Bologna - Fiorentina: Small difference between teams in Serie A clash

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

All you need to know about the Serie A game Bologna - Fiorentina!

Insights:
  • Bologna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

These are busy days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the Serie A. This match was also played here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Fiorentina have had more rest.

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Bologna form and stats

Bologna are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

Bologna are confident in defense, having played 209 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Bologna supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Roma in Serie A and win 1-0. Bologna goalkeeper Łukasz Skorupski did an outstanding job against Roma with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Łukasz Skorupski was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.15 out of ten. Skorupski stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Spezia with a 1-0 scoreline.

Bologna have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Bologna's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Fiorentina form and stats

Playing away, Fiorentina have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie A this season. A depressing four defeats in a row for Fiorentina in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Udinese.

Dušan Vlahović, Riccardo Sottil and José Callejón scored in Fiorentina's previous match, the home game against Sampdoria that ended 3-1. Riccardo Sottil, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.12. Sottil scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 20 successful passes (of 21 total).

A 1-2 defeat away at Empoli before that.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Fiorentina have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Bologna won zero, Fiorentina were winners in five and we saw five draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FiorentinaD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
12 goals
BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
6 goals
BolognaM. Barrow
M. Barrow
4 goals

Bologna missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Bologna Fiorentina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 8 15
7 5 1 Won W 0 3 8
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
5 2 1 Lost L 3 5 7
21 14 3 Scored S 1 7 24
24 9 4 Conceded C 4 10 20
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 73%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 73%
33% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 27%
27% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
47% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 60%
40% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 20%
20% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 20%
 
6.1 6.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5 4.9
2.9 2.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.6 4.5
2.6 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.2 2.7
4 4 2 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
13.5 13.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.5 12.9
4.5 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 4.9
31% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 25% 32%
 
12.8 10 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.9 10.5
5 4.2 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 15 11 3 1 32 9 7 6 1 0 15 2 8 5 2 1 17 7 23 36
2 Milan 15 11 2 2 33 18 7 5 1 1 14 7 8 6 1 1 19 11 15 35
3 Inter 15 10 4 1 36 15 7 5 2 0 20 6 8 5 2 1 16 9 21 34
4 Atalanta 15 9 4 2 32 17 8 3 3 2 17 11 7 6 1 0 15 6 15 31
5 Roma 15 8 1 6 24 16 7 5 1 1 10 4 8 3 0 5 14 12 8 25
6 Fiorentina 15 8 0 7 24 20 7 5 0 2 17 10 8 3 0 5 7 10 4 24
7 Juventus 15 7 3 5 20 16 7 3 1 3 7 7 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 24
8 Bologna 15 7 3 5 21 24 8 5 1 2 14 9 7 2 2 3 7 15 -3 24
9 Lazio 14 6 3 5 25 25 7 5 1 1 18 8 7 1 2 4 7 17 0 21
10 Hellas Verona 15 5 5 5 28 25 8 5 1 2 18 11 7 0 4 3 10 14 3 20
11 Sassuolo 15 5 4 6 24 23 8 2 3 3 10 10 7 3 1 3 14 13 1 19
12 Empoli 14 6 1 7 21 26 8 2 1 5 11 19 6 4 0 2 10 7 -5 19
13 Torino 14 5 2 7 17 14 7 4 1 2 14 7 7 1 1 5 3 7 3 17
14 Udinese 14 3 6 5 16 20 8 2 4 2 10 11 6 1 2 3 6 9 -4 15
15 Sampdoria 15 4 3 8 21 29 8 2 2 4 12 17 7 2 1 4 9 12 -8 15
16 Venezia 15 4 3 8 12 25 6 2 1 3 7 9 9 2 2 5 5 16 -13 15
17 Spezia 15 3 2 10 15 34 7 2 1 4 7 9 8 1 1 6 8 25 -19 11
18 Genoa 15 1 7 7 17 29 7 0 3 4 7 14 8 1 4 3 10 15 -12 10
19 Cagliari 15 1 6 8 16 29 8 1 3 4 11 14 7 0 3 4 5 15 -13 9
20 Salernitana 15 2 2 11 11 31 8 1 1 6 5 16 7 1 1 5 6 15 -20 8

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Read more about Serie A

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.