Sassuolo and Bologna will clash on Wednesday the 22nd of December at 15:30 in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Reggio nell’Emilia at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore.
Sassuolo is in the 11th position in the league with 24 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 times.
Bologna is in the 12th position in the league with 24 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 3 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sassuolo
Sassuolo has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 64.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 4-3-3 (5 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Alessio Dionisi is expected to play against Bologna with the following players: A. Consigli, R. Oliveira da Silva, K. Ayhan, G. Ferrari, M. Müldür, H. Traorè, D. Frattesi, M. Lopez, G. Raspadori, D. Berardi and G. Scamacca.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Sassuolo would be 24.73.
F. Romagna, F. Đuričić, P. Mba Obiang Avomo and N. Schiappacasse Oliva will definitely miss the match.
Bologna
Bologna has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 55.56%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-1-4-2 (once), 5-3-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Siniša Mihajlović is expected to play against Sassuolo with the following players: Ł. Skorupski, G. Medel Soto, B. Soumaoro, A. Theate, M. Dijks, N. Domínguez, M. Svanberg, R. Soriano, A. Olsen, M. Barrow and M. Arnautović.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Bologna would be 26.73.
J. Schouten will definitely miss the match.