Preview: Fiorentina the expected winner when Bologna comes to visit

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team steals it or an exciting draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Fiorentina and Bologna battle at Stadio Artemio Franchi.

Insights:
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fiorentina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bologna have scored away.

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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Fiorentina form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Artemio Franchi as Fiorentina have scored 31 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 8-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The spoils were shared in Fiorentina's previous game, also at home. Visiting Hellas Verona (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The attacking player Piątek was declared "man of the match" for Fiorentina with a rating of 7.35/10. Piątek scored one goal.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Fiorentina's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won two matches, drawn two and lost one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (31 in 13 games), Fiorentina's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fiorentina have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Bologna form and stats

There's been little loot from Bologna's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Serie A. Bologna only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Bologna's last game was the home draw against Torino (0-0). The attacker Orsolini got a match rating of 7.35 in that game. Orsolini hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Salernitana that ended 1-1.

Bologna are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Bologna have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other earlier on this match year: Bologna - Fiorentina 2-3. Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Fiorentina won five, Bologna triumphed in zero and we saw five draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
9 goals
BolognaM. Barrow
M. Barrow
5 goals
FiorentinaC. Biraghi
C. Biraghi
4 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Bologna missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fiorentina Bologna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 13 27
13 8 1 Won W 1 3 9
4 2 2 Drew D 0 3 6
10 3 1 Lost L 4 7 12
46 31 5 Scored S 7 14 32
37 16 7 Conceded C 11 25 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
81% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 74%
70% 85% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 56%
33% 46% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 15% 22%
11% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 19%
59% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 48%
22% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 23% 33%
19% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 23% 30%
 
5 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 5
3.7 3.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.6 3.7
2.3 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.6
8 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
13 14.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.8 12.2
4.7 5.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4.2 4
36% 41% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 26% 29%
 
9.9 8.9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 15.2 12.8
3.7 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.6 4.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bologna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fiorentina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bologna have scored away.
  • 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 Milan 28 18 6 4 54 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 14 10 3 1 32 17 25 60
2 Inter 27 17 7 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 35 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 38 58
3 Napoli 28 17 6 5 49 20 14 8 2 4 23 10 14 9 4 1 26 10 29 57
4 Juventus 28 15 8 5 42 25 14 8 3 3 18 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 17 53
5 Atalanta 27 13 8 6 50 31 13 4 5 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 47
6 Roma 28 14 5 9 46 34 15 8 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 12 47
7 Lazio 28 13 7 8 57 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 15 46
8 Fiorentina 27 13 4 10 46 37 13 8 2 3 31 16 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 43
9 Hellas Verona 28 11 8 9 53 44 14 8 2 4 30 18 14 3 6 5 23 26 9 41
10 Sassuolo 28 10 9 9 49 46 14 4 5 5 19 22 14 6 4 4 30 24 3 39
11 Torino 27 9 7 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 13 2 4 7 7 13 5 34
12 Bologna 27 9 6 12 32 42 14 6 3 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 33
13 Empoli 28 8 8 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 14 5 6 3 18 16 -13 32
14 Udinese 26 6 11 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 20 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 29
15 Sampdoria 28 7 5 16 36 48 14 4 3 7 22 25 14 3 2 9 14 23 -12 26
16 Spezia 28 7 5 16 28 50 13 3 3 7 13 17 15 4 2 9 15 33 -22 26
17 Cagliari 28 5 10 13 28 51 14 2 6 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 12 26 -23 25
18 Venezia 27 5 7 15 25 51 14 2 4 8 15 28 13 3 3 7 10 23 -26 22
19 Genoa 28 1 15 12 22 47 14 0 8 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 18
20 Salernitana 26 3 6 17 20 61 13 1 4 8 10 29 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 15

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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 Milan 28 18 6 4 54 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 14 10 3 1 32 17 25 60
2 Inter 27 17 7 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 35 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 38 58
3 Napoli 28 17 6 5 49 20 14 8 2 4 23 10 14 9 4 1 26 10 29 57
4 Juventus 28 15 8 5 42 25 14 8 3 3 18 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 17 53
5 Atalanta 27 13 8 6 50 31 13 4 5 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 47
6 Roma 28 14 5 9 46 34 15 8 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 12 47
7 Lazio 28 13 7 8 57 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 15 46
8 Fiorentina 27 13 4 10 46 37 13 8 2 3 31 16 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 43
9 Hellas Verona 28 11 8 9 53 44 14 8 2 4 30 18 14 3 6 5 23 26 9 41
10 Sassuolo 28 10 9 9 49 46 14 4 5 5 19 22 14 6 4 4 30 24 3 39
11 Torino 27 9 7 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 13 2 4 7 7 13 5 34
12 Bologna 27 9 6 12 32 42 14 6 3 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 33
13 Empoli 28 8 8 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 14 5 6 3 18 16 -13 32
14 Udinese 26 6 11 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 20 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 29
15 Sampdoria 28 7 5 16 36 48 14 4 3 7 22 25 14 3 2 9 14 23 -12 26
16 Spezia 28 7 5 16 28 50 13 3 3 7 13 17 15 4 2 9 15 33 -22 26
17 Cagliari 28 5 10 13 28 51 14 2 6 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 12 26 -23 25
18 Venezia 27 5 7 15 25 51 14 2 4 8 15 28 13 3 3 7 10 23 -26 22
19 Genoa 28 1 15 12 22 47 14 0 8 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 18
20 Salernitana 26 3 6 17 20 61 13 1 4 8 10 29 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 15

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