Bologna and Genoa will play on Friday the 5th of January at 8:45 pm in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. The encounter will be officiated by Andrea Colombo.
Bologna sits 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. To date, it has won 8 times, draw 7 times, and lost 3 times.
Genoa occupies 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. Thus 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.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Bologna would be 25.82.
Adama Soumaoro , Oussama El Azzouzi, Dan Ndoye and Jesper Karlsson 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 average age of Genoa would be 27.55.
Morten Thorsby will definitely miss the match.
