Bologna to beat Roma in Serie A Clash

It has been a historic start to the campaign for Thiago Motta’s Bologna, who sit fifth in the Serie A table, level on 25 points with Roma and four behind third-placed Milan. We’re backing them with a soccer bet predictionto get yet another big result on Sunday in our Serie A predictions for this weekend.

After a tumultuous start to the season, Roma have begun to find some form under Jose Mourinho, but they’re still well away from reaching their top level.

Since closing out October with a 1-0 defeat to Inter, the Giallorossi have beaten Lecce 2-1, drawn 0-0 at Lazio, beaten Udinese 3-1, won 2-1 at Sassuolo, and drawn 1-1 to Fiorentina. Over in the UEFA Europa League, Roma finished second in their group after thrashing Sheriff Tiraspol 3-0.

As fas their player prop bets go, Serie A betting connoisseurs typically go one way or the other when it comes to Roma: Paulo Dybala or Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian forward has been in red-hot form in his loan spell in the Italian capital, opening the scoring within 11 minutes of their win against Sheriff and taking his tally to 11 goals and 1 assist in 18 appearances.

Dybala found Lukaku within five minutes against Fiorentina, only for Roma to fall to 10 men as Nicolo Zalewski saw red, with Lucas Martinez Quarta equalizing shortly after for La Viola, whilst Lukaku saw red in the 87th minute.

Mourinho will be without both players as well as Dybala, who exited the game early on with an injury, and it should come as no surprise that the Las Vegas sportsbooks have taken these absences into account when setting the Serie A betting odds.

Bologna closed out November with a 2-0 win against Torino before taking the lead within 68 minutes via a free kick goal from Charalampos Lykogiannis, only for Roberto Piccoli’s 100th-minute penalty goal to see Lecce escape with a draw.

There are plenty of reasons to include a Bologna win in your soccer betting predictions, but one of them is Joshua Zirkzee. The Dutch forward grabbed a brace at the weekend to lead Bologna to a 2-1 victory against Salernitana, taking his tally to six goals and one assist in his last eight matches, and we’re betting on him to continue his stellar form in front of goal

A successful $50 bet on Zirkzee to register a shot on target and Bologna to win yields a profit of $100 – we’ll take those odds any day of the week. 

Fourteen years after playing a vital role in midfield alongside Esteban Cambiasso and Wesley Sneijder and leading Mourinho’s Inter to a historic treble, Motta will be going up against his former manager in what should be a mouth-watering affair at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, 

He’ll be looking to continue Bologna’s impressive home form with another victory. 

Since opening the season with a 2-0 loss to Milan, Bologna have won six of seven matches at home, dropping points just once – a 0-0 draw to Napoli on September 24.

They have shown that they can go blow for blow with the best sides in Italy, taking points off Inter and Juventus away from home, and they are more than capable of getting a victory against the Giallorossi.

Question Of The Day

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