Spezia vs Bologna prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-09-03 13:00.
With four points after the opening four Serie A (SA) matches, Spezia (W1, D1, L2) have exactly matched their start from each of their previous three campaigns, including two in the top-flight. Now winless in three successive SA contests, don’t be fooled by Spezia’s blunt away performances against Juventus and Inter Milan as they have netted all their points and goals at home this season, scoring three goals from just four shots on target.
In fact, Spezia are now unbeaten in three competitive home matches for the first time since November 2021, but the arrival of bogey team Bologna threatens that run. The hosts are yet to beat them in SA (D1, L3), although coach Luca Gotti has had more success, having never lost a single H2H (W1, D4).
A first league victory of the season still eludes Bologna, who failed to beat Salernitana on Wednesday night after conceding an equaliser in the dying embers (1-1). Manager Siniša Mihajlović doesn’t need to panic yet as the last time Bologna failed to win their opening four SA matches was in 2018/19, when they eventually beat Roma in the fifth round before going on to finish in the top half (10th).
That was Bologna’s highest SA ranking since their return to the top-flight in 2015 and a repeat of that would be considered a success after last season’s 13th-placed finish. However, similarly to their hosts, Bologna don't enjoy playing away, suffering two defeats to Lazio and Milan so far this term and winning just one of their previous 12 SA away matches (D4, L7).
Players to watch: M'Bala Nzola has scored in both of Spezia’s home matches this campaign and netted both of their goals in this fixture two season’s back, while Marko Arnautović has found the net in three of Bologna’s four SA matches this term, converting a penalty twice.
Hot stat: Three of the last four H2Hs have featured at least one goal in the opening 20 minutes.