Venezia are hosting Bologna: both will be hunting down three points for their retrospective goals.

The final international break of the season is over and Serie A Enilive is restarting with Venezia vs. Bologna, at the same time as Como vs. Empoli.

Having drawn all of their last four games against Lazio, Atalanta, Como and Napoli, Venezia are looking to take more points against Bologna to try and close down Parma who are sitting just outside of the relegation zone. They haven’t won at home since 22 December.

Vincenzo Italiano’s side will be looking to hold onto fourth place and they will be aiming to win five in a row after beating AC Milan, Cagliari, Verona and Lazio.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Bologna have scored three goals in each of their last two Serie A games against Venezia, between May 2022 and November 2024; the Rossoblu have scored at least three goals in three games in a row against only two teams in the three points for a win era in the competition: Vicenza between 1998 and 1999 and Pescara between 2013 and 2017.

In the last Serie A meeting between Venezia and Bologna at Penzo (8th May 2022), seven goals were scored (four for the Lagunari and three for the Felsinei); as many as in the previous four home matches for the Venetians in the competition (one goal for Venezia, six for Bologna).

DID YOU KNOW?

Venezia have failed to score in their last three home Serie A games, against Roma, Lazio and Napoli; furthermore, the Venetians have scored just three goals at home against teams currently in the top half of the table, conceding just six, for a total of nine goals in total – the fewest in such clashes in the competition this season.

Bologna have scored 24 goals in Serie A in 2025, at least four more than any other side in the competition; considering also their 13 goals conceded, the Emilian team`s matches have seen 37 goals – another record in this period.

Bologna currently sit in fourth place with 53 points after 29 Serie A games games; in the three-point-for-a-win era they have only done better after 30 games in the competition once (57 points last season) – the Rossoblu could finish in the top five for two seasons in a row in Serie A for the first time since the period between 1965/66 and 1967/68 (three in that case).

Bologna have scored just 4% of their goals in the first 15 minutes of play in Serie A this term (2/49), while Venezia have scored 22% (5/23); these are respectively the lowest and highest percentages of goals scored in this timeframe in the competition this season.

PLAYERS

Since his first match with Venezia in the current Serie A campaign, on February 9th, Ionut Radu has conceded only four goals in six games, collecting three clean sheets; already one more than the Joronen-Stankovic duo (two). In this period, he is the goalkeeper who has made the most saves (26) and who has prevented the most goals, based on xG on target faced (+4.5, at least two more than any other goalkeeper).

Riccardo Orsolini has reached double figures for goals for three consecutive Serie A seasons, for a total of 31 goals since 2022/23; in this period, no other Italian player has scored 10 goals in more than one season, while he is also the top scorer among Italian players since 2022/23.

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia); Castro (Bologna)

Cautioned: Pobega (Bologna)

REFEREE

DI BELLO (DI IORIO – ROSSI C.) IV: MONALDI, VAR: GARIGLIO, AVAR: MAZZOLENI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Lecce-Venezia (Sunday 6 April, 12.30 CET)

Bologna-Napoli (Monday 7 April 20.45 CET)

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