Bologna vs Lazio — Tips & Analysis

Lazio +0.5: Bologna have not been scoring at home, and that is the case for Lazio here. Bologna have scored only a goal a game across their last seven home games and won just 1 of them. This is also their first game of the season, 93 days since they last played a competitive match. Opening night against a team with a game already behind them is awkward. Lazio are at their best on the road. They let in under a goal a game across six away games, winning three of them and losing two. The history helps as well. Lazio have won 9 of the last 20 meetings between these two, with Bologna winning 5 and six ending level. A 1-1 tie is the most likely result, and that is a good night for us. Neither side scores freely, and a rusty home team against a road side that defends deep points to a cagey, low scoring opener. The worry is real. Lazio's back four is patched together with Romagnoli, Gigot, Patric and Nuno Tavares all out, and they lost 0-2 at home to Mantova on 16 August. If that defence creaks early, Bologna will not need much to win this. Even so, we are happy to be with Lazio to avoid defeat.