On Saturday Oct 8th, in week 9, Bologna hosts Sampdoria at Stadio Renato Dall’ara in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Bologna recorded a 0-3 loss against Juventus. Filip Kostić struck first for Juventus in the 24th minute, then Dušan Vlahović added another in the 59th minute on a feed from Weston McKennie In the end, Bologna couldn’t muster any offence and Juventus ran away with the shutout win. Bologna looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while sampdoria is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Monza. Matteo Pessina scored the first goal for Monza in the 11th minute, then Gianluca Caprari added another in the 67th minute In the end, Sampdoria was frustrated by Monza’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Monza ended the match with the shutout victory. Sampdoria looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Bologna won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sampdoria hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Manolo Gabbiadini and Francesco Caputo, and they each have 1 goal. Marko Arnautović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Bologna.