Riccardo Orsolini and Domenico Berardi will meet in a derby between Sassuolo and Bologna today, while Ivan Juric hopes to end Torino‘s crisis by starting two strikers in an away game at Lecce.
Sassuolo-Bologna kicks off at 14:00 GMT+1, while Torino visit Lecce at 17:00 GMT+1.
Italy wingers Orsolini and Berardi are expected to start at the Mapei Stadium this afternoon. Sassuolo haven’t won any of the last three matches, while Bologna are unbeaten in the last eight.
Torino are not in a better shape than Sassuolo having collected two points in the last five Serie A matches.
Duvan Zapata is back in action but is likely to start on the bench with Pietro Pellegri and Antonio Sanabria featuring in Torino’s starting XI. This would be the first time Juric starts two centre-forwards.
Lecce sit tenth with 13 points and have earned five of those in the last five games.
Gabriel Strefezza appears favourite over Lameck Banda on the left wing, while Hamza Rafia will start over Rémi Oudin in central midfield.
Probable line-ups
Sassuolo vs. Bologna
Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, Erlic, Ferrari, Vina; Boloca, Racic; Berardi, Bajrami, Laurienté; Pinamonti.
Bologna (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; De Silvestri, Beukema, Calafiori, Kristiansen; Freuler, Aebischer; Orsolini, Ferguson, Saelemaekers; Zirkzee.
Lecce vs. Torino
Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Pongracic, Gallo; Kaba, Ramadani, Rafia; Almqvist, Krstovic, Strefezza.
Torino (3-5-2): Milinkovic-Savic; Vojvoda, Buongiorno, Rodriguez; Bellanova, Linetty, Ricci, Ginetis, Lazaro; Sanabria, Pellegri.