AC Milan will try to end their losing streak when they travel to face Bologna at the Renato Dall'Ara stadium on Wednesday, while the home side will try to reconcile with their fans after a shameful defeat last weekend. AC Milan won 1-0 at Bologna last season, but they got beaten by the same scoreline in the home match. Overall, AC Milan have won four of the last six direct meetings in the Serie A, Bologna have not won a home match against them since 2002.
Bologna got hammered 7-1 at home by Napoli on Saturday, an embarrassing result for them but they still have a chance to move up into 10th position if they manage to beat AC Milan on Wednesday. Bologna have won seven matches so far this season and five of those wins were recorded in front of their own fans. Head coach Roberto Donadoni can count on Emil Krafth and Federico Viviani again as they are back from suspension, but Adam Masina is now banned after getting sent off last weekend.
AC Milan have lost their last four matches in all competitions, including three successive defeats in the Serie A. They have dropped to eighth place in the league table, if they don't stop the losing streak soon they will lose touch with the top five and remain out of European competitions next season. Jose Sosa is suspended for this match, while Riccardo Montolivo, Giacomo Bonaventura, Mattia De Sciglio and Luca Antonelli are injured. Davide Calabria could make his return, so head coach Vincenzo Montella will finally have two fit full-backs to choose from.
Probable line-ups:
Bologna: Mirante - Torosidis, Maietta, Oikonomou, Krafth - Pulgar, Nagy, Dzemaili - Verdi, Destro, Krejci
AC Milan: Donnarumma - Abate, Romagnoli, Paletta, Calabria - Pasalic, Locatelli, Kucka - Suso, Lapadula, Deulofeu
My prediction: 1-1 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Bologna win - 3.40
Draw - 3.25
AC Milan win - 2.25
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sharpe
02/10/17, 12:02:26 AM
After got hammered 7-1 by Lazio, Bologna found a way to loose a game in which their opponent was two man short! Incredible really, I think mid table teams are too...
After got hammered 7-1 by Lazio, Bologna found a way to loose a game in which their opponent was two man short! Incredible really, I think mid table teams are too comfortable at the moment because they are 3 really poor teams at the bottom so no one of the others is really threatened by a relegation but it's way to early for that kind of performance and there's a thing in life and on the field called honour!
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