Sassuolo – Bologna Prediction & Picks (28.10.2018)

Bologna-vs.-Sassuolo

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Sassuolo and Bologna meet at Stadio Città del Tricolore, in a match for the 10th 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 last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 24-09-2017, in a match for the Serie A that ended with the victory of Bologna by (0-1). O. Okwonkwo (89 ‘) scored the only goal of the match. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.

Sassuolo:

The home team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 14 points won, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Napoli, by (2-0). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Sampdoria, by (0-0). 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 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium. In the last 4 home league matches Sassuolo has a record of 3 wins and 1 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 12 possible. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 9 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores a few times first: it only opened the scoring in 2 of its last 9 games for Serie A, of these 2 it reached the break in advantage in 1 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in all. In 9 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 6 times, but got the comeback in 2.

Sassuolo arrived at this motivated day, after a draw away from home, by 0-0, against Sampdoria, however, registered the third consecutive game without beating the Italian championship. The great strength of the locals lies in the ability to demonstrate their attacks through rapid transitions: Berardi is a very fast and strong player in the defense-attack transition. The experienced Boateng is responsible for putting the opponent’s defensive sense in mind, since his highest quality is the finalization: he scored 3 goals so far. The local coach has Alfred Duncan in doubt.

Bologna:

The away team is currently in the 17 th position, with 8 points won, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Cagliari, by (2-0). In the last match, they tied at home against Torino by (2-2). 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, 3 draws and 11 losses in away matches; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses at their stadium. In the last 4 away league matches Bologna has a record of 1 draw and 3 losses, so they have won 1 point out of 12 possible.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 4 away matches. Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 9 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since in 12 of the last 19 they played there were less than 3 goals. This is a team that has presented difficulties in opening the scoring and who only managed to score the first goal once in the last 9 games for Serie A. In 9 matches in this competition, they only won 1 comeback in the 7 matches they suffered in the first goal.

The Bologna enters this day after a draw at home in the reception at Torino, 2-2, registering the second game followed without winning in this competition: the goals of the team were scored by Santander and Calabresi. One of the weakest points of the visitors is the ability to maintain possession of the ball, being very usual to observe the team playing in a very direct way for the attack. The forward Santander is the best score of Bologna, with 3 goals scored. The visiting coach can not count on Mattiello and Krejci, for being injured.


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