Bologna and Atalanta will face on Saturday the 23rd of December at 3:00 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. The referee will be Antonio Rapuano.
Bologna is in the 5th position in the table with 28 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost twice.
Atalanta is in the 7th position in the table 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, Lewis Ferguson, Alexis Saelemaekers, Dan Ndoye and Joshua Zirkzee.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Bologna would be 24.91.
Thiago Motta will probably not be able to employ Riccardo Orsolini because of injury.
Adama Soumaoro and Jesper Karlsson 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, Giorgio Scalvini, Sead Kolasinac, Berat Djimsiti , Marten de Roon, Matteo Ruggeri, Éderson, Davide Zappacosta, Teun Koopmeiners, Ademola Lookman and Luis Muriel.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Atalanta would be 27.27.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ Gianluca Scamacca because of injury.
José Luis Palomino, Rafael Tolói and El Bilal Touré will definitely miss the match.