In this week 10 match, on Sun Oct 16th, Bologna will travel to Napoli to battle Napoli in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Napoli sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-2 win against Ajax. Hirving Lozano struck first for Napoli in the 4th minute on a feed from Piotr Zieliński, then Giacomo Raspadori added another in the 16th minute on a feed from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Napoli is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Bologna is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sampdoria. Nicolás Domínguez scored the first goal for Bologna in the 32nd minute, then in the 72nd minute, Mehdi Léris sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Filip Đuričić earning Sampdoria a comeback draw. Bologna looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Napoli won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Bologna’s most prolific scorer has been Marko Arnautović. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Both Giovanni Simeone and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia have been the hottest scorers for Napoli in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals.