- Match odds: Bologna are 1.69 favourites to beat 4.85 Monza with the draw 3.7, but Rossoblù have yet to win at home in Serie A 2026/2027 (0-2-2). Bologna have won the last 2 head-to-head meetings, including a 3-1 home win over Monza in Serie A 2024/2025. Gustavo Varela is Monza's biggest threat with 4 goals in 4 games.
Cagey affair expected at Stadio Renato Dell’Ara
League positions and form
Two teams who have mixed starts to the Serie A 2026/2027 season come into this Saturday's clash at Stadio Renato Dell'Ara with Bologna sitting 13th with eight points from eight games and Monza in 15th with seven.
Raffaele Palladino's Rossoblù will need to be more consistent if they are to push for the top six, but they have shown enough quality in their 2-0 win at Cagliari to suggest they can edge this lower-midtable clash.
Tactics and personnel
The Bologna boss has got the players to play at a high tempo and use the width of their back three to get his wing-backs forward, while there's a central targetman in Artem Dovbyk, who has opened the Serie A 2026/2027 scoring charts with 1 goal in 3 games.
Bologna's 3-4-2-1 formation is pretty flexible and can be adapted into a 3-4-3 if required, but there's no pressing philosophy baked into the system.
Ivan Juric's Monza, on the other hand, are a non-stop pressing side, that plays a direct and aggressive 3-4-2-1/3-4-3 system with players who enjoy man-to-man duels and can cover the length of the field in a few strides.
Biancorossa still chasing first away win
The clash of styles and the importance of the wide areas will probably make the wing-back duels and half-space battles the most interesting part of the game.
Bologna have won the last two head-to-head clashes, including a 3-1 victory at home in Serie A 2024/2025, so this should be a game that they will be eager for.
Bologna make the most appeal for the win as they are more solid on paper and have not lost to Monza in their last three home fixtures, but it is hard to recommend them at the current odds.
Bologna have scored just 4 goals at home while Monza are winless in their five away trips, so this could be a cagey game.
- The Rossoblù come into this game after a 3-1 home defeat to Inter and a 2-0 away victory over Cagliari, while Monza have gone from a 3-1 away defeat to Lazio to a 4-0 victory over Cagliari at home and back to an away defeat – this time 3-2 against Torino.
- It's no surprise that the Biancorossa are yet to post their first away victory in Serie A 2026/2027 (0-1-4).
- The draw is more appealing at 3.7, but the best play appears to be backing the BTTS-No selection at 2.05.
