The Renato Dal Ara is hosting the eighth mini-derby in the province of Emilia-Romana between Bologna and Sassuolo. And I say mini derby because the big derby in the area is the one between Parma and Bologna.
In the middle of the standings are the hosts who are not bad but are not effective. Two wins (one at home against Benevento) and a draw in the last ten games can not satisfy the Bologna rosso who traveled to Milan last season, stood well but finally suffered a 2-1 defeat by Inter having enough complaints from the arbitration. They return to their headquarters where in the previous match they lost 1-2 to Fiorentina, where again they did not deserve the defeat.
On the other hand, the team of Sassuolo, which is 60 km away from Bologna, is not well and does not feel comfortable in terms of points. She is at +6 from the relegation zone, mainly thanks to the difficult program of Spall and Verona that does not allow them to get more points than she does. The neuros have a lot of difficulties in the offensive part, having justifiably the title of the worst attack in the category with only 14 goals in 24 games. Last Sunday at noon they drew 0-0 at home with Cagliari in a game that only 0-0 could come and nothing else. Today they will face their neighbors who have several important absences such as the attackers Palacio and Verdi with the attack of the hosts being significantly weakened. Sassuolo will go as before to get the point by playing completely defensively as it can not do otherwise. I believe that she can take him as with the absences that Bologna has in the attack, it will be very difficult to open the defense of its opponent and in order to avoid a new and unexpected defeat, if the game does not work out for her, she will be careful to do not miss it.
My choice will be the draw at 3.20 of stoiximan.