Bologna vs Sassuolo Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Bologna have been entertaining to watch at the start of this season but find themselves in some tricky form as they welcome mid-table Sassuolo to the Renato Dall’Ara.
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Bologna preview: Frustrated Bologna
Coached by Vincenzo Italiano, Bologna, Coppa Italia winners last season, have been one of the better and more impressive stories in Italian football for some time and they have again been strong this time around.
However, following their Supercoppa Italiana final defeat to Napoli in Saudi Arabia last week, Bologna are now winless inside 90 minutes in their last five matches across all competitions.
Sassuolo preview: Steady Sassuolo
Having gained promotion to Serie A last season, Sassuolo stuck by Fabio Grosso in the dugout. They had too strong a side to be in Serie B in the first instance and have shown that after 16 games o this season, sitting in the top-half of the table.
Sassuolo come into this one on the back of a slender 1-0 defeat to Torino at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia, due to a penalty scored by Croatia international attacking midfielder Nikola Vlasic mid-way through the second-half.
Bologna team news: Heggem suspended
Former West Bromwich Albion centre-back Torbjorn Heggem is missing through suspension, while former Italy international Federico Bernadeschi is sidelined due to a collarbone injury.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; Zortea, Holm, Jhon Lucumi, Juan Miranda; Moro, Pobega; Orsolini, Ferguson, Cambiaghi; Dallinga
Unavailable: Heggem (Suspended), Bernadeschi (Injured)
Questionable: Skorupski (Injured), Casale (Injured), Freuler (Injured)
Sassuolo team news: Several injury doubts
Sassuolo head to Bologna with several key injury doubts for this one, such as Yeferson Paz, Daniel Boloca and Andrea Pinamonti, with Woyo Coulibaly away at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Muric; Walukiewicz, Idzes, Muharemovic, Cande; Thorstvedt, Matic, Kone; Volpato, Cheddira, Fadera
Unavailable: Coulibaly (International duty), Pieragnolo (Injured), Berardi (Injured)
Questionable: Turati (Injured), Romagna (Injured), Yeferson Paz (Injured), Boloca (Injured), Skjellerup (Injured), Pinamonti (Injured)
Bologna vs Sassuolo prediction
Bologna have one of the very best and entertaining styles of football. The hosts managed to win the cup and race towards the top four with a front foot style of football. At the Renato Dall’Ara, Sassuolo will not be daunted and will also fancy themselves to be able to punish Bologna on the counter-attack. Bologna should come out on top but it should be a good watch for the neutral.
Bologna vs Sassuolo tip: Bologna to win & both teams to score
