Bologna striker Mattia Destro. (Photo : Getty Images)
Bottom three club FC Crotone (2-13-3, 9 points) is set to face lowly team Bologna FC (5-8-5, 20 points) at the Ezio Scida Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 14 as round 20 competitions of the 2016-2017 Serie A season commences.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 12:00 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Crotone is on a two-game losing slide as the team has also been winless in five of their last six matches. As a result, they have remained in the bottom three relegation area, tied on points with cellar-dwellers Pescara but is leading their season series to go one spot ahead.
In their most recent game last Sunday, the Pitagorici was nipped by capital city team Lazio, 0-1, on the road at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome for their second straight loss, as per SkySports.
The game looked headed to a goalless draw until Lazio forward Ciro Immobile was able to break the deadlock right at the stroke of full-time with a right-footed shot from the center of the box. Immobile was then shown a yellow card for excessive celebration, but it was enough for the hosts to give head coach Davide Nicola's squad their 13th loss of the season.
Meanwhile, Bologna is also reeling with four winless games in their last five outings as the team dropped to the 15th spot of the 20-team Italian top flight table, 10 points above the bottom three zone.
I Rossoblu was smashed by defending champions Juventus, 0-3, on the road at the Juventus Stadium also last Sunday to snap a two-game unbeaten run, Goal reported.
A brace by Gonzalo Higuaín and one by Paulo Dybala comprised Juve's three goals, which was scored in the seventh, 41st, and 54th minutes respectively.
It was the fourth time in five matches that head coach Roberto Donadoni's side was unable to score a goal as the team is evidently struggling in offense.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a close 1-0 win by Bologna.
Crotone starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Festa; Martella, Ferrari, Sampirisi, Ceccherini; Stoian, Crisetig, Rohden, Barberis; Trotta, Falcinelli
Bologna starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Mirante; Masina, Maietta, Oikonomou, Torosidis; Dzemaili, Zapata, Viviani; Di Francesco, Krejci, Destro
