The 19th round of Serie A action kicks off this evening, when an ambitious Bologna host a resilient Genoa.
The match between the Rossoblu and the Grifone kicks off at 19.45 UK time at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in Bologna.
Thiago Motta’s Bologna have been flying high this season and currently sit fifth in the Serie A table, just two points behind fourth place Fiorentina.
The Emilia-Romagna outfit cannot count on the injured Adama Soumaoro, Dan Ndoye and Jesper Karlsson, all of whom are sidelined with various injuries. Lewis Ferguson is also unavailable through suspension.
Genoa fought their way back to Serie A under coach Alberto Gilardino and have shown positive signs in the topflight, sitting 12th in the table after 18 matches, six points clear of the relegation zone.
The Grifone are without the injured Kevin Strootman and Morten Thorsby.
The last time these two teams met came in the 2021-22 season, when they played out a 2-2 draw at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara before Bologna secured a 1-0 win away in Liguria.
Starting line-ups for Bologna vs Genoa
Bologna (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; Posch, Lucumi, Calafiori, Lykogiannis; Freuler, Moro; Orsolini, Fabbian, Urbanski; Zirkzee.
Genoa (3-5-2): Martinez; Dragusin, Vogliacco, Vasquez; Sabelli, Malinovskyi, Badelj, Frendrup, Messias; Gudmundsson, Ekuban.
Player statistic
| Stefan Posch |  |
19' | ||
| 20' |  |
Albert Gudmundsson | ||
| 40' | |
Johan Vásquez |
| 71' | |
Mateo Retegui | ||
| 79' | |
Stefano Sabelli | ||
| Joshua Zirkzee | |
88' | ||
| Lorenzo De Silvestri (Assist: Alexis Saelemaekers) |
|
90+5' | ||
| Victor Kristiansen | |
90+7' |
Match statistic
