H2H: Bologna vs Parma - Prediction (Serie A

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Three straight losses and a solitary win in nine league games (D2, L6) finds Bologna struggling in Serie A (SA) despite netting in their last six such games, four of which saw them score first. Subsequently games have been tight this season, with eight of their nine positive results either way settled by just a single-goal.

Bologna have scored in each of their home SA games this term (W2, D1, L2), and indeed in their last 12 at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara – with ten of those seeing over 2.5 goals, despite eight of the 12 seeing no first-half goals. Unsurprisingly then, 31 of the 39 goals scored in those games arrived after half-time. Five of Riccardo Orsolini’s (BOL) six goal contributions for club and country this season have come in the second half.

Stat attack: 20.59% of the all-time 34 SA H2Hs have ended 0-0, including four of the last ten. Bologna have won both home games they entered as favourite this season. Only two of Parma’s SA matches this season have been goalless at half-time.

Consistently inconsistent, Parma are nonetheless sitting just outside the top-six (W5, D2, L5) after beating Roma last time to snap a run of three winless games (D2, L1). Four of their five SA losses this campaign have seen them lose ‘to nil’, while all five saw them down come half-time. Yet, each of their other seven games (W5, D2) saw them either level or ahead at the break (HT: W4, D3).

Three points from their first road trip of the season has since been followed by two losses and two draws, with Parma the only SA side yet to see a match goal from the 76th minute to full-time on their travels. All five of Dejan Kulusevski’s (PAR) SA assists, plus both of his goals, have come in three victories in games that saw over 3.5 goals.