Bologna and Genoa are going to clash on Friday the 5th of January at 8:45 pm in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. The referee will be Andrea Colombo.
Bologna is in the 5th place in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Udinese in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 8 times, draw 7 times, and lost 3 times.
Genoa is in the 12th position in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 8 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 (17 times or 94.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (17 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Thiago Motta is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: Lukasz Skorupski, Victor Kristiansen, Sam Beukema, Riccardo Calafiori, Stefan Posch, Remo Freuler, Nikola Moro, Giovanni Fabbian, Alexis Saelemaekers, Riccardo Orsolini and Joshua Zirkzee.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Bologna would be 25.82.
Thiago Motta will probably not be able to employ Jesper Karlsson because of injury.
Adama Soumaoro , Oussama El Azzouzi and Dan Ndoye will definitely miss the match.
Thiago Motta will not be able to have the presence of Lewis Ferguson who is suspended.
Genoa
Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (11 times or 61.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (11 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-2-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Alberto Gilardino is expected to play against Bologna with the following players: Josep Martínez, Radu Drăgușin, Koni De Winter, Mattia Bani, Aarón Martín, Milan Badelj, Kevin Strootman, Morten Frendrup, Stefano Sabelli, Albert Guðmundsson and Mateo Retegui.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Genoa would be 27.55.
