Italy - Serie AStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Bologna and Cagliari, taking place on Saturday, 02 September 2023, at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna.
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Bologna, Recent FormA 1-1 draw against Juventus will be viewed as a positive outcome for Bologna and a valuable point into the bargain. In that game they had 42% possession and managed 10 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Juventus who had 14 attempts and 3 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 11 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 8, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
Whilst they have only lost 1 of their last 6 home games there will be concern over the amount of points dropped with 4 draws from those games.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for Bologna, Lewis Ferguson will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Cagliari, Recent FormLosing 2-0 home to Inter Milan won't leave the Cagliari squad too downbeat, given the former sits a full 14 places above them in the league. They achieved 34% possession in that match and had 11 strikes at goal, with 2 hitting the target, up against Inter Milan's tally of 17 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
Manager Claudio Ranieri will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. When playing away from home, they have scored in 4 of their last 6 games and are on a run of 3 consecutive clean sheets.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Gianluca Lapadula will be hoping to create problems for Bologna in this one, having scored 7 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Cagliari.
The last time these sides were pitched against each other in the league, it ended in a 2-1 win for Cagliari.
The Casteddu defence has struggled at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 10 visits.
In the league, Bologna has a good track record when they host Cagliari, getting the better of them in their last 2 home games.
Musa Barrow will be feeling confident about scoring for Bologna ahead of this encounter with Cagliari, having netted 3 goals in the past 3 league meetings between these two at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara.
With only Musa Barrow (Muscle) and Adama Soumaoro (Cruciate ligament) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Thiago Motta will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Claudio Ranieri has a number of injury concerns in his Cagliari squad to contend with: Gianluca Lapadula (Ankle), Marco Mancosu (Knee) and Marko Rog (Ligament)
Bologna Playing at home | Cagliari Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Goals scored | 0 |
| 2 | Goals conceded | 0 |
| - | Time first goal scored | - |
| 11' | Time first goal conceded | - |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 5 | Subs used | 5 |
| - | Biggest victory | - |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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