Bologna vs Verona: Chasing 4th Straight Win

Bologna and Verona go head to head at the Dall'Ara on Matchday 28 of Serie A. After a tough spell that featured four consecutive defeats between January and February, Vincenzo Italiano’s side have turned things around with wins over Torino, Udinese, and Pisa. They are now looking for their fourth consecutive victory to head into the Euroderby against Roma in top form. On the other hand, Verona are coming into the game off the back of three defeats in a row and need the points to move away from the bottom of the table.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There are 35 official precedents between the two teams in Emilia with a record of 19 Bologna victories (latest 2-0, Serie A 2023/24), 11 draws (latest 1-1, Serie A 2022/23) and 5 Verona victories (latest 2-3, Serie A 2024/25).

Verona coming off 1 victory in the last 9 matches played at the Dall'Ara, precisely last season 2-3: remaining record of 6 victories for the Rossoblù and 2 draws.

DID YOU KNOW?
Bologna coming off 5 victories in a row in official matches, of which 4 with the result of 1-0. Clean sheet for 388', last goal conceded Vlasic's goal at 62' of Torino-Bologna 1-2 on 15 February.

Only Inter (10) scores more goals than Bologna (8) in the last 15' of the first half in Serie A 2025/26.

Bologna team of Serie A 2025/26 that scores most goals in the first 15' of the second half (10, like Milan).

Bologna team of Serie A 2025/26 that makes most substitutions: 134 out of 135 available.

Verona one of the teams of Serie A 2025/26 still without expulsions in favour (like Lecce, Milan and Torino).

Verona team of Serie A 2025/26 that scores fewest goals with substitute players (2, like Udinese) and that concedes most from opponent ones (9, like Lecce).

Verona team of Serie A 2025/26 that concedes most goals: 48.

Verona team of Serie A 2025/26 that concedes most goals in the first 15' of the match (7, like Cremonese and Sassuolo) and in the last 15' of the match including stoppage time (16).

Verona team of Serie A 2025/26 that sends fewest players to score: 8.

Verona team of Serie A 2025/26 that loses most points in the second halves compared to the results at the end of the first half: -12.

Verona have gone 12 matchdays without a win: three draws and nine defeats, with their last victory dating back to 14 December 2025, a 2–1 win over Fiorentina.

COACHES and PLAYERS

It will be the first official meeting between Vincenzo Italiano and Paolo Sammarco. The two were team-mates at Chievo in the 2006/07 Serie A season.

Vincenzo Italiano is the “ex” of the day: he made 260 appearances and scored 25 goals for Verona, across two spells (February 1997–January 2005 and July 2005–January 2007).

Jens Odgaard scored against Pisa: it was the Danish forward’s fifth league goal of the season. He had not scored since 15 January 2026, in Verona–Bologna 2–3.

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro scored against Napoli: it was the Ivorian midfielder’s first league goal of the season. He had not scored in an official match since 4 May 2023, in Empoli–Bologna 3–1 (Serie A).

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: Freuler (Bologna)

Cautioned: Cambiaghi, Ferguson, Lucumì (Bologna); Orban (Verona)

REFEREE

MUCERA (BINDONI – TEGONI) IV: MASSA, VAR: GIUA, AVAR: MARINI

UPCOMING MATCHES

Sassuolo-Bologna (Sunday March 15th, 15.00 CET)

Verona-Genoa (Sunday March 15th, 12.30 CET)

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