Marco Borriello leads the Cagliari march on the Stadio Dall’Ara in the early kick-off, as Bologna try to recover from a 5-1 thrashing.
It kicks off at 11.30 UK time (10.30 GMT), follow the action as it happens from all SEVEN Serie A games on the Liveblog.
Marco Borriello leads the Cagliari march on the Stadio Dall’Ara in the early kick-off, as Bologna try to recover from a 5-1 thrashing.
It kicks off at 11.30 UK time (10.30 GMT), follow the action as it happens from all SEVEN Serie A games on the Liveblog.
The hosts have had a series of misfortunes so far this season, from goalkeeper Antonio Mirante being ruled out amid a heart scare to his deadline day replacement Alfred Gomis fracturing his hand in training.
There’s only one available goalkeeper, Angelo Da Costa, and confidence is rock bottom after a 5-1 defeat to Torino last time out.
New signing Umar Sadiq is suspended, joining injured Godfred Donsah, Domenico Maietta and Luca Rizzo.
Vasilis Torosidis is only on the bench after a transfer deadline day move from Roma, but Mattia Destro leads the attack.
Cagliari are feeling rather more sprightly after fighting back from 2-0 down to hold Roma 2-2.
Veteran Borriello has scored in all three competitive games for the Sardinians, getting a total of six goals, so is definitely the one to watch today.
Joao Pedro and suspended Daniele Dessena are absent, but veterans Mauricio Isla, Simone Padoin and Bruno Alves bring valuable experience.
Italy Under-21 international Nicolò Barella feeds strikers Borriello and Marco Sau.
Bologna have won four of the last five meetings, home and away. The most recent Sardinian victory at the Dall’Ara was 1-0 in January 2010, followed by a 2-2 draw and three straight defeats.
Bologna: Da Costa; Krafth, Gastaldello, Oikonomou, Masina; Dzemaili, Nagy, Taider; Verdi, Destro, Krejci
Cagliari: Storari; Isla, Salamon, Bruno Alves, Murru; Padoin, Di Gennaro, Ionita; Barella; Borriello, Sau