Bologna vs Roma - prediction, team news, lineups

Meeting for the 4th and last clip this season, Serie A rivals Bologna and Roma volition convene astatine Stadio Dall’Ara connected Saturday evening.

After posting 1 triumph apiece and a gully from 3 contests truthful far, the brace are to beryllium reunited, with the Giallorossi inactive chasing Champions League football.

Match preview

While Roma inactive person anticipation of finishing wrong Italy’s apical four, Bologna brag Vincenzo Italiano adjacent admitted his club’s run is fundamentally implicit pursuing past week’s 2-0 decision to Juventus.

Still smarting from being dumped retired of the Europa League a fewer days earlier, the Rossoblu’s jaded show successful Turin was possibly nary surprise.

Already retired of the Coppa Italia, past year's home cupful winners are trailing acold down Serie A's apical six with conscionable 5 rounds remaining, and they look acceptable to miss retired connected European qualification.

Victory this week would propulsion them wrong 7 points of sixth-placed Roma, keeping the doorway somewhat ajar, but Bologna person mislaid six of 8 league fixtures played astatine the Dall’Ara this calendar year.

Remarkably, that already represents 1 much location decision than they suffered passim 2024 and 2025 combined, summing up wherefore the Emilian nine are presently languishing successful mid-table.

Still, earlier Saturday’s game, fans of the Rossoblu tin bespeak connected their caller Europa League triumph implicit Roma, which finished 5-4 connected aggregate aft a thrilling 2nd limb astatine Stadio Olimpico.

The archetypal limb of that necktie had finished 1-1, portion Roma prevailed successful the astir caller Serie A gathering - a 1-0 location triumph past August.

As a result, the Giallorossi tin present implicit a league treble implicit their Rossoblu rivals for the archetypal clip since 2020 - and that would support fading Champions League dreams alive.

Desperate to assertion a spot astatine Europe’s apical array aft a seven-year wait, Gian Piero Gasperini’s broadside beryllium sixth successful the table, present 5 points down fourth-placed Juventus with conscionable 5 games to go; big-spending Como are besides successful contention.

Last week’s 1-1 location gully against Atalanta served different stroke to the superior club, who person been struggling to support their interior powerfulness struggles backstage successful caller weeks.

A warfare of words betwixt Gasperini and much-loved manager Claudio Ranieri has proved an unwelcome distraction, starring to speech that the second volition locomotion distant astatine the extremity of this season; different ‘Gasp’ volition person to go.

His faltering squad person mislaid their past 3 top-flight distant fixtures, and implicit the past twelve matchdays they would lone fertile 14th, truthful unit volition statesman to physique if they neglect again successful Emilia-Romagna.

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Roma Serie A form:

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Team News

Bologna are inactive missing first-choice goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski, positive centre-back Nicolo Casale and Dutch striker Thijs Dallinga, portion Federico Bernardeschi has suffered a muscular wounded and could beryllium sidelined for the adjacent fortnight.

The latter’s lack should spot apical scorer Riccardo Orsolini clasp his place: the Italy winger scored successful his past location game, yet ending a nine-match Serie A drought astatine the Dall’Ara, and has antecedently netted 2 league goals against Roma.

Skorupski's lawman Federico Ravaglia is not truthful definite of selection, with 18-year-old Massimo Pessina being highly rated wrong the club.

Meanwhile, Roma’s past enactment of defence is known beyond immoderate doubt. Since the commencement of past season, Mile Svilar has played each of the Giallorossi’s 71 Serie A matches and has the highest prevention complaint (77%) successful Italy’s apical flight.

Gasperini tin invited backmost Brazilian wing-back Wesley this weekend, portion Paulo Dybala could besides beryllium acceptable to instrumentality from his latest layoff.

However, injured midfielders Lorenzo Pellegrini and Manu Kone indispensable miss retired again, alongside stricken strikers Artem Dovbyk and Evan Ferguson.

With Dybala inactive seeking fittingness and different options unavailable, Donyell Malen volition proceed to pb the line, having racked up 10 goals successful 13 league appearances since signing midway done January.

Bologna imaginable starting lineup:

Ravaglia; Mario, Lucumi, Vitik, Miranda; Ferguson, Freuler, Sohm; Orsolini, Castro, Rowe

Roma imaginable starting lineup:

Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso; Celik, Cristante, El Aynaoui, Wesley; Soule, Pisilli; Malen

We say: Bologna 1-2 Roma 

Not lone is Bologna's location grounds rather abysmal, but Champions League-chasing Roma volition person much information than their fatigued hosts.

Almost retired of the moving for Europe, the Rossoblu person played 2 other games since these sides met past month, and that intelligence and carnal fatigue volition surely tell.

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