In this week 23 match on the 21st of January, Hellas Verona hosts Bologna in a Serie A match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 10th placed Hellas Verona is fresh off their 4-2 win against Sassuolo. Gianluca Caprari struck first for Hellas Verona in the 37th minute on a feed from Antonín Barák, then Antonín Barák added another in the 44th minute. Hellas Verona is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Bologna is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Napoli. Hirving Lozano struck first for Napoli in the 20th minute on a feed from Eljif Elmas, then Hirving Lozano added another in the 47th minute on a feed from Fabián Ruiz In the end, Bologna was frustrated by Napoli’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Napoli ended the match with the shutout victory. Bologna is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches.
Hellas Verona and Bologna last played eachother at the Stadio Renato Dall’ara on Sep 13th. Bologna was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Mattias Svanberg scored the first goal for Bologna in the 78th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hellas Verona couldn’t manage to score, and Bologna took the shutout win.
Riccardo Orsolini has been the most effective weapon for Bologna lately. The Italian attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Both Antonín Barák and Gianluca Caprari have been the hottest scorers for Hellas Verona in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.