Betting preview: Torino vs Bologna should be interesting

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino (27994 seats)

Torino are ready for a new test after their 1-1 against Cagliari last time out. Bologna are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Torino have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
  • Bologna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an active game!

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Torino form and stats

Torino have collected 14 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-2-2.

Torino manager I. Juric and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Cagliari (placed 18th) in the Serie A. Mergim Vojvoda (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Vojvoda dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Torino hosted Empoli and drew the game 2-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Torino have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost one.

Torino are traveling soon after this match as the Coppa Italia match at Sampdoria awaits in four days.

Torino can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. On the other hand, Torino have conceded 9 goals.

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Bologna form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. Momentum is building for Bologna in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Fiorentina with 2-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Musa Barrow got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Barrow scored one goal.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Roma.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bologna playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were one Bologna win, five draws and four defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bologna have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. For Bologna, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Torino wins - draws - Bologna wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
6 goals
BolognaM. Barrow
M. Barrow
5 goals
TorinoM. Pjaca
M. Pjaca
3 goals

Torino missing players

Bologna missing players

Torino Bologna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 1 7 16
5 4 0 Won W 0 2 7
4 2 2 Drew D 0 2 3
7 2 0 Lost L 1 3 6
20 16 3 Scored S 2 7 23
17 9 3 Conceded C 4 15 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 94%
62% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 69%
44% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 56%
19% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 38%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 31%
50% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 50%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 38%
31% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 19%
 
3.9 4.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.3 5.7
4.4 5.4 8 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.9 2.9
2.6 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
12.8 14.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 20 13.7 13.3
3.4 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.6 4.4
37% 48% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 22% 33%
 
10.4 10.8 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 16 12.4
3.5 3.9 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.9 4.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bologna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torino have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torino have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bologna have scored away.
  • Torino have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
  • Torino 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 16 12 2 2 35 18 8 6 1 1 16 7 8 6 1 1 19 11 17 38
2 Inter 16 11 4 1 39 15 7 5 2 0 20 6 9 6 2 1 19 9 24 37
3 Napoli 16 11 3 2 34 12 8 6 1 1 17 5 8 5 2 1 17 7 22 36
4 Atalanta 16 10 4 2 35 19 8 3 3 2 17 11 8 7 1 0 18 8 16 34
5 Juventus 16 8 3 5 22 16 8 4 1 3 9 7 8 4 2 2 13 9 6 27
6 Fiorentina 16 9 0 7 27 22 7 5 0 2 17 10 9 4 0 5 10 12 5 27
7 Roma 16 8 1 7 24 19 8 5 1 2 10 7 8 3 0 5 14 12 5 25
8 Lazio 16 7 4 5 32 30 8 5 2 1 22 12 8 2 2 4 10 18 2 25
9 Bologna 16 7 3 6 23 27 9 5 1 3 16 12 7 2 2 3 7 15 -4 24
10 Hellas Verona 16 6 5 5 32 28 8 5 1 2 18 11 8 1 4 3 14 17 4 23
11 Empoli 16 7 2 7 26 29 9 3 1 5 14 20 7 4 1 2 12 9 -3 23
12 Sassuolo 16 5 5 6 26 25 8 2 3 3 10 10 8 3 2 3 16 15 1 20
13 Torino 16 5 4 7 20 17 8 4 2 2 16 9 8 1 2 5 4 8 3 19
14 Udinese 16 3 7 6 21 27 8 2 4 2 10 11 8 1 3 4 11 16 -6 16
15 Sampdoria 16 4 3 9 22 32 9 2 2 5 13 20 7 2 1 4 9 12 -10 15
16 Venezia 16 4 3 9 15 29 7 2 1 4 10 13 9 2 2 5 5 16 -14 15
17 Spezia 16 3 3 10 17 36 8 2 2 4 9 11 8 1 1 6 8 25 -19 12
18 Cagliari 16 1 7 8 17 30 9 1 4 4 12 15 7 0 3 4 5 15 -13 10
19 Genoa 16 1 7 8 17 31 7 0 3 4 7 14 9 1 4 4 10 17 -14 10
20 Salernitana 16 2 2 12 11 33 8 1 1 6 5 16 8 1 1 6 6 17 -22 8

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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.