Milan-Bologna, dress rehearsal for the Coppa Italia: the prediction

Alberto From Palma

In a curious twist of events, the 36th Serie A matchday will open with the challenge between Sergio Conceiçao and Italiano: in practice, an advance of the Coppa Italia final on Wednesday, May 14 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. And while waiting for that event, let's discover the prediction and odds for Milan-Bologna scheduled for Friday, May 9 at 20:45.

Despite two consecutive victories against Venezia and Genoa, the Rossoneri team is clearly behind in the race for the Champions League: six points away from fourth place seems a lot with three games to go but the direct clashes Lazio-Juve and Atalanta-Roma could favor a comeback for Milan in the event of a victory.

The curious thing is that the two teams will meet again in the Coppa Italia final next week: so will the coaches play with their cards on the table or will they change the formation in such a way as not to give indications for the much more important challenge at the Olimpico? The conquest of the national trophy, in fact, guarantees a place in the Europa League. For the San Siro appointment, the Goal sign is popular, on the board at 1.70 on Planetwin365 , 1.68 on Goldbet , 1.67 on Snai and at 1.65 on Sisal .

Italiano's team has slowed down in recent weeks, losing some Champions League positions that seemed almost achieved: the draws against Udinese (0-0) and Juventus (1-1) have favored Lazio and Roma's return to the fourth place zone despite the victory at the Dall'Ara against Inter in the final minutes.

Bologna has two very important end-of-season goals: securing a place in the Champions League and winning the Coppa Italia 51 years after the previous one. Italiano will try to alternate his forces between Milan and Rome, trying not to make his team lose its playing identity.

In this very competitive end-of-season sprint, the double chance X2 which is on the board at odds of 1.55 on Goldbet, 1.50 on Snai, 1.49 on PlanetWin365 and 1.48 on Sisal should not be underestimated.