In Matchday 34 of the 2021-22 Serie A, Bologna host Udinese at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, Genoa host Cagliari at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, and Lazio host Milan at the Stadio Olimpico on 24 April 2022.
Bologna vs Udinese (8:55 AM EST)
Bologna currently sit in 13th place in Serie A with 38 points (10W-8D-14L). In their previous league fixture, they drew Juventus 1-1.
Udinese currently sit in 12th place in the top flight of Italian football with 39 points (9W-12D-10L). In their previous league fixture, they defeated Empoli 4-1.
Match Insights
The last four Serie A meetings between Bologna and Udinese have ended in a draw: these two teams have never drawn five games in a row in the top-flight.
The Rossoblù have won only three of their last 20 games against the Bianconeri (D8 L9) with their last win coming on 30 September 2018.
Players to Watch
Since returning from the African Cup of Nations, Musa Barrow (who scored in the reverse fixture against Udinese) has played 465 minutes in 10 Serie A appearances without scoring (16 shots).
Ignacio Pussetto has been involved in at least one goal in each of his three Serie A games played against Bologna: two goals and one assist.
Genoa vs Cagliari (11:55 AM EST)
Genoa currently sit in 19th place in Serie A with 22 points (2W-16D-15L). In their previous league fixture, they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Milan.
Cagliari currently sit in 17th place in the top flight of Italian football with 28 points (6W-10D-17L). In their previous league fixture, they defeated Sassuolo 1-0.
Match Insights
Genoa have won their last four games against Cagliari in Serie A, keeping a clean sheet on three occasions in this run; two of their last three league wins have come against the against the Rossoblù .
In the last six Serie A home games against Cagliari, Genoa have collected five wins and one draw: the last Sardinian success at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris against the Grifone dates back to 19 April 2014.
Players to Watch
Against no team has Mattia Destro has scored more goals in Serie A than he has versus Cagliari (8 goals in 10 matches), including netting one in each of the last four league matches against this opponent.
Kelvin Yeboah is the striker with the most appearances (12) in 2022 in Serie A without a goal: racking up 610 minutes on the pitch, and mustering only nine shots.
Lazio vs Milan (2:30 PM EST)
Lazio currently sit in seventh place in Serie A with 56 points (16W-8D-9L). In their previous league fixture, they drew Torino 1-1.
Milan currently sit in first place in the top flight of Italian football with 71 points (21W-8D-4L). In their previous league fixture, they defeated Genoa 2-0.
Match Insights
Milan beat Lazio 2-0 in the reverse fixture but have not managed to win both games against the Biancocelesti in the same league season since the 2008/09 edition of Serie A.
In the last nine games at the Stadio Olimpico between Lazio and Milan in Serie A, the same result has never been repeated twice in a row (four Biancocelesti wins, three draws, two Rossoneri wins): it is since 2012 that Lazio have failed to win two consecutive league games at home against Milan.
Players to Watch
Ciro Immobile – seven goals in 14 Serie A matches against AC Milan – could become the fourth player in the Top-5 European Leagues (after Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo) to score more than 25 goals in a single season at least three times since the start of 2016/17.
Rafael Leão could become the fifth Portuguese player to reach the double figures for goals in a single Serie A season, after Cristiano Ronaldo, Rui Barros, Rui Costa and Beto; among these, however, the Milan striker would be the only one to achieve this before turning 23 years
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