- Napoli are Serie A’s second-placed team, with 70 points from 35 games this season.
- Napoli have won 12, drawn four and lost just once in 17 home Serie A games this campaign.
Conte’s Napoli to be too slick for Bologna
Antonio Conte’s Napoli should have too much discipline and structure for Bologna F.C. to overcome on Monday, in a clash of two Serie A teams who are pushing hard for late-season European qualification. Conte, as always, is a master at organising his teams in an extremely efficient way, and his influence on Napoli’s shape has been a clear positive in the sense that the back three and wing-back system has created a side that is extremely compact and well-balanced.
It’s easy to see why the Napoli vs Bologna F.C. preview has been so positive this season, with Napoli averaging 1.76 goals per game at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, where they’ve scored 30 times in total this term. 1.58 about the home team, who have won 12, drawn four and lost just one of 17 home Serie A fixtures, looks a little short to me, but this is one fixture in which the Napoli vs Bologna F.C. prediction is likely to pay out.
Napoli’s 0-0 away draw at Como and 2-0 defeat at home to Lazio were both bad results, but they bounced back with a 4-0 home win over Cremonese last time out. Rasmus Hoejlund is still their biggest threat going forward, the Dane having struck 10 goals in 30 Serie A appearances, and Scott McTominay has contributed a useful 2 in their last 5 games. With that in mind, our Napoli vs Bologna F.C. betting tips suggest looking out for strong attacking displays from the home side.
Bologna are having a solid, if unspectacular season
Bologna are having a decent, but unspectacular season, as their 49-point haul from 35 games would suggest. Vincenzo Italiano is having another good campaign in Serie A, but his man-to-man pressing, high-tempo football is both unpredictable and vulnerable.
Bologna have won eight, drawn four and lost five on the road in Serie A this term, averaging 1.53 goals scored per game and conceding 1.24 per match on average. The visitors have a reliable goal-scorer in Riccardo Orsolini, who’s found the net 8 times in 33 Serie A outings this campaign, but there’s a lot to be said for Napoli’s firepower, according to this Napoli vs Bologna F.C. prediction.
Bologna have won just one of their last 5 Serie A encounters, with a 2-0 away defeat to Juventus, a 0-2 home defeat to Roma and a 0-0 draw with Cagliari among their recent results. Backing Napoli to win and Both Teams to Score - Yes looks a good way to get some added value out of the 1.58 odds on Conte’s team, while 1.99 about Over 2.5 goals also appeals.
