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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 21.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

Which side will go home victorious when Bologna travel to Hellas Verona? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant information and numbers needed to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Serie A
  • Bologna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie A game only four days ago.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

Hellas Verona have collected 17 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-2-4.

Happy days for Hellas Verona in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Sassuolo (placed 12th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. The talented striker Barák outshone all others in that match and received a match rating of 10.0 out of 10. Barák scored three goals, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 36 successful passes (of 43 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Salernitana (1-2).

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 Hellas Verona have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.

A decent goal production from Hellas Verona in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. Hellas Verona's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bologna form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Bologna have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far.

Bologna might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Napoli proved too strong as Bologna slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. Skorupski (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 6.82. Skorupski stopped the opponent with three saves.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Cagliari's place.

Bologna are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Bologna have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Bologna have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Bologna - Hellas Verona 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Hellas Verona victory, three draws and six Bologna wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hellas VeronaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
12 goals
Hellas VeronaA. Barák
A. Barák
8 goals
HellasG. Caprari
G. Caprari
7 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Bologna missing players

Hellas Verona Bologna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 10 21
8 5 3 Won W 1 3 8
6 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
8 4 1 Lost L 2 5 10
41 21 11 Scored S 6 12 28
37 16 7 Conceded C 6 19 35
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
86% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
73% 82% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 57%
50% 45% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 29%
32% 27% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 24%
82% 82% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 48%
9% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 33%
14% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 24%
 
5 5.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 5.2
4.6 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 3.3
2.6 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
13.5 14.2 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 12.5 12.5
4.2 4.6 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.4
45% 41% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 30%
 
13.1 13.2 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 15.7 12.9
4.3 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.6 5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (20) 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 21 15 5 1 51 16 10 8 2 0 27 7 11 7 3 1 24 9 35 50
2 Milan 22 15 3 4 47 25 11 7 1 3 20 11 11 8 2 1 27 14 22 48
3 Napoli 22 14 4 4 39 15 11 7 1 3 18 7 11 7 3 1 21 8 24 46
4 Atalanta 21 12 6 3 44 26 10 3 4 3 18 15 11 9 2 0 26 11 18 42
5 Juventus 22 12 5 5 34 21 11 6 2 3 14 8 11 6 3 2 20 13 13 41
6 Fiorentina 21 11 2 8 40 29 10 7 1 2 29 12 11 4 1 6 11 17 11 35
7 Roma 22 11 2 9 36 28 12 7 2 3 17 12 10 4 0 6 19 16 8 35
8 Lazio 22 10 5 7 46 39 10 6 3 1 28 16 12 4 2 6 18 23 7 35
9 Torino 21 9 4 8 29 20 11 7 2 2 23 10 10 2 2 6 6 10 9 31
10 Hellas Verona 22 8 6 8 41 37 11 5 2 4 21 16 11 3 4 4 20 21 4 30
11 Empoli 22 8 5 9 35 43 11 3 1 7 17 29 11 5 4 2 18 14 -8 29
12 Sassuolo 22 7 7 8 38 37 12 3 4 5 15 19 10 4 3 3 23 18 1 28
13 Bologna 21 8 3 10 28 35 11 5 1 5 16 16 10 3 2 5 12 19 -7 27
14 Spezia 22 6 4 12 23 42 10 2 3 5 11 14 12 4 1 7 12 28 -19 22
15 Udinese 20 4 8 8 28 36 10 2 5 3 13 18 10 2 3 5 15 18 -8 20
16 Sampdoria 22 5 5 12 29 40 12 2 3 7 16 25 10 3 2 5 13 15 -11 20
17 Venezia 21 4 6 11 19 38 11 2 3 6 13 21 10 2 3 5 6 17 -19 18
18 Cagliari 22 3 7 12 21 43 11 2 4 5 14 20 11 1 3 7 7 23 -22 16
19 Genoa 22 1 9 12 20 45 10 0 4 6 8 18 12 1 5 6 12 27 -25 12
20 Salernitana 20 3 2 15 13 46 10 1 1 8 5 24 10 2 1 7 8 22 -33 11

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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.