In this week 18 match on Dec 18th, Bologna hosts Juventus in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 10th placed Bologna is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Torino. Antonio Sanabria struck first for Torino in the 24th minute on a feed from Saša Lukić, then Adama Soumaoro added another on an own goal in the 69th minute. Bologna is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while juventus sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Venezia. Morata struck first for Juventus in the 32nd minute on a feed from Luca Pellegrini, but Mattia Aramu got the equalizer for Venezia in the 55th minute earning Venezia a comeback draw. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Juventus should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Juventus won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Paulo Dybala and Morata have been the hottest scorers for Juventus in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Bologna hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Marko Arnautović and Mattias Svanberg, and they each have 1 goal.