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Serie A: Bologna vs Sassuolo – Betting preview

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Ace Football previews the Serie A round 3 match between Bologna and Sassuolo and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Bologna hope to live up to their early billing as the Serie A title favourites on Sunday when they welcome Sassuolo over to the Stadio Renato Dell’Ara for a round 3 match.

Sassuolo enter this round three of the Serie A with three points in the bag, and they will be hoping to double that in the coming match.

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Form: Bologna vs Sassuolo

Bologna Form

A single point is all Bologna can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 3-3 draw with Inter, before getting trounced 0-1 against Lazio while Atalanta won 1-0. Bologna just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Serie A matches at the Stadio Renato Dell’Ara. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded eight goals.

Sassuolo Form

Sassuolo have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Atalanta, they came out empty-handed in a 2-1 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 2-1 win against Torino. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Frosinone. Sassuolo came through their last six away games in the Serie A without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by eight goals to four.

Betting facts for Bologna and Sassuolo

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Bologna and Sassuolo. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

  • In 16 of the last 18 Bologna matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 15 of the last 17 Bologna home matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • Bologna have lost the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 1.5
  • Bologna have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 0.5 goals
  • Bologna have lost the last 4 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
  • In 17 of the last 19 Sassuolo away matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 15 of the last 16 Sassuolo matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 13 of the last 15 Sassuolo away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • Sassuolo have lost 5 of the last 6 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
  • In the last 5 Sassuolo matches the sum of goals was over 2.5

Players in form: Bologna vs Sassuolo

Federico Bernardeschi is the most prolific Serie A marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Sassuolo look to Domenico Berardi, hoping he can add to his current total of two Serie A goals in his latest games.

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Full-time result

Bologna won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Stadio Renato Dell’Ara. They drew three and lost four as well, while Sassuolo won zero of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost seven. Bologna have not lost to Sassuolo in 6 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Bologna scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Sassuolo scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Bologna managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Bologna have scored in 19 consecutive league meetings with Sassuolo.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Bologna’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Sassuolo, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves.