Possible nail-biting contest in Bologna - Hellas Verona game

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

It's only match two of the Serie A for these squads. And there's points to play for here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara as Bologna welcome Hellas Verona. Check out this preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bologna form and stats

The previous season, Bologna's league results were 12 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses, resulting in 13th spot in the Serie A. During these 38 matches they scored 44 goals and let in 55. Playing as the home team in the last season Bologna generated 8-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 24 conceded.

Bologna are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Lazio. Arnautović, a striker, was the champion player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.65 (out of 10). Arnautović scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).

This is expected to be a close game, with Bologna perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bologna as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Bologna has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hellas Verona performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 65 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 8 and lost 6 with 31/34 goals scored/conceded.

Hellas's previous game was their home loss versus Napoli (2-5). As you can tell from the result, the match against Napoli was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Lasagna and that is quite the feat! Faraoni got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, top player of the team. Faraoni served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

aweayteam Hara magic won. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hellas Verona playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 2 Hellas Verona wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bologna five wins, three draws and Hellas Verona two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
1 goals
Hellas VeronaK. Lasagna
K. Lasagna
1 goals
Hellas VeronaT. Henry
T. Henry
1 goals

Bologna missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bologna Hellas Verona
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 5
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 26
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 8
Bologna Last season Hellas Verona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 8   Won W   5 14
10 4   Drew D   8 11
16 7   Lost L   6 13
44 25   Scored S   31 65
55 24   Conceded C   34 59
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 87%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 66%
24% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 42%
16% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 21%
47% 42%   BTTS BTTS   79% 76%
34% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 11%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   21% 16%
 
4.8 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.4
4.4 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.9
2.4 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.7
7 4   Red cards R C   3 7
 
12 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 12.4
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.1
30% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 41%
 
14.7 12.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.6
4.8 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.2

  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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milan 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Torino 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Roma 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Spezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Bologna 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Lecce 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Monza 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Udinese 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
18 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Hellas Verona 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Sassuolo 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 69 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 19 14 4 1 41 19 38 86
2 Inter 38 25 9 4 84 32 19 14 3 2 48 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 19 13 4 2 37 15 43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 19 10 5 4 25 14 19 10 5 4 32 23 20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 10 6 3 42 25 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 19 8 3 8 33 27 16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 19 13 2 4 38 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 8 62
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 19 4 8 7 31 29 19 12 3 4 34 19 17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 19 9 3 7 34 25 19 5 8 6 31 34 6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 19 8 5 6 29 21 19 5 6 8 17 20 5 50
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 19 6 6 7 27 30 19 7 5 7 37 36 -2 50
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 19 5 7 7 30 29 3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 19 4 6 9 19 31 -11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 19 6 6 7 22 26 -20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 19 6 3 10 29 32 19 4 3 12 17 31 -17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 19 5 3 11 21 30 19 5 3 11 20 41 -30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 19 3 6 10 17 39 19 4 4 11 16 39 -45 31
18 Cagliari 38 6 12 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 19 3 6 10 14 35 -34 30
19 Genoa 38 4 16 18 27 60 19 3 8 8 14 25 19 1 8 10 13 35 -33 28
20 Venezia 38 6 9 23 34 69 19 3 5 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 27

Bologna:
Hellas Verona:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milan 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Torino 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Roma 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Spezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Bologna 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Lecce 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Monza 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Udinese 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
18 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Hellas Verona 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Sassuolo 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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.