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The numbers twelve and three kick off the 23rd matchday in Serie A. Both teams have this season that fall known, but in recent weeks on rising. For Napoli there is a lot at stake on European football, while the home team plays in particular to stand in the middle as firmly as possible. Bologna can keep the points at home or Napoli manages to put the right shape?
Bologna
On the transfer market Roberto Donadoni has kept relatively quiet. Juan Manuel Valencia and Bruno Petkovic two purchases were made mainly with a view to the future. Further left no one and therefore the selection remains quite intact. Need to make purchases was not there, because Bologna is now running once quite nice. With a twelfth place and 27 points the team can not complain. There is clearly moved away from the relegation zone and in the middle are the teams still relatively close together. That means that Bologna could even rise further.
So far, however, not yet it. Realistically, the team is now in a place where it belongs. With Mattia Destro has a reasonable striker in the house, but this season he found only five times target. Partly also because he was hit by many injuries. Also has Blerim Dzemaili scored five times. There are few players in the home that provide the goals and that is also reflected. 21 matches in total, one of the lowest scoring productions of the competition. By contrast, it also gets passable few goals against. This balance is pretty balanced and hence the twelfth place. Napoli v Bologna can freely play and it is seen where it will lead.
Probable lineup Bologna
Mirante, Krafth, Oikonomou, Maietta, Masina, Donsah, Pulgar, Nagy, Di Francesco, Destro, Verdi
Napoli
After the injury of Arek Milik went long downhill with Napoli, but now the tide has completely turned. Eleven games the team has been unbeaten in the league. Of these, seven were won. A series that was badly needed for the team of coach Maurizio Sarri. This makes Napoli again climbed to the third spot in the rankings, but more importantly, making the differences remain small. The ultimate goal is in fact to re-secure a ticket to the Champions League, but before that there are more competitors on the horizon. Internazionale and Lazio do still, and also AC Milan and Atalanta Bergamo even may not yet be written off completely. All of these clubs focus more on a ticket to the Europa League.
The winning streak is the atmosphere in any case well with the team. Big man’s Dries Mertens. The little Belgian is the last week in top form and fills in the absence of Milik, the striker position right in. With thirteen hits he’s club top scorer. Also Sunday he proved his value by Napoli save a disgrace. In-house team looked long at a disadvantage against relegation candidate Palermo. Mertens did eventually have to rescue a point. Because Milik still not match fit, Leonardo Pavoletti was eighteen million taken as offensive reinforcements. He made his debut last weekend.
Probable lineup SSC Napoli
Reina, Hysaj, Albiol, Maksimovic, Ghoulam, Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik, Callejon, Mertens, Insignia