Serie A line-ups: Bologna vs. Fiorentina

Football Italia

·14 February 2024

Serie A line-ups: Bologna vs. Fiorentina

Bologna look to Joshua Zirkzee and Riccardo Orsolini against Fiorentina’s Andrea Belotti and Nico Gonzalez in this rescheduled Serie A head-to-head for fifth place.

It kicks off at the Stadio Dall’Ara at 18.00 GMT.

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This fixture from Week 21 was rescheduled so the Viola could play in the Supercoppa Italiana in January, where they were thrashed 3-0 by Napoli in the semi-final.

It is a head-to-head for fifth place, as only two points separate them, and both teams got back on track with big wins last week after a run of poor results.

Adama Soumaoro is the only remaining absentee for Bologna, as Dan Ndoye has now fully recovered, while Michel Aebischer returns from suspension.

Orsolini is fresh from bagging a brace in the 4-0 win over Lecce and starts with sought-after striker Zirkzee.

Fiorentina have Lucas Martinez-Quarta suspended, but Luca Ranieri returns from his ban in defence.

Christian Kouame is out after winning the Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast, with Dodo and Gaetano Castrovilli injured, but Belotti scored his first goal for the club and starts with support from Nico Gonzalez and Giacomo Bonaventura.

The Viola had scraped just one point from four Serie A games before their 5-1 win over Frosinone at the weekend.

Curiously, they knocked Bologna out of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals on January 9 after a penalty shoot-out.