Home advantage could prove decisive in Bologna - Benevento battle

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 12.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

With their 0 point advantage in the league table, Bologna fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Benevento.

Insights:
  • Bologna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bologna form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Bologna have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

A strong away win for Bologna against Parma the last match, as Riccardo Orsolini and Musa Barrow (2) were on target. Preceding that match was a defeat to Milan (1-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bologna handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and zero defeats.

Bologna have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Bologna have conceded 19 from these games.

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Benevento form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. Benevento has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Benevento's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sampdoria that finished 1-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Inter wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

Benevento are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

Benevento find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Benevento have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Benevento - Bologna 1-0. Bologna-Benevento H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Bologna two wins, Benevento one win, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BolognaR. Soriano
R. Soriano
6 goals
BolognaM. Barrow
M. Barrow
5 goals
BeneventoG. Caprari
G. Caprari
5 goals

Bologna missing players

Benevento missing players

Bologna Benevento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 10 21
6 4 3 Won W 2 4 6
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
10 4 0 Lost L 2 5 10
28 18 8 Scored S 6 12 24
35 19 3 Conceded C 6 20 41
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
76% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 70% 81%
57% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 52%
38% 60% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 38%
19% 40% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 30% 24%
57% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
19% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 24%
29% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.2 12.6 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 17.5 13.2 11.9
4.9 5.2 8.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.3 3.3
27% 35% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 35%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bologna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 21 15 4 2 45 23 11 6 3 2 24 15 10 9 1 0 21 8 22 49
2 Inter 21 14 5 2 51 23 10 8 1 1 29 13 11 6 4 1 22 10 28 47
3 Juventus 20 12 6 2 41 18 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 5 4 1 21 10 23 42
4 Roma 21 12 4 5 44 35 11 8 3 0 28 13 10 4 1 5 16 22 9 40
5 Lazio 21 12 4 5 36 27 11 6 2 3 17 14 10 6 2 2 19 13 9 40
6 Napoli 20 12 1 7 44 21 10 6 1 3 27 10 10 6 0 4 17 11 23 37
7 Atalanta 21 10 7 4 48 29 11 5 3 3 26 16 10 5 4 1 22 13 19 37
8 Sassuolo 21 8 7 6 34 32 10 3 4 3 14 14 11 5 3 3 20 18 2 31
9 Hellas Verona 21 8 6 7 26 23 10 5 2 3 15 10 11 3 4 4 11 13 3 30
10 Sampdoria 21 8 3 10 31 32 10 4 1 5 17 16 11 4 2 5 14 16 -1 27
11 Udinese 21 6 6 9 23 28 11 3 3 5 9 12 10 3 3 4 14 16 -5 24
12 Genoa 21 6 6 9 24 31 11 4 2 5 16 17 10 2 4 4 8 14 -7 24
13 Bologna 21 6 5 10 28 35 10 4 2 4 18 19 11 2 3 6 10 16 -7 23
14 Benevento 21 6 5 10 24 41 11 2 4 5 12 21 10 4 1 5 12 20 -17 23
15 Fiorentina 21 5 7 9 21 33 11 4 4 3 11 11 10 1 3 6 10 22 -12 22
16 Spezia 21 5 6 10 28 38 10 1 3 6 10 19 11 4 3 4 18 19 -10 21
17 Torino 21 2 10 9 32 41 10 0 6 4 14 19 11 2 4 5 18 22 -9 16
18 Cagliari 21 3 6 12 24 39 10 2 3 5 13 19 11 1 3 7 11 20 -15 15
19 Parma 21 2 7 12 14 41 11 1 4 6 3 18 10 1 3 6 11 23 -27 13
20 Crotone 21 3 3 15 22 50 10 3 1 6 13 20 11 0 2 9 9 30 -28 12

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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.