Home advantage could prove decisive in Bologna - Salernitana battle

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Thu 01.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

Salernitana have journeyed here for an engaging game versus the hosting Bologna. Read up on the fixture with this full Serie A preview!

Insights:
  • Bologna have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie A

The visiting Salernitana played their last game only four days ago, a Serie A match.

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Bologna form and stats

The first Serie A game here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara resulted in a draw. Last season Bologna's home game statistics were 8 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 19 games.

The club members are hoping that Bologna will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Milan (placed 2nd).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Hellas Verona.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bologna have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 5 and lost 0.

Bologna are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Spezia awaits in three days.

At Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Salernitana form and stats

One match played away so far in the Serie A for Salernitana and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses from 19 games.

Salernitana have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Luigi Sepe. It's been 237 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.

Impressive finishing from Dia, Bonazzoli, Botheim and Vilhena secured the home win 4-0 against Sampdoria in their previous game. As mentioned above, Salernitana was the only team on the pitch versus Sampdoria in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Salernitana goalie Sepe was high and low in the Sampdoria game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Sepe was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.12. The agile goalkeeper Sepe topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-0 draw at Udinese's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Salernitana have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 5 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Salernitana, the Serie A home match versus Empoli. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Salernitana has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Bologna victory, one draw and zero Salernitana wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last two encounters. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Arnautovic with 2 goals scored against Salernitana in these 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
2 goals
SalernitanaE. Botheim
E. Botheim
1 goals
SalernitanaF. Bonazzoli
F. Bonazzoli
1 goals

Bologna missing players

Salernitana missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bologna Salernitana
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 1 0 Scored S 0 0 4
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
4 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5.3
5.3 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 3.7
3.3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 18 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16 14
2.3 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 5
29% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 27%
 
16.3 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16 18
6.7 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 4.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie A
Bologna Last season Salernitana
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 8   Won W   4 7
10 4   Drew D   4 10
16 7   Lost L   11 21
44 25   Scored S   16 33
55 24   Conceded C   39 78
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 84%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
24% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 34%
16% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
47% 42%   BTTS BTTS   58% 53%
34% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 5%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   37% 42%
 
4.8 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.9
4.4 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   7.4 6.1
2.4 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
7 4   Red cards R C   2 5
 
12 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.2
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.5
30% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 25%
 
14.7 12.5   Shots against (avg) S A   17 15.8
4.8 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.3 6

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