📏 Form Guide

Fiorentina

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Fiorentina will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-1 Serie A defeat last time out to Venezia.

In that match, Fiorentina had 66% possession and 17 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Fiorentina was Rolando Mandragora (77'). At the other end, Venezia had 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Fali Candé (60') and Gaetano Oristanio (68') scored for Venezia.

At least three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Fiorentina have taken part. Opposition teams scored 9 of them in these games while Fiorentina totted up 8.

Their past results show that Fiorentina:

• have not won against Bologna in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches at home.

Bologna

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Bologna will come into the encounter after a 0-1 Coppa Italia win in the defeat of AC Milan in their last game.

The only name on the scoresheet from Bologna was Dan Ndoye (53').

Vincenzo Italiano's Bologna have managed to stick the ball in the net 5 times in the course of their previous six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same matches comes to 5.

Going into this contest, Bologna are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 11/09/2022 shows that Fiorentina have won 1 of these and Bologna 4, with the tally of draws being 1.

12 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 4 of them for La Viola and 8 coming from Rossoblu. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Serie A match day 16 on 15/12/2024 and the score finished Bologna 1-0 Fiorentina.

In that match, Bologna managed 51% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Their only player to score was Jens Odgaard (59').

On the other side, Fiorentina got 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Michael Fabbri.

🗞️ Team News: Fiorentina

It seems likely that La Viola could make use of the 3-5-2 system for the game with David De Gea, Pietro Comuzzo, Pablo Mari, Luca Ranieri, Dodo, Nicolo Fagioli, Rolando Mandragora, Amir Richardson, Robin Gosens, Fabiano Parisi and Moise Kean.

🗞️ Team News: Bologna

Bologna manager Vincenzo Italiano has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Estanis Pedrola (Hamstring muscle injury) and Martin Erlić (Calf muscle tear) miss out here.

We are inclined to think that Rossoblu appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Lukasz Skorupski, Davide Calabria, Nicolo Casale, Jhon Lucumi, Juan Miranda, Lewis Ferguson, Remo Freuler, Giovanni Fabbian, Nicolo Cambiaghi, Dan Ndoye and Santiago Castro.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Bologna and Fiorentina may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. That is why we are leaning toward a very close game with a 1-1 score at full-time.

Renata Leite, 18:02 18/05/2025