Napoli-Bologna is a match valid for the thirty-sixth day of Serie A and is played on Saturday at 6:00 pm: odds, predictions, live TV, streaming.
Taking a look at the latest results one realizes that Bologna’s slowdown has been consistent. The Emilians have been undefeated since March 9, but in their six matches since April they have beaten only Salernitana and Roma, while also collecting four draws. After the one with Udinese (1-1), even in Turin, against Ivan Juric’s hostile granata, Thiago Motta’s team had to settle for a point, failing to find the way of the goal (0-0) for the third time in the last month.
The already mathematical Europa League – even if they lost them all the Felsinei would still remain in the top seven – should not distract from what, in addition to being a dream, has become a concrete goal for some time now: the Champions League. Bologna is fourth on 64 points, but Atalanta, -4 behind the Rossoblù but with a match to make up, has also officially re-entered the race. Without forgetting that, paired with the orobici, there is also Roma. In short, one last effort is needed to reach a goal that was unimaginable at the beginning of the year. Motta in the second advance of the thirty-sixth day will ask the way to the disastrous Napoli, fresh from yet another disappointing performance. The Azzurri on Monday got caught up in full recovery by Udinese (1-1), once again postponing the appointment with the three points and essentially saying goodbye to the possibility of at least getting back into the Europa League race. With ferryman Francesco Calzona on the bench, Napoli has only had 3 wins (Sassuolo, Juve and Monza), has never kept its goal unbeaten and has conceded at least one goal since January (0-0 with Lazio).
Napoli-Bologna: latest lineup news
Calzona breathes a sigh of relief for Osimhen, who has already cleared the knee problem. The striker will therefore be on the field regularly, and there is a good chance that Kvaratskhelia, who trained separately until midweek, will also start from 1′. In midfield it will again be Cajuste’s turn to take Zielinski’s place.
On the other side, Motta rejoins central defender Beukema after being disqualified: he and Calafiori will hold up the defense. Ndoye and Fabbian should tick off Orsolini and Urbanski.
The Prediction
Question of motivation, but not only. Bologna may not be what it was a few weeks ago but it has all the cards to take away a positive result from the “Maradona,” a stadium in which it has not won since 2019. It is hard to imagine that the Rossoblù, less effective in terms of scoring in the last period, will fail to score goals against a Napoli side that has not kept its goal unbeaten for more than three months.
The probable formations of Napoli-Bologna
NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Olivera; Zambo Anguissa, Lobotka, Cajuste; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
BOLOGNA (4-1-4-1): Skorupski; Posch, Beukema, Calafiori, Kristiansen; Freuler; Ndoye, Aebischer, Fabbian, Saelemaekers; Zirkzee.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
