Bologna v Napoli

Bologna vs Napoli Preview

Bologna will be cautiously optimistic ahead of Sunday evening's Serie A clash with Napoli when the two teams lock horns at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara as the hosts bring a decent looking three-match unbeaten run into this encounter while Napoli will be looking to close the gap on the early league leaders, Inter Milan, with all three points here.

Despite being handed a 2-0 defeat at home to AC Milan in their opening game of this new Italian top flight season, Bologna have steadied the ship by picking up five points from their subsequent three league matches which consists of picking up points in draws with Juventus and Verona in 1-1 and 0-0 stalemates respectively, both of which were also away from home.

In addition and in between these draws, Bologna have captured all three points by way of a useful 2-1 home win against Cagliari as well, so the hosts stand a decent chance of getting something out of this upcoming tussle at their Stadio Renato Dall'Ara.

The bigger picture also looks promising as Bologna have suffered just three defeats from their last 17 matches overall in Serie A while on home soil, the hosts have lost just once in their last nine games, making them a potentially tough prospect for this clash.

Napoli have produced a bit of a mixed start to this new Serie A season as the visitors have won twice, drawn once and lost once so far this term which has placed the visitors in fifth spot but five points adrift of the early league leaders, Inter Milan, prior to this weekend's action. Napoli had started quickly out of the starting blocks as they registered back-to-back wins against Frosinone and Sassuolo respectively to hand Rudi Garcia's side the perfect start to the new season but they have since dipped a little in recent times, losing 2-1 at home to Lazio and then being held to a 2-2 draw away from home at Genoa.

Nevertheless, last season's Serie A title winners are expected to hit their straps soon enough this season and having suffered just two defeats in their previous 14 matches overall, the visitors still remain one of the teams to beat in this season's campaign as well.

Results away from home have also taken a bit of a downward turn for Napoli following an impressive eight-match winning streak on the road as the visitors have managed to pick up just one further away win from their subsequent five games thereafter.

Bologna v Napoli Verdict

This may be the best time to play Napoli as it's still early days in the domestic top flight season along with the visitors being involved in European action, so the odds for a Bologna cannot be ignored here!

Therefore, our main bet will be Bologna win @ 4.00

Other side bets worth considering:

Bologna win & Under 2.5 goals @ 8.00

Correct score: Bologna 1-0 @ 12.00