Bologna and Atalanta will take on on Saturday the 23rd of December at 3:00 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. The appointed referee is Antonio Rapuano.
Bologna is in the 4th place in the table with 28 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost twice.
Atalanta is in the 7th place in the standings with 26 points. It comes from a 4-1 win against Salernitana in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 8 times, drawn twice, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Bologna
Bologna has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (15 times or 93.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Thiago Motta is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: Lukasz Skorupski, Victor Kristiansen, Sam Beukema, Riccardo Calafiori, Stefan Posch, Nikola Moro, Remo Freuler, Alexis Saelemaekers, Lewis Ferguson, Dan Ndoye and Joshua Zirkzee.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Bologna would be 24.91.
Thiago Motta will probably not be able to employ Riccardo Orsolini and Jesper Karlsson because of injury.
Adama Soumaoro will definitely miss the match.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up during the season (11 times or 68.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (11 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times) and 3-5-2 (once).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Bologna with the following players: Juan Musso, Sead Kolasinac, Berat Djimsiti , Giorgio Scalvini, Marten de Roon, Matteo Ruggeri, Éderson, Davide Zappacosta, Teun Koopmeiners, Charles De Ketelaere and Ademola Lookman.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Atalanta would be 26.36.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ José Luis Palomino, Rafael Tolói and Gianluca Scamacca because of injury.
El Bilal Touré will definitely miss the match.
