Parma vs Bologna - prediction, team news, lineups

One of Serie A's signifier sides, Bologna volition purpose to widen their occurrence streak erstwhile they sojourn Emilian rivals Parma connected Saturday evening.

While the resurgent Rossoblu person won 3 consecutive games earlier heading to Stadio Tardini, their hosts look to beryllium turning a country too. 

Match preview

After being brought successful during the past planetary break, Parma brag Alberto Gilardino experienced a pugnacious commencement to beingness arsenic their caller caput coach.

The club's second-highest Serie A scorer has a little stellar grounds successful management, and helium mislaid his archetypal 2 matches aft returning to the Tardini.

Yet, a gritty goalless gully with Udinese yet gave him thing to physique upon, earlier Parma bushed an ailing Atalanta broadside connected Monday night.

Rising prima Simone Lontani notched the last extremity successful a stunning 3-0 distant win, and that edged the Gialloblu retired of the bottommost three, with 8 points from 10 games truthful far.

Having fixed their assurance a large changeable successful the arm, they tin present expect the Derby dell'Emilia; and aft February's 1-0 win, Parma volition beryllium seeking uncommon back-to-back victories implicit Bologna.

Of course, the visitors volition person precise antithetic ideas, peculiarly arsenic they person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 7 league games astatine the Tardini.

Bologna besides beryllium six points supra their aged foes successful Serie A, owed to a stunning tally of results nether caller management.

Since Raffaele Palladino's accomplishment midway done September, lone league leaders Lazio person picked up much points, and the Rossoblu precocious posted their 3rd triumph connected the spin.

After beating Cagliari successful Sardinia and conquering AC Milan astatine San Siro - the second mostly acknowledgment to Samuel Mbangula's hat-trick - Palladino met up with his erstwhile nine Monza.

It was acold from plain sailing, arsenic Bologna had to combat backmost from down - and Lukasz Skorupski saved a punishment - but they yet got their archetypal location triumph of the season.

In opposition to immoderate dismal signifier astatine Stadio Dall'Ara, lone Como person recorded much distant wins successful Serie A this calendar year, truthful they tin surely people maximum points successful Parma.

Parma Serie A form:

Bologna Serie A form:

Team News

The hosts volition beryllium without 2 imaginable starters connected Saturday, arsenic injury-prone midfielder Adrian Bernabe has suffered a thigh strain successful grooming and young defender Dominik Drobnic has injured his near foot.

Abdoulaye Ndiaye is apt to regenerate the second successful Parma's backmost three, but it remains to beryllium seen who starts successful the last third.

Lontani's 3 Serie A goals person travel from conscionable 4 shots connected target, and helium is among respective candidates to diagnostic up front: El Bilal Toure leads a database besides featuring David Romero, Nesta Elphege, Ousmane Diallo and Matija Frigan.

While Bologna's strikers person been precise quiescent this term, wingers Mbangula and Federico Bernardeschi person scored 3 goals apiece.

Furthermore, attacking left-back Juan Miranda has provided an assistance successful each of his past 4 matches.

Though Roberto Piccoli should beryllium backmost successful the Rossoblu's squad, they indispensable question without injured trio Lorenzo De Silvestri, Jay Enem and Emil Holm.

Parma imaginable starting lineup:

Daffara; Delprato, Troilo, Ndiaye; Britschgi, Fabbian, Sierro, Keita, Valeri; Lontani, Toure

Bologna imaginable starting lineup:

Skorupski; Darmian, Casale, Theate; Zortea, Ferguson, Pobega, Miranda; Bernardeschi, Cambiaghi; Odgaard

We say: Parma 0-2 Bologna 

Currently connected 10 top-flight distant wins this calendar twelvemonth - already a nine grounds with astir 2 months to spell - Bologna volition beryllium unsafe opponents for Parma.

Now looking amended organised and much potent up front, the visitors tin assertion maximum points from this determination derby. 

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