Bologna vs AC Milan Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th April 2023
The Serie A clash at Stadio Renato Dell'Ara on Saturday sees home team Bologna battling it out for three points with AC Milan.
Bologna enter the match this coming Saturday hoping to narrow the gap in the Serie A table on opponents AC Milan. Naturally, the favourites will attempt to widen the gap between the teams below them and aim for the very top of the table.
Bologna go into their next Serie A match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding six. That amounts to an average of 0.6 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring five times.
AC Milan managed a bearable 13 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.3 goals per game. They conceded 12 goals in total, and while claiming five clean sheets, they conceded 1.2 goals an average per game.
AC Milan ran out 2-0 winners the last time these two rivals played each other and are definitely planning to claim three points again on Saturday.
Bologna vs AC Milan Prediction
Bologna Form
Bologna should be high on confidence, as their last three matches saw them gain seven points. They started off drawing 2-2 with Salernitana, before beating first Udinese by 3-0, then Atalanta in a 0-2 win. Bologna won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Serie A, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored seven and conceded two goals.
AC Milan Form
In their last three matches, AC Milan beat SSC Napoli 0-4, drew 0-0 with Empoli and beat SSC Napoli by 1-0. AC Milan won twice, while also recording zero draws, and four defeats in their last six away matches in the Serie A. The scoreline from these matches says ten goals conceded and seven scored.
You don't look for Bologna or AC Milan, to provide with a lot of entertainment currently, as both are playing mostly tight matches with few goals. The value-bet lies with under 2.5 goals this coming Saturday.
Bologna have taken 19 points from their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Serie A table. They won six of these matches with a scoreline of 17 goals to 22. AC Milan scored 25 goals and conceded 20 in their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Serie A table. This earned them seven wins and 23 points. Bologna enjoy a record of 12 wins, seven draws and ten defeats in the Serie A this season. AC Milan show off 15 wins, seven draws and seven defeats in the Serie A.
Bologna vs AC Milan Stats
- In 16 of the last 17 Bologna home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 15 Bologna matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Bologna home matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In the last 5 Bologna home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Bologna have not lost 10 of the last 12 home matches
- AC Milan have not won 11 of the last 13 away matches
- In 8 of the last 9 AC Milan matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 AC Milan matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- AC Milan have conceded in 9 of the last 11 away matches
- AC Milan have scored in 7 of the last 8 matches
Bologna vs AC Milan Squads
Bologna Squad
Thiago Motta will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against AC Milan from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season):
Federico Ravaglia (0/0), Francesco Bardi (0/1), Lukasz Skorupski (0/28), Nicola Bagnolini (0/0), Adama Soumaoro (0/19), Charalambos Lykogiannis (2/18), Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (1/21), Jhon Lucumi (0/25), Joaquin Sosa (0/9), Kevin Bonifazi (0/7), Lorenzo De Silvestri (0/10), Stefan Posch (5/22), Andrea Cambiaso (0/25), Gary Medel (0/23), Jerdy Schouten (0/25), Kacper Urbanski (0/0), Lewis Ferguson (4/23), Michel Aebischer (1/24), Nicolas Dominguez (1/23), Niklas Pyyhtiae (0/4), Nikola Moro (1/17), Roberto Soriano (1/27), Antonio Raimondo (0/2), Gianmarco Cangiano (0/0), Joshua Zirkzee (1/12), Marko Arnautovic (8/16), Musa Barrow (3/23), Musa Juwara (0/0), Nicola Sansone (2/13), Orji Okwonkwo (0/0), Riccardo Orsolini (8/25).
AC Milan Squad
Here is the full team squad of AC Milan. The 57 year-old Stefano Pioli will select his starting lineup from the following players:
Andreas Jungdal (0/0), Antonio Mirante (0/0), Ciprian Tatarusanu (0/16), Devis Vasquez (0/0), Mike Maignan (0/13), Alessandro Florenzi (0/4), Davide Calabria (1/17), Fikayo Tomori (1/26), Fode Ballo-Toure (1/4), Malick Thiaw (0/12), Pierre Kalulu (1/27), Sergino Dest (0/8), Simon Kjaer (0/12), Theo Hernandez (3/25), Alexis Saelemaekers (1/21), Aster Vranckx (0/0), Brahim Diaz (5/25), Ismael Bennacer (1/24), Rade Krunic (0/16), Sandro Tonali (2/26), Tiemoue Bakayoko (0/0), Tommaso Pobega (1/14), Yacine Adli (0/0), Ante Rebic (3/19), Charles De Ketelaere (0/25), Daniel Maldini (0/0), Divock Origi (2/21), Emil Roback (0/0), Junior Messias (4/18), Lorenzo Colombo (0/0), Olivier Giroud (8/26), Rafael Leao (10/27), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (1/4).
Bologna vs AC Milan Team News
At the time of writing, Bologna have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet AC Milan on Saturday.
Lorenzo De Silvestri, Musa Barrow, Joshua Zirkzee and Kevin Bonifazi are missing from the squad, Bologna will field against AC Milanon Saturday.
AC Milan could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as nine players are nursing various problems.
AC Milan need to do without Simon Kjaer, Rade Krunic, Fode Ballo-Toure, Ante Rebic, Divock Origi, Junior Messias, Mike Maignan, Alessandro Florenzi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who are not fit enough to travel to Stadio Renato Dell'Ara.
Bologna vs AC Milan Lineups
Bologna vs AC Milan H2H
The last time the pair played each other, AC Milan came out the other side as 2-0 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result. AC Milan won eight of the last ten encounters against Bologna, but the latter won 2-0 in the latest meeting. The bookies have AC Milan to win this match at best price odds of 16/11.
Bologna vs AC Milan Results
Both teams found the back of the net six times in the last ten matches between Bologna and AC Milan.
Bologna vs AC Milan Betting Tips
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Riccardo Orsolini, who is performing well for Bologna. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Serie A outings. He'll be out to add more goals against AC Milan.The visitors will be looking to Rafael Leao to find the net once again, after managing two Serie A goals for AC Milan in recent matches.
In their last 10 matches at Stadio Renato Dell'Ara across all tournaments Bologna won six times, drew two and lost two times. AC Milan claimed three wins, two draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Bologna kept a clean sheet six times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, AC Milan have been able to keep a clean sheet in three of their last 10 games away from home.
Over 2.5 goals paid out six times in the previous ten encounters between these two Serie A sides. Bologna pulled off an average of 0.8 goals, while AC Milan settled for an average of 2.2 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this streak. Bologna witnessed over 2.5 goals in four of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.4 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for AC Milan, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.
