The Serie A relegation battle could be settled before the final weekend and these Venezia v Bologna predictions give the latest picture of the drop zone. Venezia are almost certain to slip down into Serie B this summer with Bologna already safe.
Venezia vs. Bologna odds
1 – Bologna to win – 11/8
2 – Under 2.5 total goals – 21/20
3 – Bologna under 2.5 total goals – 1/5
4 – BTTS – No – 5/7
5 – Bologna to win 2-0 at – 12/1
Venezia face the prospect of an immediate return to the second tier of Italian football next season and their relegation could be confirmed this weekend. Paolo Rossi’s side head into this game on the back of a miserable 10-game losing streak and defeat in this fixture would seal their fate, regardless of results elsewhere in the division.
Even if a place back in Serie B is not the outcome of this tie, Venezia’s chances of turning their dreadful form around look very slim, up against a Bologna safe in mid-table, with two wins from an unbeaten run of six league games.
As expected, Venezia have conceded a worrying amount of goals in recent weeks, but Bologna are far from the most potent attack in Serie A based on their 2022 form. From the hosts nine straight losses, only five have featured 2.5+ total goals inside 90 minutes with Bologna only achieving that feat twice in their last nine league outings.
The visitors have also survived on narrow wins and tight draws in 2022, with just three of their last 10 Serie A encounters featuring more than one goal scored by Sinisa Mihajlovic’s team.
However, they will be confident of shutting out Venezia, who have scored just twice at home since the start of April, as opposed to Bologna’s solid record of one goal conceded in their last four away matches.
A Bologna win will edge them on to a top half finish this month but Venezia’s fate is sealed, if not this weekend, then before the season is wrapped up in the coming weeks of league action.
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Venezia vs. Bologna last five matches
Venezia last five matches
Bologna last five matches
Venezia top goalscorers
| Player | Goal |
|---|---|
| 9 | |
| 7 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 |
Bologna top goalscorers
| Player | Goal |
|---|---|
| 13 | |
| 6 | |
| 5 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 |
Venezia vs. Bologna line-ups
Venezia (3-4-3): Maenpaa; Ceccaroni, Caldara, Ampadu; Haps, Kiyine, Crnigoj, Mateju; Cuisance, Henry, Aramu
Bologna (3-5-2): Skorupski; Bonifazi, Medel, Soumaoro; Hickey, Soriano, Schouten, Theate, Kasius; Arnautovic, Orsolini
Venezia team news
Rossi’s injury list continues to grow, as the 2021-22 season winds down, with Antonio Junior Vacca joining four other first team players out of action this weekend. Sofiane Kiyine is expected to replace him in the starting XI, in Rossi’s only change from their defeat at Juventus last weekend.
Bologna team news
Mihajlovic is still without Mitchell Dijks and Kingsley Michael through injury with the pair unlikely to feature again this season. However, he is set to reshuffle from their 0-0 draw at Roma with Arthur Theate and Musa Barrow coming back in.