Inter's Serie A title defense is on the line, with the busy champions that chase a fresher Napoli side, who have the finish line in sight.
The Side of Simone Inzaghi played nine games in April compared to the four of Napoli and after a hectic season was eventually able to pay a high price for the requirements of fighting on all fronts.
Inter's Treble Bid ended last month with their Coppa Italia exit to Rivals AC Milan, after a two-legged semi-final, but their Champions League dream still lives after the dramatic 3-3 draw of Wednesday in Barcelona in the semi-final in the first leg.
Although that made a point of three consecutive defeats for Inter in all competitions, they stay Winless in their last five trips, with their last victory back on April 12 at Cagliari.
The draw at Barca saw the return of Marcus Thuram, who scored the fastest semifinal goal of the Champions League in the history of the competition, but they will probably be without injured captain Lauutaro Martinez when they organize Lowly Verona on Saturday.
Martinez went off halfway in the midweek with a hamstring problem, and Inzaghi, which will not be in the dugout because of a suspension of one match, it is unlikely that he will risk the return leg at San Siro next Tuesday.
Inter are both the team that Verona has defeated the most in the Serie A (41), and the team that scored most against them in the competition (117). Verona has never beat the Nerazzurri in the Italian flight (D11 L22).
Verona, 15th in the rankings, are seven points above the relegation zone, but with competitions against colleague wrestler Lecce and Empoli who can still come, they cannot take any risks.
The OPTA Supercomputer expects Napoli to stay in first place towards the end of the season, giving them a chance of 81.8% to lift the Scudetto. The chances of Inter are at 18.2%.
Antonio Conte took over a Napoli side without European football after a 10th place last season, and an early exit from the Coppa Italia has seen them free of other obligations since the beginning of December.
Napoli's Coppa Italia defeat by Lazio was followed by a loss of competition against the same opposition, but Conte's side then went on an undefeated run of 10 games, so that they could take the first place that Atalanta had briefly taken from them.
A defeat by Como in February saw Napoli go to second place, because Inter seemed to have hit the front at the right time, but two consecutive losses of league by the men of Inzaghi mean that Conte's side has a three -point lead with four more competitions.
Napoli visits Lecce on Saturday and a victory will clearly move them at the top before Inter Kick-Off.
At this point in the campaign, after 34 games played, the team that has improved the most compared to the same phase last season (24 more points), which is at least double of another team that appears in both seasons in both seasons.
Lecce is without a victory in 11 games and are one place and two points above the drop zone, although they claimed a 1-1 tie in the previous time out at Atalanta.
Conte will be without defender Alessandro BuongiNo, who could miss the seasonal input with a groin injury, but would have to recover midfielder Frank Anguisissa after being injured in last weekend's 2-0 victory.
Atalanta strives to keep their hold in third place when they travel to Bottom Club Monza on Sunday.
Juventus is located in Bologna, also on Sunday, in a Champions League qualification -confrontation. Juve occupies fourth place, three points behind Atalanta and one above Bologna.
Roma, Lazio and Fiorentina are also looking for a Champions League place. Roma, unbeaten in 18 league matches, host Fiorentina on Sunday, while Lazio is in Empoli.
Milan, ninth in the rankings, are in Genoa on Monday.