Preview: Bologna vs. Hellas Verona - prediction, team news, lineups

Hoping to extremity an historical twelvemonth connected a high, Bologna volition invited Hellas Verona to Stadio Renato Dall'Ara connected Monday.

The Rossoblu qualified for the Champions League past word and are connected way for Europe this season; meanwhile, Verona are facing a acquainted combat for Serie A survival.

Match preview

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Second-half strikes from Thijs Dallinga and Tommaso Pobega secured a 2nd consecutive triumph for Bologna conscionable earlier Christmas, erstwhile they followed an awesome 1-0 decision of high-flying Fiorentina with occurrence successful Turin.

The Emilian broadside had much of the shot and respective much attempts connected people than Torino astatine Stadio Olimpico Grande, afloat meriting maximum points.

Having antecedently drawn with Juventus and Benfica, aft beating Venezia and Monza - the second triumph took them done to the Coppa Italia quarter-finals - Bologna are enjoying their champion spell of the season.

Unbeaten successful their past 11 league fixtures astatine the Dall'Ara - keeping a cleanable expanse successful each of the past 4 - Vincenzo Italiano's men are proving that past term's fifth-placed decorativeness nether Thiago Motta was nary flash successful the pan.

With a crippled successful manus connected galore of their rivals, the Rossoblu are adjacent down Italy's apical six and volition beryllium intent connected securing much European shot for adjacent year.

Ahead of their Monday nighttime gathering with Verona, they person travel retired connected apical doubly successful the clubs' past 2 encounters: a brace of 2-0 wins successful league and cup, some of which were played connected location turf.

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In fact, Hellas person prevailed connected conscionable 2 of their past 15 top-flight visits to Bologna, coming distant empty-handed connected 9 occasions.

Furthermore, the past clip Verona won their last crippled of a calendar twelvemonth successful Serie A was mode backmost successful 2013; since then, they person taken lone 3 points from 7 matches.

History volition not beryllium connected their side, then, arsenic they effort to inch distant from the driblet portion pursuing past week's location decision to AC Milan. That was the Gialloblu's 20th league nonaccomplishment of 2024, already surpassing an unwanted nine grounds that they really equalled past year.

Current manager Paolo Zanetti has been incapable to interruption Verona's losing wont since arriving successful the summer, portion his broadside person conceded astatine slightest erstwhile successful each of their past 14 league matches and ain Serie A's worst antiaircraft record.

Other clubs astatine the bottommost of the array person precocious parted institution with their managers, but Zanetti remains successful station for present and indispensable repay specified religion sooner alternatively than later.

Bologna Serie A form:

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Team News

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After a uncommon week of remainder amid home and Champions League commitments, Vincenzo Italiano volition sanction his strongest disposable broadside connected Monday evening, erstwhile first-choice wingers Dan Ndoye and Riccardo Orsolini could instrumentality to the starting lineup.

Bologna's wounded database has importantly shortened of late, with Juan Miranda besides backmost successful action, but Michel Aebischer again joins semipermanent absentees Nicolo Cambiaghi and Oussama El Azzouzi connected the sidelines.

Set to bushed Thijs Dallinga to enactment up front, Santiago Castro has been straight progressive successful 7 league goals this season, leading to plentifulness of speculation astir the young striker's future.

Meanwhile, Verona volition beryllium missing Juan Cruz, Martin Frese and caller ACL unfortunate Abdou Harroui, portion determination are doubts astir the fittingness of Pawel Dawidowicz and Amin Sarr.

If Sarr is ruled out, Casper Tengstedt could pb the visitors' attack, with enactment from Tomas Suslov and Darko Lazovic: to date, the second has provided 5 assists against Bologna successful Serie A - 3 coming astatine the Dall'Ara.

Bologna imaginable starting lineup:
Skorupski; Holm, Beukema, Lucumi, Miranda; Freuler, Pobega; Orsolini, Odgaard, Ndoye; Castro

We say: Bologna 2-0 Hellas Verona

Bologna's bully tally should proceed until their last fixture of 2024, arsenic Verona are ill-equipped to woody with the Rossoblu's attacking options.

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