Italian Serie A 2023/2024: Bologna And Lazio Ready To Stall Each Other To Overtake Positions

Bologna Coach, Thiago Motta (Instagram)

JAKARTA - Week 11 of the Italian Serie A 2023/2024 will present a match between Bologna and Lazio. The match will take place at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium on Saturday, November 4 at 02.45 WIB.

Currently Bologna and Lazio are competing closely on the central board of the 2023/2024 Serie A standings where Biancocelesti is currently ranked 7th with a collection of 16 points. Meanwhile, Lazio followed him in 8th place with 15 points.

The meeting of the two teams has the potential to change the composition of the standings. Therefore, Bologna will likely try to overtake Lazio's position, which is only one point apart.

Referring to the history of the duels between the two camps, Bologna was indeed not seeded because Rossoblu had suffered 3 consecutive defeats to Lazio during the 2022-2023 period. However, different results were achieved at the last meeting.

When meeting in the second round of the Italian Serie A 2022/2023, Bologna managed to keep up with Lazio with a score of 0-0. The match shows that Rossoblu continues to improve.

The chances of Bologna returning to trouble Lazio are quite large, especially since Thiago Motta's squad is supported by a positive trend. Until the 10th week of Serie A 2023/2024, Bologna had only lost once, it happened in the first week of the league this season against AC Milan.

Bologna also had an optimistic attitude ahead of clashes with Lazio, because in Coppa Italia on Monday, November 1 they beat Verona 2-0.

"We show continuity in our game and the result, let's appear as a squad," Thiago Motta was quoted as saying on Bologna's official website.

"We will soon return to training to face Lazio, Friday will arrive soon and we have to get ready," added the coach.

On the other hand, Lazio's performance is no less astonishing because in the last 5 matches in all competitions, Biancocelesti has only lost once, namely when appearing in the 2023/2024 Champions League against Feyennoord.

The rest, Lazio managed to bag 4 wins, one of which was when Biancocelesti defeated Fiorentina in the 9th game of Serie A last week. This series of results will provide the steps of Maurizio Sarri's squad to visit Bologna's headquarters.

Player Composition Forecast

Bologna (4-2-3-1): Marukasz Skorupski; Lorenzo De Silvestri, Sam Beukema, Riccardo Calafiori, Charalampos Lykogiannis; Remo Freuler, Michel Aebischer; Lewis Ferguson, Riccardo Orsolini, Alexis Saelemaekers; Joshua Zirkzee. Coach: Thiago Motta.