Betting preview: Hellas Verona vs Bologna should be interesting

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 17.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

The season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, the highs and lows leading to mid-table positions so far. Let's get ready for Hellas Verona - Bologna!

Insights:
  • Bologna have the fewest scored goals (16) away in Serie A

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Serie A match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Crotone, so at least Hellas are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Hellas are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Bologna is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Hellas Verona have to build on here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi in the Serie A. With seven home Serie A games in a row without a win, the Hellas Verona fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Parma game long ago, can be stopped today.

Hellas Verona are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Crotone. Attacking player Antonín Barák bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Barák dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 60 successful passes (of 68 total).

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

This is expected to be a close game, with Hellas Verona perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hellas Verona as a small favourite), we find ten games. Hellas Verona has won five of these, drawn two and lost three.

Hellas has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Hellas Verona's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bologna form and stats

Bologna, who have the fewest scored goals (16) away in Serie A, have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-5-10 (18 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Genoa with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Roberto Soriano was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.52. Soriano hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Bologna travelled to Udinese and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Bologna in our archives, and the results are: one win for Bologna, six draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bologna as they have only managed to score 16 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Bologna have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Bologna - Hellas Verona 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hellas Verona two wins, three draws and Bologna five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaR. Soriano
R. Soriano
9 goals
BolognaM. Barrow
M. Barrow
8 goals
HellasA. Barák
A. Barák
7 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Bologna missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hellas Verona Bologna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 5 18 36
10 5 1 Won W 1 3 10
10 5 0 Drew D 3 5 10
15 7 3 Lost L 1 10 16
40 18 3 Scored S 4 16 48
45 21 6 Conceded C 4 30 59
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
80% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 78% 78%
43% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 50%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 39%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 22%
60% 65% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 58%
17% 12% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 11% 14%
26% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11.1 12.1 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 13.6 13.1
3.5 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.5 4.8
33% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 20% 28%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna have the fewest scored goals (16) away in Serie A

  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 36 27 7 2 82 31 18 16 1 1 48 17 18 11 6 1 34 14 51 88
2 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 86 42 18 12 3 3 49 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 44 75
3 Milan 36 23 6 7 72 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 75
4 Napoli 36 23 4 9 83 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 18 11 1 6 34 21 43 73
5 Juventus 36 21 9 6 70 35 18 13 2 3 37 16 18 8 7 3 33 19 35 72
6 Lazio 35 21 4 10 61 51 18 13 2 3 36 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 10 67
7 Roma 36 17 7 12 64 56 18 12 4 2 40 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 8 58
8 Sassuolo 36 15 11 10 59 55 18 6 8 4 29 27 18 9 3 6 30 28 4 56
9 Sampdoria 36 13 7 16 48 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 46
10 Hellas Verona 36 11 10 15 43 45 18 6 5 7 21 21 18 5 5 8 22 24 -2 43
11 Bologna 36 10 10 16 48 59 18 7 5 6 32 29 18 3 5 10 16 30 -11 40
12 Udinese 36 10 10 16 41 52 18 5 4 9 14 18 18 5 6 7 27 34 -11 40
13 Fiorentina 36 9 12 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 18 3 6 9 22 34 -10 39
14 Genoa 36 9 12 15 43 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 18 4 5 9 17 28 -11 39
15 Cagliari 36 9 9 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 36
16 Torino 35 7 14 14 48 64 18 3 8 7 24 35 17 4 6 7 24 29 -16 35
17 Spezia 36 8 11 17 46 69 17 4 6 7 22 30 19 4 5 10 24 39 -23 35
18 Benevento 36 7 10 19 38 73 18 2 6 10 18 38 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 31
19 Crotone 36 6 3 27 44 91 18 5 1 12 23 35 18 1 2 15 21 56 -47 21
20 Parma 36 3 11 22 38 77 18 2 5 11 15 36 18 1 6 11 23 41 -39 20

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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 Inter 36 27 7 2 82 31 18 16 1 1 48 17 18 11 6 1 34 14 51 88
2 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 86 42 18 12 3 3 49 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 44 75
3 Milan 36 23 6 7 72 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 75
4 Napoli 36 23 4 9 83 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 18 11 1 6 34 21 43 73
5 Juventus 36 21 9 6 70 35 18 13 2 3 37 16 18 8 7 3 33 19 35 72
6 Lazio 35 21 4 10 61 51 18 13 2 3 36 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 10 67
7 Roma 36 17 7 12 64 56 18 12 4 2 40 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 8 58
8 Sassuolo 36 15 11 10 59 55 18 6 8 4 29 27 18 9 3 6 30 28 4 56
9 Sampdoria 36 13 7 16 48 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 46
10 Hellas Verona 36 11 10 15 43 45 18 6 5 7 21 21 18 5 5 8 22 24 -2 43
11 Bologna 36 10 10 16 48 59 18 7 5 6 32 29 18 3 5 10 16 30 -11 40
12 Udinese 36 10 10 16 41 52 18 5 4 9 14 18 18 5 6 7 27 34 -11 40
13 Fiorentina 36 9 12 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 18 3 6 9 22 34 -10 39
14 Genoa 36 9 12 15 43 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 18 4 5 9 17 28 -11 39
15 Cagliari 36 9 9 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 36
16 Torino 35 7 14 14 48 64 18 3 8 7 24 35 17 4 6 7 24 29 -16 35
17 Spezia 36 8 11 17 46 69 17 4 6 7 22 30 19 4 5 10 24 39 -23 35
18 Benevento 36 7 10 19 38 73 18 2 6 10 18 38 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 31
19 Crotone 36 6 3 27 44 91 18 5 1 12 23 35 18 1 2 15 21 56 -47 21
20 Parma 36 3 11 22 38 77 18 2 5 11 15 36 18 1 6 11 23 41 -39 20

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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.