Bologna vs Empoli Match Analysis and Prediction

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Both Bologna and Empoli will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they square off in the 24^th round of the Serie A at Renato Dall’Ara on Sunday evening with kickoff at 17:00.

Bologna have made an inconsistent campaign this season with side claiming eight wins, three draws and 11 defeats from their 22 league matches to claim 27 points, which have left them sitting in the 13^th spot with 10 points off relegation zone.

Sinisa Mihajlovic’s side appear to have hit their worst as they were left empty handed again last time out when they fell to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Verona at away two Fridays ago. The defeat market their third consecutive loss in the Serie A after their 3-0 victory against Sassuolo which is now sandwiched in between six defeats.

Although it is a little early for Mihajlovic to start worrying about being dragged into the relegation dugout, he will want put an end to their slump as his job is on the line here.

Meanwhile Empoli made a good start to life back in Italy’s bigtime maintaining a top-half spot for most of the first half of the season.

However, things have started to become tough for the Aurelio Andreazzoli’s side who have been struggling for form in Serie A recently. The club now heads into the match on the back of a seven-match winless run across all competitions losing four and claiming three draws in the run and are coming off a 4-2 defeat to Roma in their previous league fixture. As a result Empoli have dropped into the 12^th spot in Serie A with two points above their Sunday hosts.

Therefore, despite the fact that Empoli will be delighted with where they are now, they will want to put an end to their slump as they aim at getting their campaign back on track with a top-half their target this season.

Bologna vs Empoli head to head

Both side have met in 15 encounters since 1998 with Empoli claiming five victories while Bologna have claimed four victories and there have been six draws.

Empoli 4-2 Bologna 26/09/21
Bologna 3-1 Empoli 27/04/19
Empoli 2-1 Bologna 09/12/18
Empoli 2-1 Bologna 07/05/17
Bologna 0-0 Empoli 11/12/16

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Verona 2-1 Bologna
Bologna 0-2 Napoli
Cagliari 2-1 Bologna
Sassuolo 0-3 Bologna
Bologna 0-2 Juventus

Away

Empoli 2-4 Roma
Inter 3-2 Empoli
Venezia 1-1 Empoli
Empoli 1-5 Sassuolo
Lazio 3-3 Empoli

Bologna team news

Bologna will be without Nicolas Dominguez, Kingsley Michael and Federico Santander due to injuries while Ibrahima Mbaye is still representing Senegal in the concluding AFCON.