- Bologna have failed to win any of their four home fixtures in Serie A 2026/2027 (0-2-2) and have scored just four goals here this term.
- Monza have yet to win an away match in Serie A 2026/2027, drawing 1 and losing 4 from 5 on the road.
- Bologna have won the last two head-to-head meetings including a 3-1 home success over Monza in Serie A 2024/2025.
Tight lower-midtable matchup awaits at Stadio Renato Dell’Ara
Two teams that look set to battle in the lower-midtable in Serie A 2026/2027 will meet at Stadio Renato Dell'Ara on Saturday when Bologna F.C. entertain SSD Monza 1912. The Rossoblù have 8 points from 8 games to sit 13th, while the Biancorossa are 15th on seven points, so the points difference is just one ahead of this matchup.
The visitors head to the Italian industrial hub off the back of a 3-2 away loss to Torino which helped to even out a mixed bag of results that have seen Ivan Juric's team win 2, draw 1 and lose 2 in their last 5. The 3-4-2-1/3-4-3 shape favoured by the former Torino boss appears to be predicated on an intense, high-tempo game with man-to-man pressure and a vertical approach that can catch teams off guard.
Bologna arrive off the back of a 3-1 home loss to Inter followed by a 2-0 away victory against Cagliari which suggests this could be a cagey affair. Raffaele Palladino has his back three working, but the set up of his 3-4-2-1 shape is more to create width for his wing-backs and the vertical break rather than to flood forward with bodies and press non-stop.
Bologna can edge it in a cagey clash
This should make the wing-backs the key area of the pitch and battles in the half-spaces another critical part of the game, so we are avoiding a Bologna win at 1.69 and looking to Monza at 4.85 and the draw at 3.7 for our main selections.
A BTTS-No bet at 2.05 also seems to suit an angle of a tight game where Bologna have only scored four times at home this season and Monza have failed to get their first away win of the campaign in five attempts.
The hosts look more likely to eventually edge it in this contest, but we don't like them at such a short price and prefer to go with the visitors as Monza have failed to win any of their last 3 away games at Bologna. Gustavo Varela is the team's biggest threat with four Serie A 2026/2027 goals in four games and five in their last five. Federico Bernardeschi is the most likely outlet for Bologna to produce a goal, with two of Bologna's six goals in the last five matches, while Artem Dovbyk is the Rossoblù's leading scorer with one goal in three games.
