Bologna

Bologna sit bottom of this four-team sample for both goals scored and goals conceded, which tells you they lack an obvious edge at either end of the pitch. Como are ahead of them both as an attacking side and as a defensive unit, while Roma also keep things tighter at the back. The most striking detail is that Bologna's away attack is actually the best in the group, but it is dragged down by a blunt home record and a defence that remains the loosest overall.

Bologna are significantly more ill-disciplined away from home than at home, taking far more yellow cards on their travels and picking up reds slightly more often too. That usually points to a side forced into more reactive defending away from its own ground, even if the away results themselves have often been strong. It is not an extreme disciplinary record in absolute terms, but the split is notable.

The extremes show a team with a respectable ceiling but a fairly modest floor. Wins of 4-0 at home and 3-0 away show Bologna can dominate the right kind of opponent, while their heaviest defeats are not total collapses so much as games where they were clearly second best. That fits the broader picture: capable of convincing victories, but not often enough against the strongest sides to alter their standing.

The corner numbers reinforce the home-away contrast. Bologna win far more corners at home and concede fewer there too, which suggests they territorialise matches better in their own stadium even if they do not convert that pressure into enough goals. Away from home they are more efficient in front of goal, but they create less sustained pressure and allow opponents more set-piece volume.