Bologna and Inter are going to face on Thursday the 6th of January at 12:30 pm in the 20th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. The encounter will be officiated by Giovanni Ayroldi.
Bologna is in the 10th position in the table with 27 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 3 times, and lost 8 times.
Inter is in the 1st position in the standings with 46 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 14 times, draw 4 times, and lost once.
Inter won the last 7 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 16th of October against Lazio and the score was 3-1.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Bologna
Bologna has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 52.63%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-5-2 (once), 3-1-4-2 (once), 5-3-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Siniša Mihajlović is expected to play against Inter with the following players: Ł. Skorupski, B. Soumaoro, G. Medel Soto, A. Theate, M. Dijks, L. De Silvestri, M. Svanberg, R. Soriano, N. Sansone, R. Orsolini and M. Arnautović.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Bologna would be 29.45.
Siniša Mihajlović will probably not be able to employ F. Santander Mereles because of injury.
M. Molla, I. M’baye, N. Domínguez, A. Hickey, J. Schouten and M. Barrow will definitely miss the match.
Inter
Inter has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 84.21%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (16 times) and 3-5-1-1 (3 times).
Simone Inzaghi is expected to play against Bologna with the following players: S. Handanovič, M. Škriniar, S. de Vrij, A. Bastoni, I. Perišić, M. Brozović, N. Barella, A. Vidal Pardo, D. Dumfries, L. Martínez and A. Sánchez Sánchez.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the average age of Inter would be 29.64.
Simone Inzaghi will probably not be able to employ C. Correa because of injury.
A. Cordaz, E. Džeko and M. Satriano will definitely miss the match.
Simone Inzaghi will not be able to have the presence of H. Çalhanoğlu who is suspended.
