Inter meet Bologna as odds-on favourites: Big preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

Inter prepare to fight against Bologna in this Serie A match. Everything you can know about the match is located right here!

Inter have less rest than Bologna in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Real Madrid, was also a home game here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The away team is better rested.

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Inter form and stats

Inter have only played one Serie A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 17 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 19 matches.

The Inter fans got no joy from their last match, a Champions League game also here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza: A 0-1 defeat against Real Madrid. Marcelo Brozović (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Brozović hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 99 successful passes (of 109 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Sampdoria that finished 2-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Inter home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager S. Inzaghi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fiorentina in only three days.

Inter has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Bologna form and stats

One match played away so far in the Serie A for Bologna and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses from 19 games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Bologna goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski is eager to challenge this, with his 200 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Mattias Svanberg scored in Bologna's previous match, the home game against Hellas Verona that ended 1-0. Midfielder Nicolás Domínguez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Domínguez hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that, Bologna travelled to Atalanta and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

You'll want to know how Bologna managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and three home wins.

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

It's early days yet, but Bologna has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Inter won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Bologna got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
2 goals
InterC. Correa
C. Correa
2 goals
BolognaL. De Silvestri
L. De Silvestri
2 goals

Inter missing players

Bologna missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inter Bologna
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 4 0 Scored S 0 0 4
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
5.3 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6.7
4 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 3.7
2.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
14.3 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 12.7
7.7 10 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.7
39% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 36%
Inter Last season Bologna
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
28 17   Won W   3 10
7 1   Drew D   6 11
3 1   Lost L   10 17
89 53   Scored S   18 51
35 18   Conceded C   32 65
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
84% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 79%
63% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 53%
37% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 42%
18% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 24%
63% 63%   BTTS BTTS   53% 61%
37% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 13%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   42% 29%
 
5.4 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.3
3.6 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.8
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.2
2 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
14.2 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   13.5 13.1
5.3 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.7
44% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roma 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 9
2 Milan 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9
3 Napoli 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
4 Inter 3 2 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 7
5 Udinese 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7
6 Bologna 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
7 Lazio 3 2 0 1 9 4 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 5 6
8 Fiorentina 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
9 Sassuolo 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 4
10 Atalanta 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
11 Torino 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Empoli 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
13 Genoa 3 1 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 6 -4 3
14 Venezia 3 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 3
15 Sampdoria 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
16 Juventus 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
17 Cagliari 3 0 1 2 5 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 1
18 Spezia 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 8 -6 1
19 Hellas Verona 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
20 Salernitana 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 7 -9 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 Inter 38 28 7 3 89 35 19 17 1 1 53 18 19 11 6 2 36 17 54 91
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 19 16 1 2 43 17 33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 19 12 3 4 49 24 19 11 6 2 41 23 43 78
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 19 14 2 3 40 18 19 9 7 3 37 20 39 78
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 19 12 4 3 50 20 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 77
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 19 13 3 3 36 23 19 8 2 9 25 32 6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 19 13 4 2 42 18 19 5 4 10 26 40 10 62
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 19 7 8 4 31 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 19 9 3 7 32 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 19 6 6 7 23 23 19 5 6 8 23 25 -2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 19 5 5 9 18 28 -11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 19 7 5 7 33 33 19 3 6 10 18 32 -14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 19 3 7 9 22 34 -12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 19 5 4 10 14 19 19 5 6 8 28 39 -16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 19 5 7 7 28 33 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 19 5 4 10 22 32 19 4 6 9 21 27 -16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 19 3 9 7 25 36 19 4 7 8 25 33 -19 37
18 Benevento 38 7 12 19 40 75 19 2 7 10 19 39 19 5 5 9 21 36 -35 33
19 Crotone 38 6 5 27 45 92 19 5 2 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 23
20 Parma 38 3 11 24 39 83 19 2 5 12 16 39 19 1 6 12 23 44 -44 20

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