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2012-01-29 - AS Roma vs Bologna

A Sports Betting Pick by ROzsolt

AS Roma vs Bologna
Football: Seria A
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Sunday 29th January – Kickoff time: 15:00 GMT+1

AS Roma (6th W-9 D-3 L-6)

Luis Enrique’s team has been eliminated from the Coppa Italia by Juventus in a match in which nothing went their way and finished 3-0 for the Bianconeri.

Roma is doing way better in Seria A lately, having registered four consecutive victories, one of them at Stadio San Paolo against Napoli. This is their best run since April 2010, when they’ve won 6 in a row. They’ve scored 7 goals in their last two games at Olimpico, having the best of Chievo (2-0) and Cesena (5-1).

Striker Pablo Osvaldo who is also the top scorer of the team with 7 goals so far and defender Nicolas Burdisso are both out due to injuries.

Surprisingly, Roma does not lead the head to head record against Bologna, the Giallorossi winning only 44 compared to Bologna’s 47 from a total of 129 games.

Probable Roma line-up :
Stekelenburg
Rosi, Juan, Heinze, Taddei
Pjanic, Gago, Simplicio
Lamela
Borini, Totti

Bologna (16th W-5 D-5 L-9)

Bologna will be looking to improve on their home performance against Roma, the match played at the end of December being comfortably won by the visitors (0-2).

Throughout the time Bologna proved to be quite efficient when travelling to Rome, scoring 68 goals, more than against any other team away from home, but their current form is quite poor, only winning one of their last six league games.

Gaston Ramirez who is the second best goal scorer from the squad is suspended for this match, while Nico Pulzetti has also been ruled out, this time because of an injury.

Probable Bologna line-up :
Gillet
Raggi, Portanova, Antonsson, Morleo
Crespo, Mudingay, Perez
Diamanti, Taidei
Di Vaio

The Betting Verdict

The home win looks like a strong play here, considering Roma’s excellent form and the fact that a month ago Roma won the reverse fixture, but the odds are a bit short.

There are some interesting stats that draw my attention and made me consider the goals market for this game and these are: Bologna scored at least once in their last 6 games on the road, Bologna scored at least once in their last 7 games against AS Roma at the Olimpico, while Roma conceded 10 goals in their home games this season, more than one goal per match on average.

Di Vaio scored twice in Rome the last time these two met, earning his team a draw. The 35 years old striker scored 5 goals this season.

The Statistics :

ROMA_AS LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2012-01-21	W	5-1	H v Cesena
	2012-01-08	W	2-0	H v Chievo
	2011-12-12	D	1-1	H v Juventus
	2011-11-20	W	2-1	H v Lecce
	2011-10-29	L	2-3	H v Milan_AC
	2011-10-23	W	1-0	H v Palermo

BOLOGNA LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2012-01-16	D	1-1	A v Napoli
	2011-12-18	L	2-1	A v Genoa
	2011-11-27	D	1-1	A v Cagliari
	2011-11-05	L	3-1	A v Palermo
	2011-10-26	W	0-1	A v Chievo
	2011-10-16	W	0-2	A v Novara

HEAD TO HEAD ROMA_AS v BOLOGNA
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2010-09-19	Roma_AS	2-2	Bologna
2009-11-01	Roma_AS	2-1	Bologna
2009-04-05	Roma_AS	2-1	Bologna
2005-02-06	Roma_AS	1-1	Bologna
2004-03-28	Roma_AS	1-2	Bologna
2003-02-01	Roma_AS	3-1	Bologna

The Pick :

AS Roma 3-1 Bologna

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Both teams to score at 2.10 at Ladbrokes
Confidence: 7/10
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