inter in the Coppa Italia, a 2-1 league loss at Sassuolo, and a wild 4-3 home defeat to Inter in Serie A. They were in a proper shootout there and came up short. Between those games, though, you can see the shape of a side with quality. They’ve not been flat; they’ve just had to live with a few open contests. The important point for this trip is that they’ve reacted well on the road more often than not.
That away record is excellent. Como are 4th in the league’s away table with 8 wins, 5 draws and only 4 defeats, plus 25 goals scored and just 13 conceded. Those are serious numbers. They travel well, they don’t panic, and they’ve got enough control in their game to keep opponents on the back foot. Fàbregas has built a side that can win ugly as well as play. Can they manage both at Verona? They should, if they keep the game calm early on. The concern is that Verona, for all their flaws, will treat this like a cup final.
Still, Como’s broader shape looks stronger than Verona’s in almost every department. They sit sixth with 62 points, 17 wins and a goal difference that speaks for itself at 59 scored and 28 conceded. That defensive base matters here. If they score first, they’re in a very strong position. If they don’t, the match becomes a little messy — and that’s where Verona’s best hope lives.
Head-to-Head
These two haven’t exactly been strangers to close, awkward meetings. Como beat Verona 3-1 in Como on 29 October 2025, and before that the clubs drew 1-1 in Verona in May 2025. Go back a little further and Como also won 3-2 at home in September 2024. Across the recent sample, Verona haven’t had much joy.
The pattern is fairly clear too: these games have usually produced goals, but they’ve also tended to lean Como’s way. Verona have gone six straight head-to-head meetings without a clean sheet, and that’s the kind of detail that matters when you’re trying to work out whether the home side can hold firm here. They usually can’t. Not against this opponent, anyway.
We Predict: Both Teams To Score
We’re backing Both Teams To Score at 6/5 here, and it’s the cleanest angle on the game. For more context beyond this pick, see our BTTS and win tips page, which pulls together BTTS and win combinations if you want a more aggressive version of the same kind of read. Verona are too short of confidence to be trusted for the win, but they did score at Juventus last weekend and they’ve shown enough at home to suggest they can nick one here. Como, for their part, almost always carry enough threat to get on the board, especially away from home where they’ve scored 25 league goals and won eight times.
The xG projection points the same way, with Verona at 0.7 and Como at 1.3. That isn’t a wild shootout forecast, but it does line up neatly with a 1-2 scoreline. Como should have the stronger attacking spell and the better overall control, yet Verona’s need for points makes a home goal feel likely. If you want a second angle, under 3.5 goals has a bit of appeal too, but BTTS is the sharper play.
