📏 Form Guide

Bologna

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Bologna won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 3-2 Serie A loss in their previous game against Fiorentina.

In that game, Bologna had 60% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Bologna, the goalscorers were Thijs Dallinga (61') and Riccardo Orsolini (79'). For their opponents, Fiorentina had 6 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Fabiano Parisi (13'), Amir Richardson (67') and Moise Kean (84') scored for Fiorentina.

Vincenzo Italiano's Bologna have hit the back of the net 7 times in their last 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games stands at 8.

Their previous form shows that Bologna:

• are winless against Genoa in their last 3 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 10 home league matches. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Genoa

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Atalanta in Serie A competition, Genoa will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Genoa had 56% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Genoa was Andrea Pinamonti (37', 58'). Atalanta had 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Ibrahim Sulemana (47'), Daniel Maldini (63') and Mateo Retegui (89') scored for Atalanta.

The stats tell the story, and Genoa have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. In defence, Genoa have not been doing too well.

Leading up to this clash, Genoa:

• have not won against Bologna in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated by Bologna in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. A very good record, indeed.
• are without an away win for the past 10 league matches. Who knows how long it might last, too.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes dating back to 12/05/2021 shows us that Bologna have won 1 of them & Genoa 2, with the number of drawn results being 3.

A combined total of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 from Rossoblu and 9 coming from Il Grifone. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league match between these clubs was Serie A match day 8 on 19/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Genoa 2-2 Bologna.

In that match, Genoa managed 38% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Andrea Pinamonti (73', 85').

Bologna had 12 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Riccardo Orsolini (37') and Jens Odgaard (56') scored.

The referee was Daniele Doveri.

📰 Team News: Bologna

Jens Odgaard (Muscle fatigue) and Martin Erlić (Calf muscle tear) will be missing for Bologna boss Vincenzo Italiano.

It looks as if Rossoblu will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Lukasz Skorupski, Emil Holm, Sam Beukema, Jhon Lucumí, C. Lykogiannis, Lewis Ferguson, Remo Freuler, Riccardo Orsolini, Giovanni Fabbian, Dan Ndoye and Santiago Castro.

ℹ️ Team News: Genoa

Genoa boss Patrick Vieira has not got a full squad to pick from. Mario Balotelli (Broken hand), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Foot surgery), Honest Ahanor (unknown injury) and Fabio Miretti (Shoulder injury) are not able to play.

From our viewpoint, Il Grifone seem most likely to utilise a 4-4-2 lineup, giving starts to Benjamin Siegrist, Stefano Sabelli, Koni De Winter, Sebastian Otoa, Aaron Martin, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Morten Frendrup, Patrizio Masini, Morten Thorsby, Vitinha and Andrea Pinamonti.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Bologna look set to score at least once when they face Genoa, who may well struggle to score.

We’re therefore anticipating a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Bologna at full-time.

Peter Guest, 10:03 23/05/2025