Stat Attack: Facts to know ahead of Bologna meeting

Level pegging in the overall standings

This will be the 146th meeting between these two sides in the Italian top flight – with not much to choose between them so far. Roma lead the way overall, with 51 wins to Bologna’s 50. The other 44 games have ended in a draw.

A different story in February

If there’s a balance to the overall standings, then it’s a slightly different story for games in the second month of the year. From 22 previous meetings, Roma have won exactly half – drawing another six and losing on just five occasions.

Hat-trick hero

The Giallorossi have only ever scored one hat-trick in games against Bologna – and that came from Mohamed Salah during a 3-0 win back in the 2016-17 season.

All-time rankings

In terms of the all-time leading goalscorers against the Rossoblu, however, it is of course Francesco Totti who leads the way – with seven goals to his credit. Rodolfo Volk, Agostino Di Bartolomei and Roberto Pruzzo follow with six.

Dangerous Dzeko

Among active players, Edin Dzeko leads the way with four career goals against Bologna – the last one of them coming in injury time as Roma won 2-1 at the Stadio Dall’Ara earlier in the campaign. Among the rest, both Aleksandar Kolarov and Federico Fazio have scored twice in this ficture.

Historic kick-off

Roma’s title-winning 2000-01 started with this exact fixture at the Stadio Olimpico. On that occasion Fabio Capello’s side won 2-0 – with Francesco Totti opening the scoring and Marcello Castellini adding an own goal.

Dzeko 100

In the last game against Sassuolo, Edin Dzeko scored his 100th goal for the club – becoming the seventh player ever to reach the landmark for the Giallorossi. He is now just two goals behind Vincenzo Montella in sixth, with Pedro Manfredini (104) and Rodolfo Volk (106) both also in his sights this season.

No Bolog-malaise

Sinisa Mihajlovic’s side come into this game having won their last two games in succession – and three of their last four away trips in Serie A.

The record against Mihajlovic

Roma remain one of the Serbian’s most common opponents in his managerial career. In 18 prior meetings, the Giallorossi have won 11 times against Mihajlovic – drawing four and losing just three games.