Roma vs Bologna pre-match info: Away side will have a back-breaking 90 minutes at Stadio Olimpico

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Things are looking good for Roma so far, with the 5th place in the Serie A table and hosting Bologna (who are placed 13th).

Insights:
  • Bologna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Roma nor Bologna as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Roma form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Olimpico as Roma have scored 25 goals to get 34 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 10-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). Roma are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Roma coach Mourinho and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Leicester City in the Europa Conference League. Midfield player Zalewski got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Zalewski served one assist and hit two key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Inter (1-3).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Roma, as the Europa Conference League home game vs Leicester City is only four days away.

The Roma fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 17 matches. Roma have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bologna form and stats

Bologna have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-5-8 (16 played). Two points from the last two away games for Bologna, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Bologna won their last game, 2-1 versus Inter played at home. Goalkeeper Skorupski was absolutely vital in the Bologna victory against Inter, making six saves. Theate, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.24. Theate won 4 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Udinese.

The attacking power of Bologna when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bologna have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bologna - Roma 1-0 was the output when this pair of sides last met, also in this season. Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Roma won six, Bologna triumphed in three and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

RomaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
15 goals
BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
13 goals
RomaL. Pellegrini
L. Pellegrini
8 goals

Roma missing players

Bologna missing players

Roma Bologna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 16 34
17 10 5 Won W 0 3 11
7 4 1 Drew D 2 5 9
10 3 0 Lost L 3 8 14
55 25 10 Scored S 2 15 39
40 15 4 Conceded C 13 27 48
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 88%
71% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 71%
53% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 50%
35% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 21%
18% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 15%
53% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 47%
38% 53% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 32%
15% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 31% 32%
 
5.9 5.6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.8 4.6
3.4 3.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.1 4
3.1 3.2 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 3.1 2.5
8 5 3 Red cards R C 2 3 7
 
15.6 14.9 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10.9 11.8
5.3 4.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.8 3.8
31% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 25% 30%
 
10.4 10.7 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 21 16.9 14.4
4.2 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.4 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.

  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 34 22 8 4 60 30 17 10 4 3 25 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 30 74
2 Inter 34 21 9 4 72 28 17 12 3 2 41 14 17 9 6 2 31 14 44 72
3 Napoli 34 20 7 7 61 30 17 9 3 5 28 15 17 11 4 2 33 15 31 67
4 Juventus 34 19 9 6 52 30 17 9 4 4 21 11 17 10 5 2 31 19 22 66
5 Roma 34 17 7 10 55 40 17 10 4 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 58
6 Lazio 34 16 8 10 66 50 17 9 5 3 37 22 17 7 3 7 29 28 16 56
7 Fiorentina 34 17 5 12 54 46 17 11 2 4 34 20 17 6 3 8 20 26 8 56
8 Atalanta 34 15 10 9 61 43 17 4 7 6 30 27 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 55
9 Hellas Verona 34 13 10 11 59 51 17 9 3 5 33 21 17 4 7 6 26 30 8 49
10 Sassuolo 34 12 10 12 59 55 17 6 5 6 26 26 17 6 5 6 33 29 4 46
11 Torino 34 11 11 12 42 36 17 8 5 4 29 17 17 3 6 8 13 19 6 44
12 Udinese 34 10 13 11 53 52 17 6 7 4 28 24 17 4 6 7 25 28 1 43
13 Bologna 34 11 9 14 39 48 18 8 4 6 24 21 16 3 5 8 15 27 -9 42
14 Empoli 34 9 10 15 45 62 17 4 4 9 26 40 17 5 6 6 19 22 -17 37
15 Spezia 34 9 6 19 34 59 16 5 3 8 17 20 18 4 3 11 17 39 -25 33
16 Sampdoria 34 8 6 20 41 57 17 4 3 10 24 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -16 30
17 Cagliari 34 6 10 18 31 62 17 3 6 8 18 28 17 3 4 10 13 34 -31 28
18 Genoa 34 3 16 15 25 54 17 2 8 7 12 23 17 1 8 8 13 31 -29 25
19 Salernitana 33 6 7 20 28 70 16 2 5 9 14 33 17 4 2 11 14 37 -42 25
20 Venezia 33 5 7 21 27 61 17 2 4 11 17 35 16 3 3 10 10 26 -34 22

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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.