- Verona are priced at 13/20 for the win, Entella at 41/10 and the draw is 11/4.
- Hellas Verona have won the last three competitive H2H meetings.
- Verona had an impressive pre-season, with their last three friendlies ending in a runaway 8-1 win over Rovereto and consecutive victories over Virtus Verona and Dolomiti Bellunesi.
Lively Verona look to take control of Coppa tie
Marco Baroni's Hellas Verona have shown lots of pre-season punch, making an underdog ACD Virtus Entella side that have had a patchy summer look less likely to spring a surprise in Sunday's Coppa Italia 2026-2027 32esimi di finale at the Bentegodi.
In all competitions, Verona have been active, with Tomáš Suslov having notched a brace and the likes of Kieron Bowie, Abdou Harroui and Domagoj Bradaric getting on the scoresheet. Suslov's pace, Bowie's trickery and Harroui's box-to-box running should be good for a team as direct and transition-based as Verona's this term, making the gialloblù a good thing to progress in this tie.
Baroni will be looking to keep the momentum going from the last match in May when they beat Entella 2-1 away, but Andrea Chiappella's side will be just as desperate to put an end to that sequence of three straight competitive losses to the Verona-based outfit. Virtus' recent performances have been mixed, with a 2-1 victory over Novara being sandwiched by a pair of 1-0 defeats to Empoli and Carrarese, which suggests the biancocelesti could struggle to get a result on Sunday.
Chiappella can clog the middle, but Verona are more likely to win wing battles
Although Verona are the clear favourites to win the tie and take control on Sunday, Entella are not a bad side and will make it tough for the hosts. Chiappella has his men drilled into a compact three-man base in a 3-5-2 formation, and Verona's three-at-the-back approach could be a good counter to that. It will surely come down to which team can win the wing-back duels, which makes this cup tie a classic match where the favourite should have enough quality to progress, but the underdog could make a decent game of it. Under 2.5 goals at 4/5 looks like the safest bet, while both teams to score at 19/20 looks a decent fit, just in case this is a nervy and close affair.
