AS Roma vs Bologna prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-08-22 18:45.
[p]Under the guidance of new manager Gian Piero Gasperini for the first time in a Serie A game, Roma will look to get off to a winning start as they welcome Bologna to the Italian capital. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]It’s been a summer of change in the dugout for Roma and their fans will hope that a switch in management can finally end their seven-year wait for a top-three Serie A finish. In their previous campaign they recovered from a terrible start which saw Daniele de Rossi and Ivan Jurić both sacked to eventually take fifth spot and UEFA Europa League qualification. Securing that feat was helped massively by their return of just one defeat across their final 22 league fixtures from mid-December onwards (W16, D5).  [/p]
[p]Visiting Bologna finished four places lower than their opening day counterparts last term in ninth, mostly due to their poor end to the campaign which saw them win just one of their last eight league outings (D3, L4). With each of their last three ending in defeat and with exactly three goals conceded on each occasion, they’ll be keen to avoid losing four Serie A matches in succession for the first time since August 2018, but having won only two of their last 15 Serie A season openers (D5, L8), things certainly aren’t guaranteed to improve here. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Bologna have enjoyed the better of this fixture of late, remaining unbeaten across their last five league H2Hs (W3, D2) – their longest such run in this fixture since 1939! [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Roma are unbeaten across their last 12 home league games (W10, D2), their longest such streak since February 2021.[/p]
[p]Roma scored in each of their last 22 Serie A games (38 goals in total).[/p]
[p]Bologna have conceded exactly three times in their last three Serie A games.[/p]
[p]Five of the last six away league goals that Bologna have conceded came after the 65th minute. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Roma’s MatĂas SoulĂ© finished last season in scintillating form, recording six goal contributions across his last seven appearances (G2, A4), including an assist in each of his last three. Only two players scored more Serie A goals than Bologna’s Riccardo Orsolini last season (G15), seven of which served as match openers. [/p]
[p]Roma will be missing key midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini through injury, whilst Bologna will be without new recruit Ciro Immobile and the suspended Juan Miranda.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Roma’s near-perfect run of 15 wins from their last 17 competitive home games (D2) makes a Roma win a potentially lucrative bet here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Nathan Evans[/i][/p]