Fiorentina and Bologna are going to face on Sunday the 13th of March at 12:30 pm in the 29th week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Firenze at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. The appointed referee is Juan Luca Sacchi.
Fiorentina sits in the 8th place in the standings with 43 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Hellas Verona in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 13 times, draw 4 times, and lost 10 times.
Bologna sits in the 12th position in the league with 33 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 9 times, draw 6 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Fiorentina
Fiorentina has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (26 times or 96.30%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (26 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Vincenzo Italiano is expected to play against Bologna with the following players: P. Terracciano, A. Rosati, C. Biraghi, I. dos Santos de Paulo, L. Martínez Quarta, L. Venuti, L. Torreira Di Pascua, G. Bonaventura, G. Castrovilli, R. Sottil and N. González.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Fiorentina would be 28.09.
Vincenzo Italiano will probably not be able to employ F. Frison because of injury.
Á. Odriozola Arzallus will definitely miss the match.
Bologna
Bologna has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 40.74%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Siniša Mihajlović is expected to play against Fiorentina with the following players: Ł. Skorupski, I. M’baye, B. Soumaoro, L. Binks, M. Dijks, J. Schouten, R. Soriano, A. Hickey, M. Barrow and R. Orsolini.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Bologna would be 26.40.
There are doubts about the presence of M. Arnautović.
Siniša Mihajlović will probably not be able to employ K. Bonifazi, G. Medel Soto, L. De Silvestri and E. Vignato because of injury.
N. Domínguez and F. Santander Mereles will definitely miss the match.
Siniša Mihajlović will not be able to have the presence of A. Theate who is suspended.
