Bologna vs AS Roma prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-01-11 17:00.
[p]Bologna had the wind knocked out of their sails last time out as they suffered a 3-2 home defeat to Hellas Verona, ending a four-game unbeaten run in Serie A (W3, D1). Vincenzo Italiano’s men start the round four points adrift of the top-six, albeit having played at least one game fewer than all of their immediate rivals in the table. [/p]
[p]One of those in the chasing pack are opponents Roma, so a win here could open a sizable gap against the capital club, who Bologna lead by five points. The hosts should certainly come into this latest meeting with confidence given ​​Roma are the team against whom they have won the most matches in Serie A (54) – at least six more than against any other side in the competition.[/p]
[p]Roma arrive buoyed after beating arch-rivals Lazio 2-0 to make it three games without defeat in Serie A action (W2, D1). They now have the chance to win successive league games for the first time since September, yet there are only two sides who’ve picked up fewer away league points (five) than the Giallorossi ahead of this weekend, so belief they can go back-to-back is unlikely to be high. [/p]
[p]Adding to that is Roma’s recent poor H2H form in this fixture, with each of the past three clashes ending in defeat by an 8-3 aggregate scoreline. Another loss here would be a fourth in succession against these opponents -that’s not happened since they lost five in a row back in 1961![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Bologna’s Riccardo Orsolini could be in line for a first start since returning from injury before Christmas – no player has opened the scoring in more Serie A matches than his four ahead of the round. Roma’s Paulo Dybala has scored seven goals against Bologna – the last of which came in June 2020 – and comes into this game with four direct goal contributions in his last three matches (G3, A1). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Bologna have trailed for the fewest number of minutes of any Serie A side in home matches this term (15). [/p]
[p][i]Written by David HÂ [/i][/p]