Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bologna & Hellas Verona face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Bologna nor Hellas Verona as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bologna form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Coppa Italia for Bologna, as the manager Motta led his troops to eliminate Cesena, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Bologna's Coppa Italia journey ended in the round of 16.The story so far in the Serie A for Bologna at their home stadium (Stadio Renato Dall'Ara) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The home team returns to Stadio Renato Dall'Ara after drawing with Sassuolo on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Calafiori, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Calafiori hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
Before that, Bologna had a Serie A home game versus Frosinone which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bologna matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bologna as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Lazio are visiting.
Bologna has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Bologna are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Hellas Verona form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Ascoli in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia.Hellas Verona have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Hellas Verona, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Juventus. Late heartbreak for Hellas in the Juventus match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Midfield player Faraoni was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Faraoni had 24 successful passes (of 26 total).
A loss against Napoli was the result prior to that, in a Serie A home game.Hellas Verona are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games. Hellas Verona have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hellas Verona have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Bologna.Top Goalscorers
  R. Orsolini 4 goals |  J. Zirkzee 3 goals |  L. Ferguson 2 goals |
Bologna missing players
Hellas Verona missing players
| Bologna | Hellas Verona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 11.6 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 25 |
| 2 | Juventus | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Milan | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Napoli | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Lazio | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Bologna | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Roma | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | Monza | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Lecce | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Frosinone | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Torino | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Genoa | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Hellas Verona | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Udinese | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Empoli | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -16 | 7 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 4 |
