Sunday’s packed Serie A schedule starts with Bologna’s trip to San Siro to take on Inter (kick-off 17:15).
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Inter (3-4-1-2): Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, De Vrij, Bastoni; Candreva, Barella, Gagliardini, Young; Eriksen; Lukaku, Sanchez.
Suspended: Skriniar.
Unavailable: Sensi, Vecino, Moses.
Bologna (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Tomiyasu, Danilo, Bani, Dijks; Medel, Schouten; Orsolini, Soriano, Barrow; Palacio.
Unavailable: Mbaye, Poli, Santander, Skov Olsen.
KEY STATISTICS
– Inter lead by 70 wins to 40 in Serie A against Bologna (35 draws).
– Following their win in the reverse fixture, Inter could record two wins against Bologna in a single Serie A campaign for the first time since 2015/16.
– Inter have won 40 of their 72 home games against Bologna in Serie A, sharing 21 draws and losing 11.
– Inter have netted 62 goals in Serie A this season – in the last 55 years, only in 2006/07 have they scored more in their opening 29 games of a campaign (63 goals).
– Bologna’s last away draw came back in September – since then, they’ve won five and lost six of their 11 matches on the road.
– Bologna are the only side yet to score a goal from outside the box away from home in Serie A this season.
– Antonio Conte is unbeaten as a Serie A coach against Bologna (W5 D2).
– Inter’s Antonio Candreva’s first Serie A goal came in February 2010 against Bologna when he was at Juve.
– Nicola Sansone has scored four goals against Inter in Serie A – however, his last goal against them came in February 2015 whilst playing for Sassuolo.
– Bologna striker Rodrigo Palacio played 140 Serie A games for Inter, scoring 39 goals between 2012 and 2017.
Source: forzaitalianfootball.com