We have another full round of fixtures to look forward to in the Italian Serie A on the weekend. One of which takes place at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium as Bologna meet Lecce.
The hosts are sitting comfortably in 10th place whereas the visitors are currently inside the relegation zone and need a victory to move closer to moving out of the bottom three.
Bologna come into the match having lost 1-0 at Atalanta in mid-week. They did well to restrict the free scoring hosts in the first half but could not prevent them from finding the back of the net via a penalty in the second half. That result means Bologna have failed to win any of their last 5 Serie A games, a run that has cost them any hope of qualifying for the Europa League next season.
Having enjoyed an excellent 2-1 win at Inter Milan, Bologna have been held by Napoli at home and Parma way plus lost against AC Milan and Atalanta away plus Sassuolo at home. Bologna’s recent home record shows they have failed to win any of their last 6 league games. You must go back to the victory over Brescia at the beginning of February to find the last time they have tasted victory at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium.
Trends show both teams have scored in 4 of their last 5 home Serie A matches and Bologna have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 16 on home soil.
Lecce secured an important 3-1 victory at home over Brescia on Wednesday night and the win has kept them in the relegation fight. Unfortunately, other results did not go their way and thanks to Genoa’s win they are still 4 points adrift from safety.
However, Lecce will have gained confidence from the win as they had failed to win any of their previous 3 Serie A matches. There was a defeat at home against Fiorentina and a loss at Genoa, which could still prove to be costly.
Trends show Lecce have won only one of the last 10 away Serie A matches. They have conceded a total of 29 goals over those 10 away games, at an average of 2.9 goals per game.
Looking ahead to the team news and Bologna will be without the injured duo of Jerdy Schouten and Mattia Bani. Both are expected to return next season.
Lecce have a few injury problems and Alessandro Deiola, Khouma Babacar, Luca Rossettini and Marco Calderoni are all on the treatment table.
Bologna will see this as a good opportunity to get back to winning ways. However, their defensive record at home is poor and Lecce will back themselves to score. A home win with both teams scoring seems a strong possibility.
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