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Bologna vs Atalanta Prediction & Betting tips
It was great to see Sinisa Mihajlovic back at the bank in Bologna last weekend. The former Serbian international was diagnosed with leukemia in July and spent the entire preseason, in addition to most of the campaign in the hospital.
Unfortunately, the supreme of Rossoblu could not inspire an immediate reaction from his team when they met a Milan team that produced their best performance of the season. However, Bologna showed the fighting spirit that Mihajlovic has embedded in that team since he took over, as well as a lot of striking attacking football to entertain the neutral.
Those of Emilia-Romagna has largely produced exciting efforts in 2019/20. The 3-2 defeat was the ninth to the shot that Bologna has seen more than 2.5 goals, as well as goals from both sides, and it is very likely that there will be a repetition in the cards when Atalanta arrives.
Atalanta faced a life or death trip to Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night with Gian Piero Gasperini’s group giving a coup de grace to the Ukrainians. The success of La Dea by 3-0 made the Bergamo team achieve the Great Escape in their Champions League group and secured their place in the last 16 in their debut to the main European club competition.
The spirits will naturally be high, although the legs and minds may be a little tired for their weekend meeting at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. Even so, Atalanta rarely fails to shoot in attack areas, generating more opportunities against the goal this season than any of his Serie A rivals. However, the Bergamo boys have not been as impressive in the back. .
The Dea has only two bleached against national opponents this period and that should encourage a Bologna team that is still in the top 10 in terms of expected goals (xG), xG of open play, plus percentage of shots in the area in Italy.
Overall, 23/30 (77%) of both league matches have presented at least three goals with 16 (53%) breaking the barrier of more than 3.5 goals. The couple has seen 23 (77%) green in the selection of both teams score.
The two teams combine to average 3.60 goals per game, 3.00 xG on average, and since the beginning of the last period we have seen our favorite play win in 36/53 (68%) of their respective home / away matches. That success rate improves to 31/43 (72%) when goals returned after Mihajlovic’s arrival at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in January.
Bologna vs Atalanta head to head matches
04.04.19 SA Atalanta Bologna 4 : 1
04.11.18 SA Bologna Atalanta 1 : 2
11.03.18 SA Bologna Atalanta 0 : 1
22.10.17 SA Atalanta Bologna 1 : 0
22.04.17 SA Atalanta Bologna 3 : 2