Ace Football previews the Serie A game between Verona and Bologna who meet up this coming Thursday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Mid-placed Bologna travel to Stadio M. A. Bentegodi to face struggling Verona in a round 16 game, which kicks-off on Thursday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.
Verona are number 19 in the table on 13 points after 19 matches. Bologna rank as number 9 with 27 points after 19 matches played.
Form: Verona vs Bologna
Verona Form
In their last three matches, Verona lost 0-3 against Torino, drew 2-2 with SSC Napoli, before losing to Lazio by 0-1. Verona just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Serie A matches at the Stadio M. A. Bentegodi. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded 11 goals.
Bologna Form
Bologna came away from their previous three games with just one draw, as they lost 3-1 against Inter. A 0-2 defeat against Atalanta followed, before a 1-1 draw with Como. In their last six away matches in the Serie A, Bologna won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying eight goals conceded and 11 scored.
Betting facts for Verona and Bologna
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Verona and Bologna. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 10 of the last 11 Verona matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 10 of the last 11 Verona matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Verona home matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 Verona home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 5 Verona home matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Bologna matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Bologna matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Bologna matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Bologna away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Bologna matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players in form: Verona vs Bologna
Gift Orban found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Jens Odgaard just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Betting markets: Verona vs Bologna
Full-time result
Verona claimed one wins, drew four and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Bologna won five, drew three and lost two of their last 10 games away. Bologna conceded a goal in their previous 7 matches.
Both teams to score
Verona scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Bologna got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Verona managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Bologna kept their opponent from scoring in zero of their last 10 matches.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Verona’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Bologna, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches. Verona conceded a goal in their previous 8 matches. Bologna conceded a goal in their last 7 matches.
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