Bologna and Juventus are separated by just one point and place in the league table

Bologna and Juventus are separated by just one point and place in the Serie A table as they meet at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on Sunday night.

The hosts are the ones chasing down their opponents as there are only four spaces available for Champions League football for next season. Bologna should be confident having lost just once in 11 games in all competitions, although they were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw at Udinese last time out.

Juventus beat basement boys Monza 2-0 on home soil, representing their third home win in a row. However, they have failed to taste victory in three away matches, which does not bode well against the quality of opposition they will face.

Incidentally, the last four H2Hs have ended in draws, with both teams scoring. That suggests that we should be in for another entertaining affair.

It finished 2-2 in the reverse fixture in Turin, with the hosts coming back from two goals down to level dramatically in injury time. Dan Ndoye and Tommaso Pobega gave Bologna the advantage, before Teun Koopmeiners and Samuel-Germain Mbangula earned Juventus a point.

Vincenzo Italiano returns from a touchline ban for Bologna, but Emil Holm remains unavailable. It may be too soon for the returning Nicolo Casale and Ndoye though.

Kenan Yildiz is suspended for Juventus after being sent off against Monza, while there are a lack of centre-back options among injuries in that position.

Bologna: Skorupski, Calabria, Beukema, Lucumi, Miranda, Freuler, Aebischer, Orsolini, Odgaard, Cambiaghi, Dallinga.

Juventus: Di Gregorio, Kalulu, Veiga, Cambiaso, McKennie, Locatelli, Thuram, Weah, Gonzalez, Conceicao, Kolo Muani.