SSC Napoli vs Bologna Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th October 2022

SSC Napoli are out to consolidate their place inside the top four of the Serie A table, when stepping up against Bologna for a match on Sunday. Bologna no doubt have a surprise in mind, but a win for SSC Napoli nevertheless seems the likely outcome. SSC Napoli had a good reading on Bologna in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-0 and 2-0, respectively.

A glance at the Serie A table reveals that, the current difference between the teams is 16 points and 16 places.

Top side SSC Napoli will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Bologna this coming Sunday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say this coming Sunday.

SSC Napoli scored 25 goals, conceded seven, and pulled off four clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Bologna scored nine goals, conceded 14 and kept their opponents from scoring once in ten matches.

SSC Napoli vs Bologna Prediction

SSC Napoli form

In their last three outings, SSC Napoli won 1-6 against Ajax, beat Cremonese by 1-4 and hammered Ajax 4-2. SSC Napoli have been in potent form at Diego Armando Maradona, winning no less than five of the past six Serie A matches here. They remained without defeat, as they drew once, hammered in 18 goals while letting in three.

Taking the title might be too much of a stretch, but after their top four finish last season, SSC Napoli are certainly aiming for the podium this season.

Bologna Form

Bologna came away from their previous three games with just one point, as they lost 0-1 against Empoli. A 3-0 defeat against Juventus followed, before a 1-1 draw with Sampdoria. Bologna claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Serie A. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 13 goals to seven.

Few people saw Bologna at the fun end of the table this season, but they are displaying a great form right now.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when SSC Napoli renew Bologna their acquaintance.

SSC Napoli scored 15 goals and conceded four in their last six games against teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. They collected 14 points and four victories. Bologna scored one goal and conceded seven in their last three encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A. This lead to zero wins and zero points.

SSC Napoli vs Bologna Team News

SSC Napoli seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Sunday.

Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Amir Rrahmani are missing from the squad, SSC Napoli will field against Bolognaon Sunday.

Bologna have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against SSC Napoli on Sunday.

Adama Soumaoro, Marko Arnautovic and Charalambos Lykogiannis all face a spell on the sidelines for Bologna due to various injuries.

SSC Napoli vs Bologna H2H

SSC Napoli no doubt look forward to their next match, as they ran out 3-0 and 2-0 winners when last playing Bologna. SSC Napoli enjoy a good 7-1-2 advantage against Bologna, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1.28.

SSC Napoli vs Bologna Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between SSC Napoli and Bologna. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1.53 with the bookies on Sunday.

SSC Napoli vs Bologna Betting Tips

Look no further than Matteo Politano, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for SSC Napoli in the Serie A, while Marko Arnautovic managed four goals in the last half dozen matches for Bologna in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Diego Armando Maradona saw SSC Napoli claiming seven wins out of a possible 10 across all tournaments. They drew three and lost zero. Visitors Bologna won two of their 10 latest away games, drew two and lost six as well. Bologna should be in with a good chance of getting on the scoresheet on Sunday, as SSC Napoli only managed two clean sheets in their previous 10 matches at home. The visitors claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 away games.

In the past ten encounters between SSC Napoli and Bologna over 2.5 goals came out seven times, with SSC Napoli scoring an average of 2.2 goals per game. Bologna averaged one goal, while both teams scored six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of SSC Napoli’s last ten home matches across the tournaments. They scored an average of three goals in the process. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 0.9 times in those matches.