Lazio vs Bologna prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-08-13 16:30.
Lazio qualified for European competition for a sixth consecutive campaign after finishing in fifth place last season, which is only bettered by a spell between 1992-2005 when the club qualified for Europe 13 years in a row. However, the Biancocelesti missed out on a UEFA Champions League spot by six points and now find themselves in a transition period, with several new arrivals needing to hit the ground running if they are to make up that gap this campaign.
Only Inter Milan (84) scored more Serie A (SA) goals than Lazio (77) in 2021/22, but Maurizio Sarriâs side were joint-tenth for goals conceded (58). They will hope new defensive signing NicolĂČ Casale can shore up the backline and propel them into the European top tier next term, with the centre-back stating that âhe has to adapt quickly, but with a coach like Sarri it will be easyâ.
Bologna made a positive start to their campaign after defeating Serie Bâs Cosenza 1-0 in the Coppa Italia and SiniĆĄa MihajloviÄâs side will now look to improve on their 13th-placed finish in SA last season – their lowest since 2017/18 (15th). Bologna are still capable of grabbing all three points here however, with their 12 league wins last term their joint-highest in the same time-frame.
Only four of those wins came on the road though and Bologna endured a poor finish to last campaign, winning just one of ten league away trips (D4, L5). Perhaps more worryingly, they havenât won away in SA at Lazio since 2012 (D3, L6), so they could be in for another tough test here!
Key battle: All-time Lazio top scorer Ciro Immobile has six goals from his last five SA appearances and Bologna keeper Ćukasz Skorupski, whose 12 clean sheets ranked him joint-fifth in SA last season, will want to halt a striker who has scored past him in the previous two H2Hs at the Stadio Olimpico.
Hot stat: Four of the last five H2Hs have seen a winner triumph âto nilâ.