VER vs BOG Dream11 Team Prediction Tips for Hellas Verona vs Bologna Serie A Live Score 17 May

VER vs BOG Dream11: Bologna travels to Verona for the penultimate Serie A fixture in the 2020/21 season. Both sides are firmly in mid-table and mathematically can neither aim for Europe nor worry about relegation. All that is left to play for is a top-half finish to boost morale. Verona hasn’t won a game of football since the first week of April and has tasted defeat 5 times since then. Bologna hasn’t been much better themselves with just 1 win in April and May. They do, however, have 3 draws and 1 win from their last 6 games.

Date: 18th May, Tuesday
Kick-Off: 12:15 am (IST)
Venue: Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi, Verona

Serie A Table: Hellas Verona is in 10th place with Bologna in 11th.

WATCH Serie A Live Stream and Live Score on Sony Sports Network/SonyLiv in India

Recent Form
Hellas Verona: LLDDL
Bologna: DLDDL

Head-to-Head (last 5 meetings):
Hellas Verona – 0
Draw – 2
Bologna – 3

VER vs BOG Today Match Prediction Details

Hellas Verona News

Injury Report and Unavailability:

• Ivan Juric’s side has no fresh injuries as loanee, Ronaldo Vieira, continues to remain side-lined.

Expected Changes and Strategy:

• Federico Dimarco should be back in defence to replace Pawel Dawidowicz.
• Kevin Reugg should be dropped for this fixture as Darko Lazovic takes his place in midfield.
• The front three of Antonin Barak, Mattia Zaccagni and Nikola Kalinic should remain intact.

Hellas Verona Starting XI (likely)

Ivor Pandur (GK)
Federico Ceccherini
Koray Gunter
Federico Dimarco
Marco Davide Faraoni
Adrien Tameze
Ivan Ilic
Darko Lazovic
Antonin Barak
Mattia Zaccagni
Nikola Kalinic

Bologna News

Injury Report and Unavailability:

• Bologna doesn’t have any fresh injuries either as Aaron Hickey misses out in defence.
• Midfielders, Gary Medel and Nicolas Dominguez are out with muscular injuries and a knee injury respectively.
• Federico Santander will be unavailable through a knee injury as well.

Expected Changes and Strategy:

• Valentin Antov is likely to replace Danilo in the centre-back position.
• Roberto Soriano will drop deeper and partner Jerdy Schouten in the midfield pivot.
• Emanuel Vignato re-enters the attacking midfield alongside Musa Barrow and Riccardo Orsolini.

Bologna Starting XI (likely)

Federico Ravaglia (GK)
Takehiro Tomiyasu
Valentin Antov
Adama Soumaoro
Mitchell Dijks
Jerdy Schouten
Roberto Soriano
Riccardo Orsolini
Emanuel Vignato
Musa Barrow
Rodrigo Palacio

Fantasy Football Tips

Captain Options

Roberto Soriano – The Italian international has been great for Bologna this season. He has 9 goals and 6 assists in Serie A. Soriano has also completed 58 chances, attempted 19 shots on target and succeeded in 36 dribbles (65% completion rate). The versatile midfielder will be the biggest threat for Verona.

Antonin Barak – Barak has been involved in 10 goal contributions (7 goals and 3 assists for Hellas Verona in Serie A. He has created 28 chances, attempted 17 shots on target and succeeded in 26 dribbles (63% completion rate). He also managed to assist the equalizing goal in their recent fixture against Torino.

Differential Pick

Musa Barrow – Barrow has been excellent in Bologna attacking midfield. He has 8 goals and 8 assists while creating 67 chances. The Gambian has also attempted 38 shots on target, succeeded in 34 dribbles and whipped in 33 accurate crosses. His ability to play as striker and on the left-flank will give Bologna that ability to interchange upfront and cause all sorts of troubles to Hellas Verona.

VER vs BOG Dream 11 Teams

Goalkeeper – Ravaglia
Defenders – Gunter, Ceccherini, Dijks
Midfielders – Soriano (C), Orsolini, Barak (VC), Zaccagni, Lazovic
Forwards – Kalinic, Barrow

Likely Winner:

The most likely result for the VER vs BOG Today Match Prediction could be a tame draw. While both sides will look to close the season out on a strong note, they will also play it safe to avoid injuries. Bologna is 3 points off Verona and could sneak into the top half of the table. They have scored more goals than Verona but have also conceded more. Both teams also have identical win-draw-loss records at 11-10-15 for the home side and 10-10-16 for the away side.