📏 Form Guide

Bologna

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Bologna will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 3-2 Serie A defeat last time out to Fiorentina.

In that game, Bologna managed 60% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Bologna, the scorers were Thijs Dallinga (61') and Riccardo Orsolini (79'). On the other side, Fiorentina got 6 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Fabiano Parisi (13'), Amir Richardson (67') and Moise Kean (84') scored for Fiorentina.

Vincenzo Italiano's Bologna have hit the back of the net 7 times in their last 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games stands at 8.

Their previous form shows that Bologna:

• are winless against Genoa in their last 3 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 10 home league matches. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Genoa

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After being beaten in their last game against Atalanta in Serie A competition, Genoa and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Genoa managed 56% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Genoa was Andrea Pinamonti (37', 58'). Atalanta had 13 shots at goal with 6 on target. Ibrahim Sulemana (47'), Daniel Maldini (63') and Mateo Retegui (89') scored for Atalanta.

The stats tell the story, and Genoa have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. In defence, Genoa have not been doing too well.

Leading up to this clash, Genoa:

• have not won against Bologna in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated by Bologna in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. A very good record, indeed.
• are without an away win for the past 10 league matches. Who knows how long it might last, too.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 12/05/2021 shows that Bologna have won 1 of these & Genoa 2, with the number of draws standing at 3.

A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 from Rossoblu and 9 created by Il Grifone. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Serie A match day 8 on 19/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Genoa 2-2 Bologna.

In that game, Genoa managed 38% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Andrea Pinamonti (73', 85').

For their opponents, Bologna got 12 shots at goal with 7 on target. Riccardo Orsolini (37') and Jens Odgaard (56') scored.

The referee was Daniele Doveri.

ℹ️ Team News: Bologna

Jens Odgaard (Muscle fatigue) and Martin Erlić (Calf muscle tear) won’t be available for Bologna boss Vincenzo Italiano.

It seems likely that Rossoblu should employ a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, handing starts to Federico Ravaglia, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Nicolo Casale, Jhon Lucumi, C. Lykogiannis, Remo Freuler, Oussama El Azzouzi, Riccardo Orsolini, Tommaso Pobega, Nicolo Cambiaghi and Thijs Dallinga.

🗞️ Team News: Genoa

Genoa boss Patrick Vieira has not got a full squad to pick from. Mario Balotelli (Broken hand), Fabio Miretti (Shoulder injury), Honest Ahanor (unknown injury) and Ruslan Malinovskyi (Foot surgery) will not be playing here.

We reckon that Il Grifone could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Nicola Leali, Stefano Sabelli, Mattia Bani, Koni De Winter, Aaron Martin Caricol, Morten Frendrup, Patrizio Masini, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Junior Messias, Morten Thorsby and Andrea Pinamonti.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Bologna look set to score at least once when they face Genoa, who may well struggle to score.

We’re therefore anticipating a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Bologna at full-time.

Peter Guest, 15:05 24/05/2025