Round 35: Juventus vs. Hellas Verona match preview

VERONA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 20: Khephren Thuram of Juventus in action during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and Juventus FC at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on September 20, 2025 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Badolato - Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images) | Juventus FC via Getty Images The final month of the 2025-26 season has officially arrived. Juventus has four games, a little more than 360 minutes remaining and 12 points to try and obtain to secure qualification into the Champions League next year.

Juve got through their big three-game stretch without suffering a loss, collecting seven out of a possible nine points along the way. Coming out of that, the schedule the rest of the way looks a lot more forgiving in May as we saw over the course of much of April. So that means one thing and one thing only: Juventus take care of their business against teams all in the bottom half of the table the rest of the way and they’re qualifying for the Champions League next season.

Simple as that — at least on paper. The first of those fixtures as we hit the first weekend of May involves Juventus facing off against 19th-place Hellas Verona, which was mathematically relegated to Serie B with Lecce’s win over Pisa on Friday night. (The gap is now 13 points between 19th and 17th with only 12 points left to try and win.

) What that means for Verona’s state of mind as they make the trip to Turin for Sunday evening’s matchup at the Allianz Stadium remains to be seen, but the fact still remains that one of the worst teams in Serie A is going to be the opposition and a club in Juventus’ current situation of trying to secure Champions League qualification. We know Luciano Spalletti won’t let his team fall into the trap of facing a team that has nothing left to play for — which might actually be a little tricky to manage knowing that a lot of these players are now probably going to be auditioning themselves for top-flight clubs come next season. Hellas Verona could very well be playing for pride … or they can potentially looked completely checked out based on how things have gone.