The team from “Renato Dall’Ara” unsurprisingly failed to stay in the top 5 last season—they finished ninth, and had no chance of advancing to the Champions League playoffs. However, Italiano led his new charges to a cup victory.
This sent the Italians to the Europa League, where they performed well in the main round. In the last round against Celta, they won away. At the same time, in the cup against Parma, they managed to win 2-1. They have certainly improved in Serie A, where they’ve managed to stay among the leaders. Although they lost to Cremonese and only drew with Lazio.
Thiago Motta, after his success at Bologna, moved to Turin, but did not last even a year there. The unsuccessful Brazilian was replaced by Tudor, under whom they finished fourth in Serie A. But then there was a modest result at the Club World Cup. In the fall, amid a winless streak, the club parted ways with the Croatian.
With Spalletti, they stopped losing and ended November with wins over Bodo/Glimt and Cagliari. They also succeeded against Udinese in the cup. But in the last round against Napoli, they fought hard but lost 1-2. In the Champions League, however, they bounced back against modest Pafos, winning 2-0.
Italiano’s side scores an average of 1.64 goals per game while conceding 0.86. McKennie and his teammates average 1.29 goals scored and concede one per match.
Bologna has won two of their last four matches
43% of Bologna’s matches end with goals from both teams and the average total goals per match is 2.5
Juventus has won four of their last five matches
57% of Juventus’s matches end with goals from both teams and the average total goals per match is 2.29.
Bologna (probable lineup): Ravaglia – Miranda, Heggem, Casale, De Silvestri – Pobega, Moro, Dominguez, Fabian, Orsolini – Castro.
Juventus (probable lineup): Perin – Kelly, Kalulu, Koopmeiners – Kostić, Yildiz, Francisco Conceição, K. Thuram, Locatelli, McKennie – Vlahović.
Bologna has not won since 2011. However, all of the last five head-to-head encounters ended in high-scoring draws.
