Bologna vs Torino — Tips & Analysis

Torino +0.5: Bologna cannot score, and that is the heart of this pick. They have one point from four league games and have scored twice in them. Centre forward Artem Dovbyk is out with a muscle injury, so help is not on the way. Bologna have won 4, tied 3 and lost 7 of their last 14 games, and they have won by 2 or more goals only once in that run. They score a goal a game. Torino are not much better, but they do not have to be. They have won 6 of their last 16 games and lost by 2 or more only twice in that time. This pairing has a long history of stalemates. Eight of the last 20 meetings were ties, and those games averaged just over 2 goals. Two of the last five meetings ended 0-0. Bologna are 17th and Torino 15th, so both will take a point and move on. A 1-1 tie is the most likely result, and that is a good night for us. The warning is clear. Torino travel poorly, with 2 wins, 1 tie and 4 losses on the road, and they score only a goal a game away from home. They have lost 3 of their last 4. That is a real worry, but Bologna do not have the firepower to punish it, so we are with Torino here.