Bologna – AC Milan Prediction & Picks (18.12.2018)

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Bologna – AC Milan SOCCER PICKS

Bologna and Milan meet at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, in a match for the 16th round of Serie A. The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 3. Indeed, the The last time these two teams met at this stadium was on 04-24-2018, in a match for the Serie A that ended with Milan’s victory (1-2). S. De Maio (74 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Bologna, and H. Çalhanoğlu (34′) and G. Bonaventura (45 ‘), for Milan. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.

Bologna:

After 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, the home team is currently in the 18 th position, with 11 points won. In their last match, they lost with Empoli out by (2-1), after in the previous match they lost by (4-1) away, in a match against Sampdoria. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 1 win, 5 draws and 9 losses in away matches, with 9 goals scored and 22 conceded; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 30 goals scored and 15 conceded. For the championship, Bologna won 8 points out of 21 possible points, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 7 home matches.

For this competition, he does not win 8 games ago. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 7 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 9 times and only managed 1 comeback.

The Bologna comes to this game with a 2-1 defeat in the displacement of Empoli, registering in this way the eighth game without winning the Italian championship: the only goal of the team was marked by Andrea Poli. The trainer Filippo Inzaghi usually acts in a traditional 3-5-2, favoring a style of game faster, of constant transitions, attacking, preferably, by the lateral corridors. Note that in this tactical drawing the two most advanced players are Federico Santander and Rodrigo Palacio: the first is the best score of Bologna, with 4 goals scored. Out of this game will be Pulgar, due to injury.

Probable alignment: Ł. Skorupski, Danilo, F. Helander, F. Mattiello, A. Calabresi, M. Dijks, A. Poli, Á. Nagy, F. Santander, R. Palacio, R. Orsolini.

Milan:

After 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, the away team is currently in the 4 th position, with 26 points won. In their last match, they tied with Torino at home (0-0), after in the previous match they won at home, in a match against Parma, by (2-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. In their last match, for the UEFA Europa League, they got an away loss against Olympiakos Piraeus by (3-1). In the last 7 away league matches Milan has a record of 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 21 possible. In their home matches there are a few frequent results: at half-time 0-0 (3 out of 7 matches) and 0-1 (3 out of 7 matches) and at the end of the match 1-1 (3 out of 7 matches). The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not displayed great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have only won 1 result.

AC Milan enter this unmotivated day, after a snub, 3-1, in the displacement to the Olympiakos field, in a game for the group stage of the Europa League. In the last match for the Italian championship, the visitors drew 0-0 against Torino. Similar to the rival of this round, AC Milan usually acts in a 4-4-2, in which the two most advanced players are Higuain and Cutrone. The visiting club, when it invests in the offensive process, usually does so through the left flank, taking advantage of the depth offered by the lateral Ricardo Rodríguez. For this game the coach will not be able to count on Strinic, Caldara, Biglia and Bonaventura, all with physical problems.

Probable alignment: G. Donnarumma, R. Rodríguez, D. Calabria, I. Abate, C. Zapata, F. Kessié, T. Bakayoko, Suso, H. Çalhanoğlu, G. Higuaín, P. Cutrone.


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