The surprising 2-1 Conference League loss to APOEL Nicosia on Thursday stopped the Viola's run of seven straight wins across all competitions. While Hellas was enjoying their 3-2 victory against Roma, Albert Gudmundsson and Danilo Cataldi were still recovering from injuries. Reda Belahyane and Jackson Tchatchoua returned from suspension, although Dailon Livramento was banned instead. Long-time absentees Pawel Dawidowicz, Juan Manuel Cruz, and Martin Frese were all missing.

Lucas Beltran threaded a through pass for Moise Kean to hold off Giangiacomo Magnani and glide the finish past Lorenzo Montipò from 10 yards out, breaking the tie in less than four minutes. The Italian international scored in his third straight league game. Casper Tentgstedt had to paw a dangerous cross from Darko Lazovic off his feet, but the goalie had little time to react when Suat Serdar scored a right-footed screamer from beyond the D into the near top corner to tie the score for Verona.