Our prediction for this Serie A match:
After surviving Venezia at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo at the weekend, Inter will look to stay in the Scudetto race when they take on Bologna in a postponed Serie A game. Both Marcus Thuram and Federico Dimarco are in line for a recall to the starting XI, while experienced midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan faces race against the clock to be fit for Wednesday’s encounter. Fellow midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu remains in the recovery room.
The Rossoblu, on the other hand, played out a 2-2 draw with Roma in their last league match. Bologna produced a fine display against the Giallorossi, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry in Milano. In their last meeting in the national championship, Inter defeated Bologna thanks to Yann Bisseck’s goal and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. To make things even worse for the away team, important centre-back Jhon Lucumi misses out through suspension.
Highlighted Player (Yann Sommer):
After making 133 league appearances for Basel between 2007 and 2014, Yann Sommer joined Borussia Monchengladbach on March, 2014. The Swiss goalkeeper signed a five-year deal with the Bundesliga outfit and he was signed to replace Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who joined Barcelona.
Sommer made 34 appearances for Borussia M’gladbach in the 2014/2015 season and it has to be noted that he managed to keep 15 clean sheets. As a result, die Fohlen finished the season in third place in the standings. The Swiss shoot-stopper, though, was not as successful in the 2015/2016 season, keeping just 5 clean sheets, while conceding 50 goals in the process.
Sommer made his Switzerland debut on 30 May, 2012 in a 1-0 loss to Romania and he represented the Rossocrociati at both 2014 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2016. The shoot-stopper made 8 appearances for Switzerland on the road to Euro 2016 and he conceded eight goals in the process. Sommer played four games for the Rossocrociati at the tournament in France, conceding two goals, while keeping two clean sheets.
Highlighted Team (Bologna):
Bologna FC 1909 is an Italian football club founded in 1909 and playing in the Serie A. The club hosts its games in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara which holds a capacity of 40500 seats. The stadium is named after their former chairman. The club plays its home games in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara since 1927.
The club colors of Bologna are blue and red and is one of the most successful football clubs in Italy winning the Serie A 7times and the Coppa Italia 2 times in the clubs history. Lately Bologna is not performing like their glory times anymore. The club is often relegated to the Serie B but manages to get back to the Serie A on and off. Another important person in the club is Joey Saputo, Canadian but with Italian roots, which is owner of Bologna.
Well known football players that wore the blue red colors of Bologna in their career are: Falcone, Dokovic, Nakata, Gillet, Pagliuca, Vieri and Zagorakis.