📊 Form Guide

Bologna

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Bologna will be looking for another win after a 0-3 Coppa Italia victory vs Empoli.

In that match, Bologna managed 67% possession and 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Bologna, the scorers were Riccardo Orsolini (23') and Thijs Dallinga (29', 51'). Empoli got 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Bologna have taken part. Opposition teams scored 3 times in this period while Bologna managed to get a total of 15. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Going into this encounter, Bologna are unbeaten in their last 7 league matches at home.

SSC Napoli

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Napoli will go into this encounter following a 2-1 Serie A win to defeat AC Milan in their previous game.

In that match, SSC Napoli managed 52% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. For SSC Napoli, the scorers were Matteo Politano (2') and Romelu Lukaku (19'). At the other end, AC Milan got 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Luka Jović (84') was the scorer for AC Milan.

SSC Napoli have attacked well of late, having scored 8 times in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, SSC Napoli can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same matches.

Their past results show that SSC Napoli:

• haven't won against Bologna in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• haven't been beaten by Bologna in away games against them for the last 5 league games. A very good run of results for them.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 17/01/2022 shows us that Bologna have won 1 of these and Napoli 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 6 for Rossoblu and 10 for Partenopei. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Serie A match day 2 on 25/08/2024 when it ended SSC Napoli 3-0 Bologna.

In that match, SSC Napoli managed 39% possession and 16 shots on goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (45'), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (75') and Giovanni Simeone (94').

On the other side, Bologna had 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Luca Pairetto.

📋 Team News: Bologna

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Bologna boss Vincenzo Italiano to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Davide Calabria (Ankle sprain) will miss out.

In our view, Rossoblu should make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for this game featuring Lukasz Skorupski, Emil Holm, Sam Beukema, Jhon Lucumi, Juan Miranda, Remo Freuler, Lewis Ferguson, Riccardo Orsolini, Jens Odgaard, Dan Ndoye and Thijs Dallinga.

📰 Team News: Napoli

Owing to an otherwise available group, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Napoli boss Antonio Conte to be concerned with. Nikita Contini (Hamstring muscle injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that Partenopei will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mathias Olivera, A. Zambo Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, David Neres, Scott McTominay, Matteo Politano and Romelu Lukaku.

🧠 Prediction

SSC Napoli and Bologna should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We therefore see a close game with a 1-1 score draw at full-time.

Peter Guest, 18:06 07/04/2025