📏 Form Guide

Bologna

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Bologna will be hoping to bounce back here following a 3-1 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of Inter Milan.

In that game, Bologna had 42% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Bologna was Santiago Castro (83'). At the other end, Inter Milan had 19 shots on goal with 10 on target. Piotr Zieliński (39'), Lautaro Martínez (48') and Marcus Thuram (74') scored for Inter Milan.

Bologna have found it difficult to unlock defences in recent times. Their goals record stands at just 4 versus opponents during the course of their previous six matches. In those meetings, Bologna have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 8. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, though.

Their prior results show that Bologna:

• have left without a victory over Atalanta in their last 2 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Atalanta

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Atalanta will go into this game following a 1-0 Serie A win in the defeat of Roma in their previous match.

In that game, Atalanta had 45% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Atalanta was Giorgio Scalvini (12'). At the other end, Roma got 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

In the course of their six previous matches, Raffaelle Palladino's Atalanta have seen their goal attempts be successful 7 times thus earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.

Coming into this clash, Atalanta have left without a victory over Bologna when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 08/04/2023 shows that Bologna have won 4 of these games & Atalanta 1, with the tally of draws being 1.

A total of 11 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 from Rossoblu and 4 coming from La Dea. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Serie A match day 32 on 13/04/2025 when it ended Atalanta 2-0 Bologna.

That day, Atalanta had 40% possession and 4 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The goalscorers were Mateo Retegui (3') and Mario Pašalić (21').

Bologna got 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Maurizio Mariani.

ℹ️ Team News: Bologna

It looks as if Rossoblu will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for the game with Federico Ravaglia, Emil Holm, T. Lysaker Heggem, Jhon Lucumi, Juan Miranda, Tommaso Pobega, Nikola Moro, Riccardo Orsolini, Jens Odgaard, Nicolo Cambiaghi and Santiago Castro.

📋 Team News: Atalanta

Atalanta manager Raffaelle Palladino has not got a full squad to pick from. Sead Kolasinac (Collateral ligament injury), Raoul Bellanova (Hamstring muscle injury) and Mitchel Bakker (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are Odilon Kossounou and Ademola Lookman.

There’s a good chance that La Dea seem likely to utilise a 3-4-2-1 lineup, settling for Marco Carnesecchi, Isak Hien, Berat Djimsiti, Honest Ahanor, Davide Zappacosta, Marten de Roon, Ederson, Lorenzo Bernasconi, Charles De Ketelaere, Mario Pasalic and Gianluca Scamacca.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Atalanta and Bologna could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive game with a 0-0 scoreline when all is said and done.

Renata Leite, 17:01 07/01/2026