Bologna and Inter are going to take on on Thursday the 6th of January at 12:30 pm in the 20th week of the Serie A. The match is going to 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 sits in the 1st position in the league with 46 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, 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, K. Bonifazi, A. Theate, M. Dijks, L. De Silvestri, M. Svanberg, R. Soriano, N. Sansone, R. Orsolini and M. Arnautović.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Bologna would be 28.64.
M. Molla, I. M’baye, G. Medel Soto, N. Domínguez, A. Hickey, J. Schouten, E. Vignato, M. Barrow, F. Santander Mereles and S. van Hooijdonk 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, S. de Vrij, A. Bastoni, M. Škriniar, I. Perišić, M. Brozović, A. Vidal Pardo, N. Barella, D. Dumfries, L. Martínez and A. Sánchez Sánchez.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate 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.
