Serie A

Bologna in Salerno to continue to impress

Salernitana will want to brush off the loss to Fiorentina whilst Bologna look for a victory to break into the top six

Pippo Inzaghi’s Salernitana host Thiago Motta’s Bologna at the Arechi. The hosts will want to rekindle their fans’ enthusiasm and forget the defeat in Florence; the aim would be to repeat the victory over Lazio to at least momentarily get out of last place in the standings. Bologna, despite conceding an equaliser in the last second last week against Lecce, have only lost twice in the first fourteen matches of the season and will be looking for another three points to continue their ascent up the table and confirm their reputation as the revelation of this campaign.

DID YOU KNOW?

Bologna have lost only eight of their 37 games played in 2023 in the league (14W, 15D); Among the teams who took part in each of the last two Serie A tournaments, none have lost fewer in this period: eight defeats also for Inter and Napoli. This match is between the team who have conceded the fewest goals in the 2nd half in this Serie A championship (Bologna, four) and the team who have conceded the second-most in the second half in Serie A 2023/24 (Salernitana 14, behind only Empoli with 15).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There is a perfectly equal record between Salernitana and Bologna in Serie A: two wins for each team and four draws, including three in the last three matches played. Bologna have never won in the four matches played on the Salernitana pitch in the top-flight (D2 L2) - conceding goals in each game (nine goals conceded in total, for an average of 2.3 per game).

PLAYERS

Boulaye Dia scored in both matches last season against Bologna; the Senegalese could score in three consecutive league games against a specific team in Serie A. Since 2020/21, Charalampos Lykogiannis has scored five goals from outside the box in Serie A (three of these from direct free kicks): in the period, no defender has done better than him from distance in the tournament (Dimarco, Zappacosta and Biraghi also five).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Maggiore (Salernitana), Aebischer (Bologna)

REFEREE

Sozza (Scatragli-Bercigli), IV: Di Marco, VAR: Valeri, AVAR: Maggioni

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A TIM

Atalanta-Salernitana (monday 18 December, 20:45 CET) Bologna-Roma (Sunday 17 December, 18:00 CET) (Photo LaPresse)