Verona continue their battle to beat the drop as they host Bologna in a Friday night Serie A fixture. Home form is important in a survival quest and with Bologna also impressing on their recent travels, both teams look set to cancel each other out.
The situation around the relegation zone remains tight as the season enters into the final eight matches. Verona are currently in the bottom three, three points from safety and need an extremely good run of results in the final weeks of the campaign.
The good news for Verona is that they have already begun to show some fight in recent weeks and are unbeaten in their last two matches. First, Marco Zaffaroni’s men claimed a 2-1 victory over Sassuolo before holding Serie A leaders Napoli to a 0-0 draw in their previous fixture.
The win over Sassuolo highlights a solid home record for Verona who have claimed four wins and two draws from their last seven matches in front of their fans. However, one area that still needs some work is their defence where they have kept just one clean sheet in their last five home matches.
While Verona are in a battle for survival, Bologna have a much different fight in the top half. Sitting eighth on the table, five points behind sixth placed Atalanta with eight matches left to play, they still have an outside chance securing a European finish.
Like their hosts, Bologna have shown some good form in recent weeks with just one defeat in their last eight matches. They have claimed three wins and three draws in that run and were held to a 1-1 scoreline by AC Milan in their previous Serie A fixture.
Bologna have impressed on their recent travels and are unbeaten in four of their last five away matches. However, Thiago Motta’s men remain poor at the back having kept just one clean sheet in their last eight matches on the road.
How the bookies view it
The bookies appear to be expecting a closely fought encounter with a win for Verona priced at 19/10 by bet365 while William Hill is offering 17/10 for a Bologna victory. A draw is set at odds of 21/10 by bet365.
Head to head
Bologna have a 15-5 advantage with seven draws from 27 previous matches against Verona. Both teams battled to a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture back in August.
Players to watch
Cyril Ngonge has shown some flashes for Bologna since joining in January and could be worth keeping an eye on. The attacker has two goals in four home matches and is priced at 4/1 by bet365 to find the net on Friday.
Riccardo Orsolini is set to return for Bologna after serving a suspension last time out against AC Milan. The forward has five goals in his last nine matches and is priced at 16/5 by William Hill to good the net on Friday.
Anything else catch the eye?
Both teams were on target in the reverse fixture and could be set for a similar outcome on Friday at 11/10 by BoyleSports. Verona have seen over 2.5 goals in two of their last three home and a repeat is priced at 8/5 by BetVictor.
There have been halftime draws in the last four Serie A meetings between Verona and Bologna and Friday’s clash could be set to follow a similar pattern at evens with Unibet.
This Serie A match between Verona and Bologna will be played on Apr 21, 2023 and kick off at 19:45. Check below for our tipsters best Verona vs Bologna prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
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