Bologna – Sassuolo

In the Bologna-Sassuolo match, you can expect at least two goals.

Sassuolo hosted Torino in the last round. The Neroverdi faced a rather tricky squad situation before the match. This was one of the reasons for their narrow defeat to the Granata. In the previous matchweek Fabio Grosso's men earned a point against Milan with a 2-2 draw, and before that they beat Fiorentina 3-1. Bologna could not beat Napoli in the Italian Super Cup final. Their rossoblu path began with a match against Inter. The rossoblu conceded a quick goal, but equalized before halftime thanks to Riccardo Orsolini. The team withstood the opponent's pressure in the second half, and the encounter went to a penalty shootout. Despite misses by Moro and Miranda, Italiano's charges managed to eliminate the tournament's favorite. Napoli proved tougher. At the end of the first half David Neres scored, and 12 minutes after the break the Brazilian completed a brace. It can't be said that the rossoblu lacked chances, but they couldn't come back from two goals against a higher-quality opponent. In the last round of the league Bologna hosted Juventus. The hosts were very sharp and had three excellent chances in the first 45 minutes. But as often happens, the visitor scored. In the 64th minute, after a corner delivery, Cabal scored. A red card to Heggem five minutes later dashed the rossoblu's chances for a draw. Head-to-head meetings between the teams have historically been very productive. The proposed bet has not lost in ten of the past meetings. Yet the return on it occurred only three times. The teams' last match was at the start of 2024. On the Renato Dall'Ara pitch the hosts won 4-2. Notably, this season the rossoblu have not been prolific at home except in two matches (against Juventus and Torino). It is worth noting that Vincenzo Italiano's side concede fewer goals than statistics would suggest. The xGA metric indicates Bologna should have conceded another 6.46 goals. A similar situation exists for Sassuolo. Thus, the Neroverdi, according to statistics, could have conceded another 5.54 times, and this is while the team has 20 goals in 16 rounds. Grosso's players had not scored in only two away matches (against Como and Lecce). This match has every chance to be high-scoring.