Fiorentina vs Bologna – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 09/01/2024

Fiorentina and Bologna face each other on the afternoon of this Tuesday, January 9, 2024, starting at 5 pm in a game valid for the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup. The match will be played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, in the city of Florence.

Fiorentina

The Fiorentina team was runner-up in this tournament the previous season after an excellent trajectory until the big decision, where they lost to Inter Milan in a very tough duel in the final.

Now the Florence team will have the advantage of playing in front of their fans and will enter the field with the status of great favorites to once again reach the semifinals of the tournament and get closer to the significant title on the national stage.

Furthermore, the Fiorentina team has already proven its value by qualifying directly for the round of 16 stage of the European Conference League, in addition to remaining in the fierce competition for continental competitions through the Italian Serie A.

However, their most recent match of the season was a 1-0 defeat to Sassuolo, away from home, serving to turn on the warning signal in the team on the eve of this very important match for the Italian Cup.

There were 3 wins, 1 draw and only 1 defeat in the last 5 official matches of the season, beating Torino, Monza and also Verona, in addition to drawing with Ferencvaros and losing to Sassuolo.

Playing as home team, at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, the Fiorentina team has a recent record with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 2 defeats in the last 10 matches played.

Bologna

While on the other side is the Bologna squad which in turn, arrives for this clash with the mission of rehabilitating itself in the season after two unexpected stumbles in the Italian Serie A, where it fights point by point for a place in the Champions League and saw their situation became quite complicated after a defeat to Udinese and a draw with Genoa, where they were considered favorites on both occasions.

Before that, the team had already proven its value with its commendable campaign among the national elite, in addition to its exciting classification in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup, where it faced the powerful Inter Milan, current champion of the tournament and leader of Serie A and even with Bologna playing away from home, they still managed to hold on to a goalless draw in regular time and win in extra time to survive in the tournament.

There were 2 wins, 2 draws and only 1 defeat in the 5 previous duels, beating Roma and Atalanta, drawing with Inter Milan and also with Genoa, in addition to losing to Udinese.

Playing away from home, the Bologna team has a recent record with just 1 win, 7 draws and 2 defeats in the last 10 matches played in this condition.

Conclusion:

And in fact, Bologna’s low performance as a visitor has a major impact on the calculation of the odds offered for this match, even after having eliminated Inter Milan in the previous phase, and as Fiorentina, last season’s runner-up, remains on the rise in the current season, both nationally and continentally, the expectation is that the Florence team will be able to win in regular time.