The club from “Renato Dall’Ara” under Thiago Motta finished fifth two seasons ago. However, their Champions League debut was very disappointing, and in Serie A they slumped to ninth place. This was compensated for by their cup victory. It not only secured the project a rare trophy, but also allowed them to play in the Europa League, where the Italians are performing well.
They even won away against Celta. The cup fight is also ongoing — they knocked out Parma. And in Serie A, they’ve made a sharp climb, returning to the race for the top group spots. But there was a draw with Lazio, and they lost to Juventus.
The Milan giant, after the “scudetto” in 2024, didn’t win anything last season, and Simone Inzaghi’s last match was a 0-5 defeat in the Champions League final to PSV. This season, the Italians calmly navigated the group stage in that tournament. Perhaps that’s why they lost the last group game at home to Liverpool.
There were no problems in the cup either, crushing Venezia 5-1 in the round of 16. And in Serie A under Chivu, they are managing to stay among the title contenders, even though the competition is very tight. After beating Genoa 2-1, they even broke away as sole leaders.
Italiano’s side scores an average of 1.53 goals per game, conceding about half as many — 0.87. Martinez and his teammates play more spectacularly: 2.27 goals on average scored and 0.93 conceded per match.
Bologna have won one of their last three matches
40% of Bologna’s matches end with both teams scoring and the average total goals per match is 2.4
Inter have won four of their last five games
47% of Inter’s matches end with both teams scoring and the average total goals per match is 3.2.
Bologna (probable lineup): Ravaglia – Lykogiannis, Lucumi, Heggem, Holm – Sulemana, Ferguson, Fabian, Rowe, Bernardeschi – Dallinga.
Inter (probable lineup): Sommer – Bastoni, Acerbi, Akanji – Dimarco, Sučić, Calhanoglu, Barella, Luis Enrique – M. Thuram, Martinez.
