Bologna vs Lazio confirmed line-ups as Tedesco and Gattuso begin Serie A reigns | OneFootball

Bologna and Lazio have confirmed their starting XIs at the Dall'Ara, where Domenico Tedesco and Gennaro Gattuso begin their Serie A tenures on Monday evening. Kick-off is at 17.30 BST.

This is the penultimate fixture of the opening round of the 2026-27 campaign. Inter set the early pace with a 4-1 win over Monza on Saturday, while Napoli, Lecce, Milan, Atalanta, Juventus and Cagliari also opened with victories. Udinese 1-1 Como is the only draw so far.

Both target an improvement on last term. Bologna finished eighth, three points short of a Conference League berth, with Lazio ninth and three points further back.

Bologna appointed Tedesco to succeed Vincenzo Italiano, and Lazio turned to former Italy coach Gattuso after Maurizio Sarri. The Rossoblu lost Santiago Castro to Roma and Jhon Lucumi to Juventus, adding Roberto Piccoli, Artem Dovbyk, Mikel Amondarain and Rahim Alhassane. Lazio recruited Davide Frattesi on loan with a buy option from Inter, centre-back Josip Sutalo from Ajax, plus free agents Danilho Doekhi and Alfonso Pedraza.

Bologna 4-3-3: Skorupski, Zortea, Heggem, Helland, Miranda, El Azzouzi, Ferguson, Odgaard, Orsolini, Piccoli, Cambiaghi. Lazio 4-3-3: Mandas, Marusic, Doekhi, Provstgaard, Pedraza, Dele-Bashiru, Rovella, Taylor, Cancellieri, Dia, Zaccagni.

Source: Football Italia

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