Milan – Bologna

AC Milan is a solid favorite to record a victory over Bologna at San Siro, but it might just be harder than expected for the Rossoneri.

The appointment of Seedorf as manager did bring a couple of slightly better results at first, but Milan`s game remained extremely flawed. Thus it came as little surprise that Torino held the Devils to a 1-1 draw two rounds ago at San Siro and Napoli routed the Rossoneri 3-1 in the last round. Milan is currently on 11th place and one can say without the fear of mistaking that the team is not playing better now than it did with Allegri. The tactical approach is chaotic, players are getting injured, confidence is low, form is terrible.

Bologna is not doing better than Milan for sure, but for their standards the visitors are ok. Bologna is on the 16th place in Seria A and the team is in very good form lately, losing just 1 time in the last 5 games, 0-2 at home to Udinese. Bologna is on the back of an impressive 2-1 win away at Torino, Torino who previously escaped with a draw against Milan at San Siro.

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Team news and lineups

Milan will again miss a number of players for this game. Birsa, El Sharaawy, Emanuelson, Cristanto, Bonera and Robinho are all out. Bologna is close to a clean bill of health, but will still miss Acquafresca and Pazienza.

Milan: Abbiati – De Sciglio, Bonera, Rami, Emanuelson – De Jong, Taarabt, Essien, Abate – Kaka – Balotelli

Bologna: Curci – Mantovani, Antonsson, Natali, Morleo, Garics – Perez, Christodoulopoulos, Krhin – Bianchi, Cristaldo

Milan might win this since they are doing better at home and are a superior team compared to Bologna, but it`s hard to believe the hosts will have it easy. Bologna is in better form and has shown lately that they can keep up with the big guys: holding Napoli and Lazio to draws in the last 5 rounds (true, both times at home). The win against Torino will surely give the visitors some confidence and they could even earn a point here. Bologna can score, they are pretty versatile offensively, and if they do it will be a monumental task for Milan to find the net 3 times. Surely it won`t be easy for the hosts to score twice either with their current form and flawed offensive game. My tip is Bologna +1,5 handicap and I wouldn`t bet Milan to win at 1.35 even at gunpoint. Prediction: Milan – Bologna 2-1.

Pick: Bologna (+1,5)
Odds: 1.82 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 5.74
Event date: 14 February