Champions League line-ups: Bologna vs. AS Monaco | OneFootball

Bologna are seeking their first Champions League win of the season against high-flying AS Monaco, relying on Santiago Castro, Dan Ndoye and Samuel Iling-Junior.

It kicks off at the Stadio Dall’Ara at 20.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Real Madrid-Milan and Lille-Juventus on the Liveblog.

The Rossoblu had a stuttering start to life under new coach Vincenzo Italiano, scraping one point here to Shakhtar Donetsk, then losing away to Liverpool and Aston Villa, all without scoring a single goal.

There has been a recent uptick in Serie A after back-to-back wins over Cagliari and Lecce.

Michel Aebischer, Martin Erlic, Nicolò Cambiaghi and Oussama El Azzouzi are out of action, but Charalampos Lykogiannis is back in the side.

There are quite a few changes and surprises in the Bologna starting XI, where Giovanni Fabbian, Ndoye, Castro and Iling-Junior get the nod rather than Thijs Dallinga, Riccardo Orsolini and Emil Holm.

Lewis Ferguson made his comeback six months after knee surgery and is back on the bench.

epa10486332 Breel Embolo of AS Monaco celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Europa League play-off, 2nd leg match between AS Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen in Monaco, 23 February 2023. EPA-EFE/Sebastien Nogier

AS Monaco are one of the top teams in the Champions League this term, having beaten Barcelona 2-1, drawn 2-2 away to Dinamo Zagreb and crushed Crvena Zvezda 5-1.

However, they have one point from the last three Ligue 1 matches.

Denis Zakaria, Mohammed Salisu, Edan Diop and Folarin Balogun are on the treatment table, so Breel Embolo is the man to watch upfront.

Bologna vs. Monaco line-ups

Bologna: Skorupski; Posch, Beukema, Lucumí, Miranda; Freuler, Moro; Iling-Junior, Fabbian, Ndoye; Castro

Monaco: Majecki; Vanderson, Singo, Kehrer, Mawissa; Magassa, Camara; Akliouche, Golovin, Ben Seghir; Embolo

Ref: Aghayev (AZE)