Bologna vs Sassuolo - prediction, team news, lineups

Regional rivals Bologna and Sassuolo volition conscionable for an Emilian derby connected Sunday evening, with the hosts inactive seeking their archetypal points successful Serie A. 

Set to fastener horns astatine Stadio Dall'Ara, the brace person experienced precise antithetic starts to the season, arsenic the visitors claimed triumph past week past won again successful the Coppa Italia. 

Match preview

The modulation from erstwhile manager Vincenzo Italiano - who yet ended Bologna's agelong trophy drought - to caller brag Domenico Tedesco has not gone smoothly truthful far.

Tedesco's archetypal competitory crippled was a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Lazio, which continued the Rossoblu's dire location form, and they were past beaten by the aforesaid people successful Bergamo.

Atalanta stole each 3 points with astir the past footwear of the lucifer connected Monday night, leaving Bologna arsenic 1 of 7 Serie A sides inactive stuck connected zero.

After losing cardinal forwards Jonathan Rowe and Santiago Castro, they person tallied conscionable 7 shots connected people truthful far, and respective caller recruits are not rather up to speed.

So, earlier welcoming Sassuolo to the Dall'Ara - wherever they lone won six league games past play - fans whitethorn take to absorption connected a much affirmative caller grounds successful this derby.

Sassuolo are winless successful six consecutive meetings since May 2022, astir precocious losing 1-0 astatine the Mapei Stadium successful March.

Yet, existent signifier suggests they are good acceptable to extremity that hold for triumph against their Emilian rivals.

The Neroverdi precocious secured their archetypal league triumph nether Alberto Aquilani by beating Torino 2-1, earlier they booked a last-16 clash with Juventus successful the Coppa Italia. 

Following a 1-1 location gully against Frosinone connected Wednesday, Sassuolo squeezed done circular 2 via penalties, making it 3 wins from 4 games this season. 

Always keen to get connected the beforehand foot, Aquilani's broadside are ranked joint-second for some precocious turnovers and shots successful Serie A, and they volition look to bring that attack into Sunday's derby.

However, dating backmost to the process extremity of past word - erstwhile Fabio Grosso was inactive successful complaint - the Neroverdi person won nary of their past 7 distant games.

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Team News

Although Bologna mislaid Rowe to Atalanta astatine the precise extremity of the transportation window, they brought some Arthur Theate and Samuel Mbangula backmost to Serie A.

Theate could beryllium thrown consecutive successful for his 2nd Rossoblu debut, portion Mbangula's hopes person been accrued by a thigh wounded for Italy winger Riccardo Orsolini. 

The second - who has scored for the nine successful each of their past 8 league campaigns - has been ruled retired for astir of September, joining Oussama El Azzouzi connected the sidelines.

Sassuolo's long-serving talisman is Domenico Berardi, whose important onslaught against Torino made it 13 Serie A seasons successful which helium has scored for the Neroverdi. Prone to injuries, helium lone played portion of the 2nd fractional successful midweek arsenic Aquilani rotated his squad.

Most of those changes should beryllium reversed connected Sunday, erstwhile the visitors volition inactive beryllium missing respective men: Edoardo Pieragnolo, Fali Cande and Ismael Kone are semipermanent absentees, portion Sebastian Walukiewicz and Daniel Boloca are besides unavailable.

More positively, antiaircraft reinforcements Ignace Van Der Brempt and Duje Caleta-Car should some beryllium progressive for the archetypal time.

Summer signing Kieron Bowie has yet to get disconnected the mark, truthful caller accomplishment Sebastiano Esposito tin vie for enactment up front.

Bologna imaginable starting lineup:

Skorupski; Holm, Heggem, Theate, Miranda; Moro, Ferguson; Bernardeschi, Odgaard, Cambiaghi; Piccoli

Sassuolo imaginable starting lineup:

Muric; Van Der Brempt, Idzes, Leysen, Doig; Bakola, Matic, Thorstvedt; Berardi, Bowie, Lauriente

We say: Bologna 1-1 Sassuolo

While Bologna person continued to conflict connected location turf, Sassuolo look to person recruited good and are already looking crisp nether their caller manager.

So, aft they were cruelly denied a archetypal constituent past clip out, the hosts whitethorn person to settee for conscionable 1 this weekend.  

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