Bologna and Empoli will take on on Sunday the 6th of February at 3:00 pm in the 24th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. The encounter will be officiated by Francesco Cosso.
Bologna occupies the 13th place in the league with 27 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Hellas Verona in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 8 times, draw 3 times, and lost 11 times.
Empoli sits in the 12th place in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 2-4 loss against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.
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 45.45%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Siniša Mihajlović is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: Ł. Skorupski, G. Medel Soto, B. Soumaoro, K. Bonifazi, A. Theate, M. Dijks, M. Svanberg, L. De Silvestri, R. Soriano, R. Orsolini and M. Arnautović.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Bologna would be 29.00.
Siniša Mihajlović will probably not be able to employ J. Schouten because of injury.
M. Molla, I. M’baye and N. Domínguez will definitely miss the match.
Siniša Mihajlović will not be able to have the presence of A. Hickey who is suspended.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 82.61%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (19 times), 4-3-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Bologna with the following players: G. Vicario, M. Viti, A. Ismajli, S. Żurkowski, L. Štulac, F. Bandinelli, N. Bajrami, L. Henderson and A. Pinamonti.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Empoli would be 24.89.
There are doubts about the presence of F. Parisi and P. Stojanović.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will probably not be able to employ V. Biagini and F. Di Francesco because of injury.
S. Luperto, R. Marchizza, N. Haas and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.