Italian Serie A
2025-12-14 - Bologna vs Juventus
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 15
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (36,000)
Sunday, 14 December 2025, 20:45 CET
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Bologna Team News
Other than the incredible setback at home to Cremonese, Bologna can't seem to lose. They just won 1-2 at Celta Vigo in the Champions League after coming back undefeated from Lazio with 1-1. That's one defeat in last 16 matches in all competitions.
It takes quite a special effort to beat Bologna, and unlike the previous seasons, Bologna can now win more often than they draw, too. They stand at a 7-4-3 record, and have a +11 goal difference, which is the same as AC Milan. In other words, this is a healthy side that will compete for Champions League spots.
For most of Bologna's history they'd simply roll over and lose to Juventus here. From 2017 to 2021, Juventus won seven times in a row in Bologna. But in the last three outings, which coincide with Bologna's new era, the scores were 1-1, 3-3, 1-1.
Juventus Team News
Juventus is a troubled side that is now in a purple patch mostly because of the new coach having nothing but poor teams on the fixture list. The 6-3-1 record in the last ten outings looks ok, but as soon as competition toughens up, no win for Juve. They lost 2-1 at Napoli last week before winning 2-0 at home against Pafos in the Champions League.
Therefore, it's difficult to expect Juventus to beat any strong team in this league, they're not quite at that level just yet and won't be until the new season. Defence is unreliable and offense can be a bit stale, even if the new coach Spalletti fixed some glaring holes in the gameplay. Some fixes are strange, such as Teun Koopmeiners being fielded as a defender, but they seem to work.
Probable Lineups
Bologna (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia - De Silvestri, Vitik, Heggem, Lykogiannis - Pobega, Moro - Orsolini, Odgaard, Rowe - Immobile. Coach Italiano.
Juventus (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio - Kalulu, Kelly, Koopmeiners - Cambiaso, Locatelli, Thuram, McKennie - Conceicao, Yildiz - David. Coach Spalletti.
The Betting Market
Juventus is a slight favourite at 2.62. The price on Bologna is 3.02 and you can get 3.22 on the draw.
A low-scoring game is expected. The price on Under 2.5 Goals is 1.66, yet the Both Teams To Score market is split down the middle at 1.90. This seems to indicate the match is most likely to end 1-1.
The Betting Verdict
While you can't really expect Juventus to play high-scoring derbies, it seems that both teams to find the net is the most likely outcome of this particular derby.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Bologna 1-1 Juventus
