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Italian Serie A - Inter Milan VS Bologna Prediction
Italy Serie A - Inter Milan VS Bologna
Match Time:16-01-2025 03:45 Thursday (GMT+8)
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Inter Milan
Simone Inzaghi still has many of his key stars missing from action, with the likes of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Joaquin Correa, Raffaele Di Gennaro and YUann Bisseck completely out of the picture ahead of this clash with Bologna.
There are doubts about key midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu and defender Francesco Acerbi. The absence of the latter, as well as Bisseck, continues to stretch the backline, with Inzaghi forced to overuse his players, barring Alessandro Bastoni, as the defender is likely to start all important games.
Stefan de Vrij and Darmian are the likely starters alongside Bastoni in that back three. Denzel Dumfries has been on good form of late and will continue to start in the right wing-back role, while Federico Dimarco will assume his place on the left wing.
Piotr Zielinski and Kristjan Asllani will come into the midfield selections alongside Nicolo Barella. Top scorer Marcus Thuram and skipper Lautaro Martinez are the strongest centre-forwards for Inter boss Inzaghi, with the pair likely to start up front.
Bologna
Compared to Inter Milan, Bologna have a fairly shorter list of absentees for this upcoming Serie A clash. Oussama El Azzouzi and Michel Aebischer are the injury-enforced absentees for this one, while Jhon Lucumi misses out with a suspension.
Vincenzo Italiano will continue to deploy a setup with the intention of attacking the opposition, with Nicolo Casale and Sam Beukema as the starting central defenders. Emil Holm and Juan Miranda will feature in the full-back roles. Remo Freuler will feature in the midfield double pivot alongside Lewis Ferguson.
Jens Odgaard will reprise the No.10 role, while Riccardo Orsolini and Dan Ndoye are set to feature on either wing. Santiago Castro will lead the line for Bologna against Inter Milan, and he will have the toughest job at the weekend to break down one of the best defences in the division and possibly even in Europe.
Inter Milan vs Bologna Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Inter Milan have an excellent recent record against Bologna and have won 30 out of the last 47 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Bologna's nine victories.
After a run of six victories in eight matches against Bologna in Serie A, Inter Milan have won only two of their last five such games in the competition.
Bologna have found the back of the net in each of their last 13 matches away from home against Inter Milan in Serie A and are only one more such result away from equalling a record in this regard in their history.
Only one of the last 13 matches between Inter Milan and Bologna in Serie A have ended in a draw, with the only such result during this period coming by a 2-2 margin in October 2023.
Inter Milan possible starting lineup:
Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Asllani, Zielinski, Dimarco; Martinez, Thuram
Bologna possible starting lineup:
Skorupski; Holm, Beukema, Casale, Miranda; Freuler, Pobega; Orsolini, Ferguson, Dominguez; Castro
Prediction: Inter Milan 2-1 Bologna
Only one of the last 13 Serie A matches between Inter and Bologna has ended all square, with eight wins for the Nerazzurri and four Rossoblu successes. That trend should continue in midweek, as Inter can build more momentum behind their Scudetto push by taking maximum points.
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