Bologna and Empoli are set to battle it out in the Serie A Week 3 match on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium. Last season, Bologna triumphed in both encounters against Empoli. Interestingly, the Emilians have never managed to secure three straight wins over the Tuscans in Serie A history. Will they break that streak, or will Empoli claim the win?

✅ Stats before the game: Bologna have kept a clean sheet in their last two games against Empoli in Serie A, only once have they recorded more clean sheets in a row against the Azzurri in the tournament: four between 1998 and 2003. Great balance in the last six matches between Bologna and Empoli in Serie A at the home of the rossoblù: two wins each and two draws – 3-0 victory at the Dall’Ara in the most recent one (1 October 2023).

Bologna have won only one of their last seven Serie A games (4N, 2P): 2-0 against Napoli last 11 May. Furthermore, after the defeat in the most recent match, the rossoblù could lose two games in a row in the league for the first time since January 2023. Bologna have drawn their last four games at the Dall'Ara in the league, only once in their history have they recorded more home draws in a row: six between May and November 1981.

After the draw against Monza and the victory against Roma, Empoli could remain unbeaten in all of their first three Serie A games of the season for only the second time in their history, after 2006/07 (1W, 2D in that case with Luigi Cagni as coach).

Empoli won their most recent league match (2-1 against Roma) and have not achieved two wins in a row in Serie A since May 2023 (in that case against Bologna and Salernitana).