Bologna look to Joshua Zirkzee and Riccardo Orsolini in opposition to Fiorentina’s Andrea Belotti and Nico Gonzalez on this rescheduled Serie A head-to-head for fifth place.
It kicks off on the Stadio Dall’Ara at 18.00 GMT.
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This fixture from Week 21 was rescheduled so the Viola might play within the Supercoppa Italiana in January, the place they have been thrashed 3-0 by Napoli within the semi-final.
It’s a head-to-head for fifth place, as solely two factors separate them, and each groups obtained again on observe with massive wins final week after a run of poor outcomes.
Adama Soumaoro is the one remaining absentee for Bologna, as Dan Ndoye has now totally recovered, whereas Michel Aebischer returns from suspension.
Orsolini is contemporary from bagging a brace within the 4-0 win over Lecce and begins with sought-after striker Zirkzee.
Fiorentina have Lucas Martinez-Quarta suspended, however Luca Ranieri returns from his ban in defence.
Christian Kouame is out after successful the Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast, with Dodo and Gaetano Castrovilli injured, however Belotti scored his first purpose for the membership and begins with assist from Nico Gonzalez and Giacomo Bonaventura.
The Viola had scraped only one level from 4 Serie A video games earlier than their 5-1 win over Frosinone on the weekend.
Curiously, they knocked Bologna out of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals on January 9 after a penalty shoot-out.
Bologna: Ravaglia; Posch, Beukema, Lucumì, Kristiansen; Aebischer, Freuler; Orsolini, Ferguson, Saelemaekers; Zirkzee
Fiorentina: Terracciano; Kayode, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Biraghi; Arthur, Mandragora; Ikoné, Bonaventura, Nico Gonzalez; Belotti
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