Salernitana vs Bologna Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th March 2023

Bologna will visit Stadio Arechi on Saturday for a Serie A fixture with home side Salernitana.

Salernitana aim to spring a surprise when clashing with Bologna on Saturday after a series of matches without defeat. Three points could ignite a real spark in the squad before their upcoming Serie A fixtures.

Salernitana have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded 19 goals, or 1.9 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Bologna are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 11 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.1 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of eight goals, and while Bologna claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.8 goals per match.

Salernitana and Bologna had to make do with a point each in their latest encounter, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 9/4.

Salernitana vs Bologna Prediction

Salernitana Form

The Salernitana team look in good shape before their match against Bologna, as they seek to remain unbeaten. Firstly, they beat Monza 3-0, then they held Sampdoria to a 0-0 draw. Their last outing resulted in a hard fought 1-1 draw AC Milan. Salernitana only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Stadio Arechi in the Serie A. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded ten goals.

Bologna Form

Bologna added four points to their account in their previous three matches, starting off beating Inter 1-0. A 1-0 defeat against Torino followed, before sharing the points with Lazio in a 0-0 draw. In their last six Serie A away matches, Bologna have three wins, they've drawn zero and lost one three. They scored seven while also conceding 11 times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

Salernitana and Bologna both came away with a point in their two meetings, which both fizzled out in a tight 1-1 draw. With such a good reading on each other, the draw could easily come into question again this coming Saturday.

Bologna won three of their previous eight outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed 14 points. They scored 12 and conceded seven goals. Salernitana so far pulled off a record of six wins, eight draws and 12 defeats in the Serie A this season. Bologna have a record of ten wins, six draws and ten defeats in the Serie A.

Salernitana vs Bologna Squads

Salernitana Squad

Sousa will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bologna from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season):

Guillermo Ochoa (0/8), Luigi Sepe (0/17), Vincenzo Fiorillo (0/0), Domagoj Bradaric (0/20), Dylan Bronn (0/20), Federico Fazio (1/12), Flavius Daniliuc (0/16), Junior Sambia (0/14), Lorenzo Pirola (0/13), Matteo Lovato (0/9), Norbert Gyomber (0/17), Pasquale Mazzocchi (2/17), William Troost-Ekong (0/3), Antonio Candreva (3/24), Antonio Iervolino (0/0), Domen Crnigoj (0/6), Emil Bohinen (0/11), Giulio Maggiore (0/12), Grigoris Kastanos (1/15), Lassana Coulibaly (2/23), Tonny Vilhena (3/22), Boulaye Dia (8/22), Diego Valencia (0/12), Erik Botheim (1/17), Federico Bonazzoli (2/21), Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (1/7), Krzysztof Piatek (3/21).

Bologna Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bologna players that the manager Thiago Motta will choose from for the upcoming game:

Federico Ravaglia (0/0), Francesco Bardi (0/0), Lukasz Skorupski (0/26), Nicola Bagnolini (0/0), Adama Soumaoro (0/16), Charalambos Lykogiannis (1/17), Gabriele Corbo (0/0), Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (1/18), Jhon Lucumi (0/22), Joaquin Sosa (0/9), Kevin Bonifazi (0/7), Lorenzo De Silvestri (0/9), Stefan Posch (4/19), Andrea Cambiaso (0/24), Gary Medel (0/21), Jerdy Schouten (0/22), Kacper Urbanski (0/0), Lewis Ferguson (3/20), Michel Aebischer (1/22), Nicolas Dominguez (1/21), Nikola Moro (0/14), Roberto Soriano (1/24), Antonio Raimondo (0/2), Gianmarco Cangiano (0/0), Joshua Zirkzee (1/11), Marko Arnautovic (8/15), Musa Barrow (2/20), Musa Juwara (0/0), Nicola Sansone (1/10), Orji Okwonkwo (0/0), Riccardo Orsolini (7/22).

Salernitana vs Bologna Team News

Salernitana could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Bologna.

Luigi Sepe, Giulio Maggiore and Pasquale Mazzocchi are all absent from the Salernitana squad that faces Bologna at Stadio Arechi.

Bologna are juggling with four absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Salernitana.

Bologna need to do without Lorenzo De Silvestri, Musa Barrow, Joshua Zirkzee and Kevin Bonifazi, who are not fit enough to travel to Stadio Arechi.

Salernitana vs Bologna Lineups

Salernitana vs Bologna H2H

The most recent outing between Salernitana and Bologna ended up a 1-1 draw. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 9/4. Salernitana picked up zero wins in their previous three matches against Bologna, while the latter claimed one win in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 9/4.

Salernitana vs Bologna Results

Both teams found the back of the net three times in the last three matches between Salernitana and Bologna.

Salernitana vs Bologna Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Serie A, Antonio Candreva will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Bologna hope Riccardo Orsolini can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Serie A goals in his last six Serie A games.

Stadio Arechi witnessed Salernitana winning three of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew two and lost five in this run. Bologna won six of their previous 10 games away, drew zero and lost four. Salernitana claimed two modest wins from their previous 10 league outings, whereas Bologna managed to win five times from a possible 10.

In the last three encounters between Salernitana and Bologna over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Salernitana averaged 1.33 goals a game. Bologna scored an average of 1.66 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Salernitana’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Bologna's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches.