Ninth-placed Verona travel to face 17th-placed Spezia in their upcoming Serie A fixture on Sunday. The game taking place at the Stadio Alberto Picco will be one of a full round of Serie A matches on Sunday.The hosts have lost four of their last five games in the league and are just one point above the relegation zone. Meanwhile, Verona are winless in their last three outings but have done well to stay in the top 10 this term.Ready for new 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀. ✨Ready for new 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀. ⚡Ready to get back onto the 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵. ⚽Ready to give it 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 💯𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 🤜🏼🤛🏾#SerieATIM #WeAreCalcio pic.twitter.com/lnaDkfJLWF— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) January 1, 2021Also See: Top 10 football players with the most fans in the worldSpezia vs Verona Head-to-HeadThe Aquilotti have faced I Gialloblu 41 times across all competitions. Verona have a good record against Spezia, beating them 21 times. Spezia have 11 wins to their name in this fixture.Nine encounters have been drawn. This will be the first top-flight meeting between the two clubs, with their last two meetings coming in Serie B in the 2018-19 campaign. Verona recorded 2-1 wins in both of those fixtures.Spezia form guide: L-L-D-L-LVerona form guide: L-D-L-W-DSpezia vs Verona Team NewsSpezia The hosts have a substantial injury list ahead of this game. Leo Sena, Federico Mattiello, Jeroen Zoet and Andrej Galabinov are ruled out of this game. Salvador Ferrer, Cristiano Dell’Orco and Daniele Verde are in doubt and face late fitness tests.Defender Claudio Terzi was suspended for the third time this season and will miss this home game against Verona.|𝚂𝙿𝙴𝚉𝙸𝙰 𝙲𝙰𝙻𝙲𝙸𝙾 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚂| 📊 🦅 pic.twitter.com/tRf4fyrGT5— Spezia Calcio (@acspezia) December 27, 2020Injured: Leo Sena, Federico Mattiello, Jeroen Zoet, Andrej GalabinovDoubtful: Salvador Ferrer, Cristiano Dell’Orco, Daniele VerdeSuspended: Claudio TerziVeronaThe visitors will be without Nikola Kalinic, Samuel Di Carmine, Andrea Favilli, Ronaldo Vieira and Marco Benassi for this trip. The absence of these attacking players poses a problem for manager Ivan Jurić, as Verona have struggled in the final third this term.📍 Sporting Center 'Paradiso'🏃Report allenamento#DaiVeronahttps://t.co/iqIcag9Ha7— Hellas Verona FC (@HellasVeronaFC) December 30, 2020Injured: Nikola Kalinic, Samuel Di Carmine, Andrea Favilli, Ronaldo Vieira, Marco BenassiDoubtful: Pawel Dawidowicz, Matteo LovatoSuspended: NoneSpezia vs Verona Predicted XISpezia Predicted XI (4-3-3): Ivan Provedel (GK); Luca Vignali, Martin Erlić, Julian Chabot, Riccardo Marchizza; Giulio Maggiore, Lucien Agoume, Nahuel Estevez; Emmanuel Gyasi, M'Bala Nzola, Diego FariasVerona Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Marco Silvestri (GK); Davide Faraoni, Kevin Rüegg, Koray Gunter, Federico Ceccherini; Federico Dimarco, Miguel Veloso, Adrien Tameze, Davide Faraoni, Mattia Zaccagni; Darko Lazović, Ebrima Colley; Eddie SalcedoSpezia vs Verona PredictionSpezia have fared decently in their first-ever Serie A campaignThe defence has been the biggest problem for Spezia this season, as they have shipped in 29 goals in 14 games so far. They have scored a respectable 19 goals, but have only two wins to their name.#SpeziaVerona: l'arbitro sarà Pairetto#DaiVerona #SerieATIM #lastoriAcontinuAhttps://t.co/3PMYEHG19h— Hellas Verona FC (@HellasVeronaFC) January 1, 2021The visitors are missing some of their top goalscorers and might struggle to make the most of the home side's leaky defence. We expect the game to end in a goalless draw as both sides fail to capitalize up front.Prediction: Spezia 0-0 Verona Also See: 5 most supported football clubs in the world