Bologna will face Empoli on Sunday afternoon, in a match of the round number 16 of Serie A, which will have implications in the second half of the ranking. The game, which will take place Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna, will start at 14:00.
Bologna
Not cross a good moment of form, and rather negative results led the team coached by Roberto Donadoni in the second half of the ranking.
The home had only taken three points from the most recent three stages thanks to victory against Palermo 3-1, Fiorentina and Atalanta being defeated in two games in which the hosts failed to score a single goal.
The defender Daniele Gastaldello will be eligible to play once in the previous stage has been suspended following cumulative yellow cards, but the hosts will have to do without young striker Umar Sadiq, unavailable due to injury.
Probable team: Mirante, Gastaldello, Torosidis, Maietta, Car, Dzemail, Taider, Viviani, Rizzo, Destro, Krejci
Empoli
Eliminated from the Italian Cup by a team from the second league and are in a difficult situation in the hierarchy of Series E group of Empoli will need a considerable improvement of the game can hope to distancing from the danger zone of the league.
Attacking midfielder Manuel Pucciarelli experiencing some muscle problems and uncertain nature in order to travel for the match against Bologna, as well as the experienced defender Marco Zambelli.
Probable team: Skorupski, Pasqual, Bellusci, Costa Veseli, Croce, Saponara, Krunic, El Hadji, Maccarone, Marilungo
direct meetings
Ten previous confrontations have played so far between the two teams with a balanced overall balance made up of three wins for Bologna, two of those successes from Empoli and five draws.
| Prediction: | Under 2,5 goals |
| Odds: | 1,70 |
