VENICE, Italy (Interstat) — Virtus Bologna will visit Venezia on Sunday at Palasport Taliercio in Venice, Italy, in a matchup of two teams off to solid starts. Virtus Bologna enters with a 4-2 record, while Venezia is 3-1. The game will pit Virtus Bologna’s road form against Venezia’s home-court setting.

Virtus Bologna most recently earned a 94-87 victory at Bayern. Before that, it defeated Maxima Roma 98-89 and Olympiacos 96-94 at home, lost at Olimpia Milano 87-85, won at Varese 90-69 and lost at Fenerbache Koleji 78-68. The team has shown the ability to score in bursts, with three games of at least 94 points, but has also dropped two road contests. Virtus Bologna opened the season with a loss at Fenerbache Koleji, then alternated results before closing its recent stretch with consecutive wins over Olympiacos, Maxima Roma and Bayern.

Venezia is coming off a 98-92 loss at Cluj-Napoca. Amedeo Tessitori, Kyle Wiltjer and Jordan Parks were among Venezia’s most productive players in that game. Venezia had won its previous three games, beating Trieste 2004 87-82 on the road, Frankfurt 104-72 at home and Cantu 85-73 at home. The team has scored at least 85 points in each of its first four games. Venezia began the season with three straight wins before the road setback at Cluj-Napoca.

At Palasport Taliercio, Venezia will try to protect its home floor and improve to 4-1. Virtus Bologna will aim to hand Venezia its second loss and move to 5-2. The visitors have played a demanding early schedule, with games against Bayern, Olympiacos, Olimpia Milano and Fenerbache Koleji, and will face another challenging road environment. Venezia has relied on balanced production, with Tessitori, Wiltjer and Parks leading the way in its most recent outing.

Virtus Bologna’s upcoming slate includes a trip to Paris, home games against Baskonia and Givova Scafati, and a visit to Hapoel Tel Aviv. After that, Virtus Bologna also has games against Olimpia Milano, Zalgiris, Besiktas, Trieste 2004, Dubai and Verona. Venezia will host Turk Telekom, then travel to BC Roma and Maxima Roma before returning home to face Treviso. Venezia’s upcoming schedule also includes Tenerife, Azzurro Napoli, Šiauliai, Reggiana, London and another meeting with Maxima Roma. Both teams will continue their domestic and continental schedules after Sunday’s meeting.

The game is set for Sunday at Palasport Taliercio in Venice, Italy. Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Venezia 84, Virtus Bologna 79. Interstat’s ELO system gives Venezia a 62.8 percent probability to win.