Napoli vs Bologna Prediction & Match Preview

Napoli vs Bologna Match Preview

Antonio Conte got off to a nightmare start to his reign at Napoli. His team fell 0-3 away at Hellas Verona on the opening day of the 2024/25 season. The Partinopei created a lot of chances but the players mostly fired wide, failing to convert any of them.

Napoli will have a difficult task to bounce back in their first home match of the campaign. They host Champions League-bound Bologna on Sunday evening in Matchday No 2 at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Bologna did not get the brightest of results of their own, drawing 1-1 at home to Udinese last weekend.

Nevertheless, they looked fantastic on the pitch, creating a huge amount of opportunities and firing 22 shots towards Udinese’s goal at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. It was a promising performance in Vincenzo Italiano’s maiden game in charge of Bologna in Serie A.

Napoli vs Bologna Prediction

It is very interesting to see Napoli as the bookies’ favourites here despite their awful start to the season.

On top of a 0-3 defeat at Verona, Napoli needed penalties to advance to the second round of Coppa Italia despite facing lower-division Modena two weeks ago. Antonio Conte’s men have managed to find the back of the net just once in the last four fixtures across competitions.

Furthermore, Bologna are unbeaten in five games they have played this summer. They looked great in a 1-1 draw to Udinese last Sunday. Finally, Bologna are undefeated in the previous three H2H encounters against Napoli, a streak that involves a 2-0 victory for the Rossoblu just over three months ago in Naples.

We will back Bologna to win or draw as the main betting option at the odds of 1.90. The best alternative pick would be a 1-1 stalemate at the 6.50 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- August 23, 2024

Napoli vs Bologna Betting Tips

Bologna to win or draw

OK

1.91 Odds

Both Teams Score

OK

1.89 Odds

Correct Score: Draw 1-1

OK

7.60 Odds