Bologna v Juventus
Football: Seria A
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Sunday 12th February – Kickoff time: 15:00 GMT+1

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Bologna (16th W-5 D-7 L-9)

The Rossoblu, coached by Stefano Piolo, have drawn their last four league games, including a goalless result at Lecce in their latest match.

A second half shot from Ramirez was Bolgona’s best chance, as Lecce’s Muriel and Di Michele came closer to score. This result allowed Bologna to climb to the 16th place.

Bologna have yet to lose in 2012, holding Roma at Olimpico two weeks ago, an important result as we all saw what the Romans are capable of against Inter (4-0).

Bologna collected 4 points in the previous season from the games against Juventus, two games in which the Bianconeri were unable to score (0-0 and 0-2).

Probable Bologna line-up :
Gillet
Raggi, Portanova, Antonsson
Garics, Perez, Mudangayi, Morleo
Ramirez, Taider
Di Vaio

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Juventus (1st W-12 D-9 L-0)

After a disappointing home draw against minnows Siena, Juventus managed a morale boosting first leg Coppa Italia victory against Milan thanks to a double from Caceres.

The Uruguayan found the net twice in the second half in his first game back at Juve from Sevilla and Conte is likely to hand him a starting place in this game against Bologna as well.

I have to repeat every weekend that Juventus is yet to lose a game this season and it’s likely to remain that way after this match as well, as Bologna have won just one of their last 20 Seria A games against Juventus.

Simone Pepe is the only Juve player likely to miss this game, but Giaccherini has shown excellent skills lately, so it can be said that Conte is well covered.

Probable Juventus line-up :
Buffon
Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Chiellini, Caceres
Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio
Vucinic, Matri, Giaccherini

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The Betting Verdict

It will be difficult for the hosts to brake Juve’s defense, as the Bianconeri only conceded two goals over their last seven games, while Bologna has an average of less than one goal scored per match when playing at home.

Bologna does have the advantage of having more time to prepare this match, but I think they would leave the initiative to Juventus and try to strike on counter attack even though they are playing at home.

Juventus squad looks so strong on paper, but despite being dominant in most of their games, sometimes they find it difficult to score against underdogs, as happened against resilient Siena last weekend.

The Pick :

Bologna 1-1 Juventus

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take Draw match at 3.60 at Betfred
Confidence: 5/10