AC Milan vs Bologna prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-09-13 18:45.
[p]Boasting an identical Serie A record to one another so far (W1, L1), AC Milan and Bologna square off at the San Siro searching for consistency at the start of this Serie A season.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]AC Milan went into the international break on the back of their first league win of Massimiliano Allegri’s second tenure, as they bounced back from a home defeat against Cremonese to beating Lecce 2-0 on the road. In four previous seasons under Allegri, the Rossoneri have remarkably never managed to win two of their opening three games of a Serie A campaign, so that’s the gauntlet he’ll be laying down to his players here. Coupled with that is Milan’s desire to avoid starting the season with back-to-back home league defeats for the first time in 13 years![/p]
[p]The San Siro is Bologna’s final away destination before they kick off their UEFA Europa League campaign away against Aston Villa, so they’ll be keen to generate some momentum. A 1-0 win over Como before the break did no harm on that front, especially as it halted a four-match losing streak in Serie A. Vincenzo Italiano’s men may not benefit from a tough away assignment here though, as they’ve lost their last three league trips in what is their worst such streak since July-October 2020.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This will be the fourth H2H of this calendar year (ACM: W1, L2). Bologna earned bragging rights by winning the Coppa Italia final against Milan in May, but the Rossoneri have lost just one of the last 19 meetings in Serie A (W14, D4), and are unbeaten in nine such games on their own turf (W7, D2).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Each of Milan’s last four games have seen the winning side on the day score exactly twice.[/p]
[p]No Serie A side had more shots than AC Milan across the first two rounds (38).[/p]
[p]Bologna have failed to score before half-time in their last eight games.[/p]
[p]Bologna boss Vincenzo Italiano has lost six of his eight career meetings against Massimiliano Allegri (W1, D1).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Luka Modrić registered an assist against Lecce before the international break and his last two club goals have been first-half match openers. No Italian player across Europe’s top-five leagues has outscored Riccardo Orsolini since the start of 2022/23 (37), with one of those goals breaking the deadlock in last season’s corresponding fixture (L 3-1).[/p]
[p]Ardon Jashari and Rafael Leão look set to be sidelined for Milan, while Bologna’s lengthy list of doubts is headlined by Ciro Immobile and Milan loanee Tommaso Pobega.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]This looks set to be an even contest, but with a strong record at the San Siro, backing Milan to win and both teams to score appears fairly safe.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]