Ace Football previews the Serie A game between Bologna and Sampdoria who meet up on Monday. The match preview includes the current team and H2H stats as well as the best betting tips for the match.
Position in the Serie A table: Bologna vs Sampdoria
As the current Serie A standings shows us, the difference between the two teams is five points. Even though Sampdoria cannot overtake Bologna in the league standings right away, they will surely look to reduce or at least maintain the current gap. Bologna, 13th with 34 points, will do their part to widen the distance to their upcoming opponents.
Current form and previous Serie A encounters between Bologna and Sampdoria
Mood at Bologna pretty low
Only a single point prevents Bologna from getting through their last 3 games empty-handed. They came up short, losing 1-0 and 0-1 against Fiorentina and Atalanta respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation with a 0-0 against AC Milan.
Sampdoria look poor on the road
It is all or nothing with Sampdoria at the moment and sadly for them, it has been more “nothing” than “all”. They first went down 1-3 in an encounter with Juventus to which, they replied by beating Venezia 0-2. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side when they lost 0-1 against Roma.
Fixture history: Bologna vs Sampdoria
The last time the pair played each other, Bologna came away as 2-1 winners in a Serie A, back in November 2021. At the time of writing, the bookmakers are offering the following prices on this encounter: betting on Sampdoria will get you odds 3.40, meaning the bookies predict, they are in with a 29% chance of victory. You can get a price of 2.25, should you wish to add Bologna to your accumulator, if that is your preferred betting strategy.
Highlights from the last game between Bologna and Sampdoria:
Betting stats and facts for Bologna and Sampdoria
Here are some interesting betting-relevant facts based on statistics from the last couple of matches that Bologna and Sampdoria played across all tournaments.
- Bologna have not won 12 of the last 14 matches
- Bologna have not scored in 5 of the last 6 home matches
- Bologna have not lost 3 of the last 4 home matches
- Sampdoria have conceded in 12 of the last 14 away matches
- Sampdoria have lost 6 of the last 7 away matches
- Sampdoria have scored in the last 3 matches in a row
- Sampdoria have not won 3 of the last 4 matches
- In 9 of the last 10 Bologna matches versus Sampdoria the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 5 matches in a row Bologna versus Sampdoria played, both teams scored
- Bologna have won the last 6 matches versus Sampdoria in a row
Players to focus on in Bologna vs Sampdoria
Marko Arnautovic has been hitting the target on a regular basis in recent matches. Bologna will no doubt look to him for more goals in their next match against Sampdoria. The visitors are surely hoping Francesco Caputo adds another to his current tally.
Best betting tips: Bologna vs Sampdoria
In conclusion, we present betting tips for this Serie A match, which are based on the above statements. Besides the main prediction for this game, we have also come up with some lower and higher risk alternatives.