Week 24 brings us a match on Feb 6th, where Bologna will host Empoli at Stadio Renato Dall’ara in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Bologna recorded a 1-2 loss against Hellas Verona. Riccardo Orsolini struck first for Bologna in the 14th minute, then Gianluca Caprari tied it up for Hellas Verona in the 38th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 85th minute on a goal by Nikola Kalinić. Bologna looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while empoli is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Roma. Tammy Abraham scored the first goal for Roma in the 24th minute, then Tammy Abraham added another in the 33rd minute. Empoli is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Bologna and Empoli last played eachother at the Stadio Carlo Castellani on the 26th of September. Empoli won by a score of 4 to 2. Kevin Bonifazi struck first for Empoli on an own goal in the 1st minute, then Musa Barrow tied it up for Bologna in the 11th minute on a feed from Andreas Skov Olsen , but luckily for Empoli it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory.
Bajrami has been the most prolific scorer on Empoli in his last five matches with 3 goals. Bologna’s most prolific scorer has been Riccardo Orsolini. The Italian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.