Football preview: Bologna vs Juventus - predictions and stats

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

Both these contenders are doing all right, Juventus having a 4 point lead on Bologna in the tables. Game on!

Insights:
  • Bologna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Juventus 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.

L L W W L

Bologna form and stats

Bologna have collected 16 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-1-3.

Bologna lost their last game at Torino (placed 13th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Bologna's goalkeeper Skorupski was extremely busy against Torino, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The goalie Łukasz Skorupski was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.62 out of ten. Skorupski stopped the opponent with eight saves.

Preceding that match was the home game against Fiorentina that was lost 2-3.

The manager Mihajlović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sassuolo in only four days.

The Bologna fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Bologna have conceded 12 goals.

D W W W L

Juventus form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

Juventus are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Venezia (placed 16th). The attacker Álvaro Morata got a match rating of 8.02 in that game. Morata scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Malmö FF in the Champions League.

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

The travelling fans enjoy Juventus's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Juventus have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Bologna won zero, Juventus triumphed in ten and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
6 goals
BolognaM. Barrow
M. Barrow
5 goals
JuventusP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
5 goals

Bologna missing players

Juventus missing players

Bologna Juventus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 3 9 17
7 5 0 Won W 2 4 8
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
7 3 2 Lost L 1 2 5
24 16 4 Scored S 4 14 23
29 12 7 Conceded C 2 10 17
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 71%
59% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 35%
35% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 18%
29% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 12%
53% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 53%
35% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 35%
18% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
5.4 6 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 4.8
3 2.1 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.9 4.6
2.7 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 2.1
4 4 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 13 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 14.6 14.7
4.4 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 4.4
32% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 31%
 
12.6 9.6 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11.1 9.6
5.1 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 2.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Juventus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Juventus have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Juventus 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 Inter 17 12 4 1 43 15 8 6 2 0 24 6 9 6 2 1 19 9 28 40
2 Milan 17 12 3 2 36 19 8 6 1 1 16 7 9 6 2 1 20 12 17 39
3 Atalanta 17 11 4 2 37 20 8 3 3 2 17 11 9 8 1 0 20 9 17 37
4 Napoli 17 11 3 3 34 13 9 6 1 2 17 6 8 5 2 1 17 7 21 36
5 Fiorentina 17 10 0 7 31 22 8 6 0 2 21 10 9 4 0 5 10 12 9 30
6 Juventus 17 8 4 5 23 17 8 4 1 3 9 7 9 4 3 2 14 10 6 28
7 Empoli 17 8 2 7 27 29 9 3 1 5 14 20 8 5 1 2 13 9 -2 26
8 Roma 16 8 1 7 24 19 8 5 1 2 10 7 8 3 0 5 14 12 5 25
9 Lazio 17 7 4 6 33 32 8 5 2 1 22 12 9 2 2 5 11 20 1 25
10 Bologna 17 7 3 7 24 29 9 5 1 3 16 12 8 2 2 4 8 17 -5 24
11 Hellas Verona 17 6 5 6 33 30 9 5 1 3 19 13 8 1 4 3 14 17 3 23
12 Sassuolo 17 6 5 6 28 26 9 3 3 3 12 11 8 3 2 3 16 15 2 23
13 Torino 17 6 4 7 22 18 9 5 2 2 18 10 8 1 2 5 4 8 4 22
14 Sampdoria 17 5 3 9 25 33 9 2 2 5 13 20 8 3 1 4 12 13 -8 18
15 Udinese 17 3 8 6 22 28 9 2 5 2 11 12 8 1 3 4 11 16 -6 17
16 Venezia 17 4 4 9 16 30 8 2 2 4 11 14 9 2 2 5 5 16 -14 16
17 Spezia 16 3 3 10 17 36 8 2 2 4 9 11 8 1 1 6 8 25 -19 12
18 Genoa 17 1 7 9 18 34 8 0 3 5 8 17 9 1 4 4 10 17 -16 10
19 Cagliari 17 1 7 9 17 34 9 1 4 4 12 15 8 0 3 5 5 19 -17 10
20 Salernitana 17 2 2 13 11 37 8 1 1 6 5 16 9 1 1 7 6 21 -26 8

Bologna:
Juventus:

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.