Italian Serie A
2025-11-09 - Bologna vs Napoli
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 11
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (36,000)
Sunday, 09 November 2025, 15:00 CET
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Bologna Team News
Bologna is now undefeated in nine matches in all competitions, and are sitting in the 5th place on the Serie A table, which can be an envy of Juventus, Lazio, Atalanta, Como and Fiorentina. But they're not there, Bologna is, because this is a really competent side that plays good football and, most importantly, good defence. Bologna always controls the proceedings well.
Napoli Team News
In last three outings, Napoli scored once. When you watch them it isn't difficult to understand why. Napoli's offensive game plan is to make a cunning pass between the lines into empty space, but as soon as that player encounters any type of resistance, the action is dead. Napoli is very good at bringing the ball to the area around the penalty box, and that's where it ends.
Without De Bruyne and without Lukaku, this is a toothless team, that same one that was struggling to score in Kvaratskhelia's final season. At the same time, Napoli doesn't concede, because this is one good football team that defends the entire pitch with intensity.
Probable Lineups
Bologna (4-2-3-1): Skorupski - De Silvestri, Heggem, Heggem, Miranda - Ferguson, Freuler - Bernardeschi, Fabbian, Orsolini - Castro. Coach Italiano.
Napoli (4-3-3): Milinkovic-Savic - Di Lorenzo, Juan Jesus, Buongiorno, Spinazzola - Anguissa, Gilmour, McTominay - Politano, Hojlund, Neres. Coach Conte.
The Betting Market
Napoli is priced at 2.60 and you can get 3.00 on the other two possible outcomes. The value bet would probably be Napoli, as they're the more likely side to edge this difficult fixture.
Under 2.5 Goals is priced at 1.53 while the Both Teams To Score: NO carries a much higher price of 1.75.
The Betting Verdict
We doubt Bologna will be a side that goes forward against Napoli, which is the only scenario that would benefit the visitors as then they'd have space to exploit. No. Bologna will play cautiously and will look to defend first, which is the worst type of scenario for Napoli as they can't score against a stable defence.
We see this as a 0-0 with maybe one goal if someone gets lucky. Due to the incredibly poor value of the price on Under, we'll pick BTTS-No as the near equivalent. It's basically a bet on Under with the 1-1 score removed.
The Pick :
Bologna 0-0 Napoli
