The first round of fixtures in the new Serie A season comes to a close at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara and these Bologna vs. Milan predictions suggest that the game could be closer than a lot of people might think.
Bologna vs. Milan odds
1 – Milan to win – 19/20
2 – Over 2.5 goals scored – 1/10
3 – Both teams to score – 10/11
4 – Christian Pulisic to score at anytime – 15/4
5 – Milan to win 2-1 – 8/1
Bologna finished comfortably in mid-table at the end of last season, without ever really looking like they could make a push for one of the European spots. The campaign had started off badly, so Thiago Motta did well to steady the ship and make his side difficult to beat.
Now we will see if the Rossoblu can push on and become legitimate European qualification challengers. Most of the transfer activity has been out of the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in the summer though, so it could be tough.
Marko Arnautović looks like he will now be leaving the club just before the start of the season and that leaves a massive hole up front. Motta will need to see if he can bring in any new strikers of his own before the transfer deadline.
Milan have put their money where their mouth is in order to reclaim the Scudetto won by Napoli last season. Sacking Paulo Maldini and Ricky Massara was a bold move but there have been some very interesting arrivals at the San Siro this summer.
One player that could enjoy a career resurgence in Milan is Christian Pulisic. The American midfielder jumped at the chance of a move from Chelsea and he might be able to kick off his Serie A career in the perfect fashion by scoring on Monday.
This should still be a close game in Bologna but Stefano Pioli has some exciting options when it comes to a starting XI for the Rossoneri and that means that there could well be three points making their way back to Milan on Monday evening.
How to stream Bologna vs. Milan
Bologna vs. Milan can be live streamed on the bet365 website. Customer account holders need to have funds in their account or have placed a bet in the 24 hours before kick off to access the action from the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara.
Bologna vs. Milan first five matches
Bologna first five matches
Milan first five matches
Bologna vs. Milan line-ups
Bologna (4-3-3): Skorupski; Posch, Bonifazi, Beukema, Lykogiannis; Aebischer, Domínguez, Ferguson; Pyyhtiä, Zirkzee, Moro
Milan (4-3-3): Maignan; Kalulu, Tomori, Thiaw, Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Krunić, Reijnders; Pulisic, Giroud, Leão
Bologna team news
Thiago Motta may not have brought in many players this summer but two of them could start against Milan. Dutch defender Sam Beukema might feature at the back, while Nikola Moro could play a part up front. With Marko Arnautović seemingly on his way to Inter, Motta may have to go with Joshua Zirkzee unless he can get anyone else on board before Monday.
Milan team news
Stefano Pioli is able to go with a very familiar back four in front of the highly rated Mike Maignan in goal. He will still be trying to figure out how to line up without Sandro Tonali, who is now at EPL side Newcastle. But Christian Pulisic is set to relish testing himself in Serie A – and he will join Oliver Giroud and Rafael Leão in an exciting looking forward line.