Bologna - SPAL Football prediction

Bologna and SPAL are playing in the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in a match for the first round of Serie A. Only 2 recent direct matches between these two teams have been recorded: 03-03-2018, which ended with the victory of SPAL for (1-0), and on 10-15-2017, which ended with Bologna winning by (2-1). In this meeting the home factor could play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Review of Bologna

This is the first game in this edition of the home team event, which finished the previous edition in 15th place. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses as a visitor; against 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats in his stadium. In the last game he played for Coppa Italia, he beat Calcio Padova at home (2-0). In the last 10 home games Bologna have won 5, 1 draw and 4 defeats. His attack has scored regularly, having scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games. In their home games there is a tendency for goals to be scored, as 42 of their last 49 games have finished with over 1.5 goals.

Bologna are a club that have already won the Serie A (Italian League) seven times in their history, being the last of those titles won in the distant time of 1963/64, and have already won the Italian Cup twice. In the last season, the team finished the national championship, four points above the demotion zone and quite far from the first half of the table. Analyzing the performance of the team in the last season, it is possible to verify that in practically all the games of Bologna in his stadium for the championship were marked more than 1.5 goals. We believe that in this match, Bologna will maintain this standard and play again an open game with several goals.

Analysis of SPAL

This is the first game in this edition of the away team's race, which finished the previous edition in 17th place. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with a total of 14 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in his stadium, with a total of 29 goals scored and 21 conceded. In the last game he played, for Coppa Italia, won the Spezia away by (0-1). In the last 10 games as a visitor SPAL has won 3, drawn 4 and lost 3. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, so their defense needs to improve, but their attack has been regular achieved in 8 of the last 10 games.

SPAL is a club that has never won a Serie A title (1ª Division of the Italian Championship), but very recently the club was in Serie B, having won the title of Serie B champion in the 2016/17 season, and thus rising to the first division of Italian football. In the season of 2017/18, the team finished the championship in the seventeenth position, and narrowly escaped the descent of division. Now in this season of 2018/19, the SPAL hopes to make a good campaign and ensure the maintenance in the first division of Italian football. When we looked at nineteen SPAL away games for Serie A 2017/18, we found that sixteen of them had more than 1.5 goals.