Monza vs Bologna betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Thu 28.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: U-Power Stadium (18568 seats)

Bologna have come here for an appealing battle against the home team Monza. Get ready for the match with this thorough Serie A preview!

Insights:
  • Monza have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bologna have not yet lost a game away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie A.

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Monza form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Monza's two home games in the Serie A so far this season, having collected 4 points here at U-Power Stadium.

An away draw last time out for Monza, facing Lazio in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Ciurria was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Ciurria hit three key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).

Before that, Monza drew at home versus Lecce.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Monza have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Monza are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Sassuolo awaits in four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Monza's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Bologna form and stats

Things could have gone better for Bologna in their Serie A away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.

Bologna are looking to quickly end their 181 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A. The Bologna goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 248 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Bologna's last game was the home draw against Napoli (0-0). Skorupski was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.0. The agile goalkeeper Skorupski topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hellas Verona that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bologna playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Bologna win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

After this away game Bologna return home for a Serie A game against Empoli. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Bologna has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Monza-Bologna H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Monza one win, Bologna one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MonzaA. Colpani
A. Colpani
3 goals
MonzaR. Gagliardini
R. Gagliardini
1 goals
BolognaL. Ferguson
L. Ferguson
1 goals

Monza missing players

Bologna missing players

Monza Bologna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 3 0 Scored S 0 1 3
7 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 60%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 60%
 
5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3.8
4.4 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.4
2.6 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.2 22.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.5 11.6
3.8 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.4
21% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 14%
 
14 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.5 10.2
4.2 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Monza's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bologna have not yet lost a game away.
  • Bologna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bologna have yet to win a game away.
  • Monza have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Monza have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Monza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Monza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Monza Last season Bologna
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 7   Won W   7 14
10 5   Drew D   3 12
14 7   Lost L   9 12
48 25   Scored S   29 53
52 22   Conceded C   35 49
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
82% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 82%
45% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   74% 53%
21% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 21%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 11%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   74% 63%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 21%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   21% 21%
 
4.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.8
4.9 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.5
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
4 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 12.9
4.1 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.2
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%
 
12.9 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 12.9
4.6 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.5

  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 5 5 0 0 14 1 3 3 0 0 11 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 13 15
2 Milan 5 4 0 1 10 7 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 2 0 1 5 6 3 12
3 Lecce 5 3 2 0 8 4 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 11
4 Juventus 5 3 1 1 11 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 7 4 5 10
5 Fiorentina 5 3 1 1 11 9 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 10
6 Atalanta 5 3 0 2 10 5 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 5 9
7 Napoli 5 2 2 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 8
8 Frosinone 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 2 0 1 7 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 8
9 Torino 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 8
10 Hellas Verona 5 2 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 -1 7
11 Bologna 5 1 3 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 6
12 Sassuolo 5 2 0 3 9 11 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 2 2 6 -2 6
13 Roma 5 1 2 2 12 7 3 1 1 1 10 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 5 5
14 Monza 5 1 2 2 4 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 -3 5
15 Lazio 5 1 1 3 5 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -3 4
16 Genoa 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 3 6 3 1 0 2 1 2 -4 4
17 Salernitana 5 0 3 2 4 9 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -5 3
18 Udinese 5 0 3 2 1 6 3 0 1 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 -5 3
19 Cagliari 5 0 2 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 -5 2
20 Empoli 5 0 0 5 0 13 3 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 9 -13 0

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.