Cagliari's attacking woes for the Bologna match will be solved with Michael Folorunsho as a false nine. This isn't a new move, as Fabio Pisacane has used him in this role several times before, but the number 90 will carry the weight of the attack alongside Sebastiano Esposito and Marco Palestra. This move was already mooted at yesterday's press conference , given the numerous absences and the last-minute recovery of Paul Mendy , Monday's hero against Atalanta, who will be on the bench. If Cagliari win at the Dall'Ara, they can mathematically secure survival only tomorrow if Cremonese (now 8 points behind) fail to win against Lazio.
In addition to Mattia Felici and Riyad Idrissi, Gennaro Borrelli, Luca Mazzitelli, Leonardo Pavoletti, Othniël Raterink, and, most recently, Joseph Liteta, sidelined by a strained right thigh flexor, are also ruled out for Bologna-Cagliari. In Pisacane's 4-3-3, Zé Pedro (preferred to Gabriele Zappa), Yerry Mina, Alberto Dossena (preferred to Juan Rodríguez), and Adam Obert will start ahead of Elia Caprile . Michel Adopo, Gianluca Gaetano, and Alessandro Deiola will continue in the middle, as they did against Atalanta. Semih Kılıçsoy, who has literally disappeared from the rotation over the past month, is back on the bench.
Here are the official lineups for Bologna-Cagliari: the referee is Valerio Crezzini of the Siena section , kick-off is at 12:30. Follow the match on unionesarda.it with live text coverage, and on Radiolina with live radio commentary by Lele Casini from the Dall'Ara stadium, including pre- and post-match coverage .
Bologna (4-2-3-1): Pessina; De Silvestri, Helland, Lucumí, Miranda; Freuler, Moro; Bernardeschi, Sohm, Dominguez; Odgaard.
On the bench: Gnudi, Ravaglia, Pobega, Orsolini, Castro, Rowe, Heggem, Ferguson, Zortea, Lykogiannis, Vitík.
Coach: Italian.
Cagliari (4-3-3): Caprile; Zé Pedro, Mina, Dossena, Obert; Adopo, Gaetano, Deiola; Palestra, Folorunsho, S. Esposito.
On the bench: Sherri, Ciocci, Kılıçsoy, Juan Rodríguez, Belotti, Albarracín, I. Sulemana, Zappa, Mendy, Trepy.
Coach: Fabio Pisacane.
