Serie A official Week 18 line-ups: Inter vs. Bologna
Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram lead the way as Inter try to keep top spot and seek Supercoppa revenge against Bologna’s Jonathan Rowe and Santiago Castro.
It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 GMT (20.45 CET).
Inter ended 2025 as Serie A leaders, winning seven of their last eight games in the tournament, and they can consolidate that here.
However, they also terminated the year empty-handed after losing the Supercoppa Italiana semi-final against Bologna on penalties.
That game ended 1-1 with Thuram and Orsolini on target in Riyadh on December 19.
This is therefore also an opportunity for revenge, as Inter haven’t beaten Bologna since March 2024, their 1-0 defeat in April 2025 also proving crucial in the Scudetto race.
Denzel Dumfries, Ange-Yoan Bonny, Matteo Darmian, Tomas Palacios and Raffaele Di Gennaro are still out of action, though Francesco Acerbi does return for a spot on the bench.
Luis Henrique is confirmed on the right flank, with Piotr Zielinski again preferred to Henrikh Mkhitaryan in midfield.
Despite an impressive substitute appearance against Atalanta, Francesco Pio Esposito is once more on the bench, as Thuram partners Lautaro Martinez.
Bologna reached the Supercoppa Italiana Final, losing 2-0 to Napoli, but their recent Serie A form has been disappointing.
They managed just two points from the last four rounds, including home defeats to Cremonese and Juventus.
At least the injury crisis is calming down, with the return of Nicolò Cambiaghi, Emil Holm, Remo Freuler and Torbjorn Heggem.
Only Lukasz Skorupski and Federico Bernardeschi are still on the treatment table.
Castro is preferred to Thijs Dallinga or Ciro Immobile upfront, with support from Rowe, Jens Odgaard and Cambiaghi.
Inter vs. Bologna line-ups
Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, Akanji, Bastoni; Luis Henrique, Barella, Calhanoglu, Zielinski, Dimarco; Thuram, Lautaro Martinez
Bologna: Ravaglia; Holm, Heggem, Lucumi, Lykogiannis; Moro, Ferguson; Cambiaghi, Odgaard, Rowe; Castro