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Chapter one · read the club

Bologna,read in full.

Raffaele Palladino's side line up in a and sit in the table.

Chapter two · find the gap

The gaps are at and .

Biggest need · goalkeeper · below its rivals, ageing
The best of them, Massimo Pessina, is worth ; at the clubs closest to Bologna in strength the best option there is typically worth . of the options are veterans, so the position needs renewing soon.
Second need · defensive midfield · too few players, below its rivals
Counted by where they start, its options add up to only players, veterans aside, where a squad carries . The best of them, Nikola Moro, is worth ; at the clubs closest to Bologna in strength the best option there is typically worth .

Every position is compared with the six squads in its league closest in strength: depth, the best option's value, ageing. Players count where they actually start, not where they are listed.

Chapter three · scout the fix

Three ways to fix it.

Biggest need: goalkeeper

Dream targets · whatever the cost

Guillaume Restes
Club
FC Toulouse
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · left-footed · cm · caps
Why him
A regular: minutes for FC Toulouse in the past year's matches on record, and international caps. He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. The most valuable regular starter we found at goalkeeper. We expect him to play of Bologna's minutes. Market value .
Jonas Urbig
Club
Bayern Munich
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · two-footed · cm
Why him
A regular: minutes for Bayern Munich in the past year's matches on record. He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. The second most valuable regular starter we found at goalkeeper. We expect him to play of Bologna's minutes. Market value .
Elia Caprile
Club
Cagliari Calcio
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · right-footed · cm
Why him
A regular: minutes for Cagliari Calcio in the past year's matches on record. He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. The third most valuable regular starter we found at goalkeeper. We expect him to play of Bologna's minutes. Market value .

Realistic targets · gettable

Maduka Okoye
Club
Udinese Calcio
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
A regular: minutes for Udinese Calcio in the past year's matches on record, and international caps. He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. A move that can happen: Udinese Calcio sell players like him more often than most ( chance in a window), and players tend to move up to richer clubs like Bologna. The likeliest move of those we checked ( in a window; any one move is a long shot).
Leo Kokubo
Club
Sint-Truidense VV
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · right-footed · cm
Why him
A regular: minutes for Sint-Truidense VV in the past year's matches on record. He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. A move that can happen: Sint-Truidense VV sell players like him more often than most ( chance in a window), and players tend to move up to richer clubs like Bologna. The second likeliest move of those we checked ( in a window; any one move is a long shot). Only months are left on his contract, which brings the price down.
Nazar Domchak
Club
Karpaty Lviv
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
A regular: minutes for Karpaty Lviv in the past year's matches on record, and international caps. He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. A move that can happen: Karpaty Lviv sell players like him more often than most ( chance in a window), and players tend to move up to richer clubs like Bologna. The third likeliest move of those we checked ( in a window; any one move is a long shot).

Hidden gems · young, rising

Bernt Klaverboer
Club
SC Heerenveen
Age
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. Aged and already a regular ( of SC Heerenveen's minutes), projected to be worth in a few seasons.
André Gomes
Club
FC Alverca
Age
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · left-footed · cm · caps
Why him
He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. Aged and already a regular ( of FC Alverca's minutes), projected to be worth in a few seasons.
Kurban Rasulov
Club
FK Dinamo Moskva
Age
Price
(likely –)
Plays goalkeeper · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
He would compete with Massimo Pessina () for a starting place. Aged and already a regular ( of FK Dinamo Moskva's minutes), projected to be worth in a few seasons.

Second need: defensive midfield

Dream targets · whatever the cost

Mandela Keita
Club
Parma Calcio 1913
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays defensive midfield · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
A ball-winning midfielder: in the top of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for share of duels won ( league season). Next to Nikola Moro, the last of Bologna's regular starters there (a deep-lying playmaker), he would add fouls won: he is ahead of of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for it, Nikola Moro ahead of . Closest in style: R. Tapia and Y. Neyou. The most valuable regular starter we found at defensive midfield. We expect him to play of Bologna's minutes. Market value .
Johnny Cardoso
Club
Atlético de Madrid
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays central midfield, defensive midfield · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
A ball-winning midfielder: in the top of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for interceptions and the top for dribbles completed ( league season). Next to Nikola Moro, the last of Bologna's regular starters there (a deep-lying playmaker), he would add dribbles completed: he is ahead of of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for it, Nikola Moro ahead of . Closest in style: P. Ciss and C. Baleba. The second most valuable regular starter we found at defensive midfield. We expect him to play of Bologna's minutes. Market value .
Vitaly Janelt
Club
Brentford FC
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays central midfield, defensive midfield · left-footed · cm · caps · injury risk
Why him
A deep-lying playmaker among midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues ( league season). He would compete with Nikola Moro, the last of Bologna's regular starters there (a deep-lying playmaker), for a starting place; Nikola Moro is ahead of only of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for fouls won. Closest in style: J. Karlström and J. Hinshelwood. The third most valuable regular starter we found at defensive midfield. We expect him to play of Bologna's minutes. Market value .

Realistic targets · gettable

Morten Frendrup
Club
Genoa CFC
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays central midfield, defensive midfield · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
A ball-winning midfielder: in the top of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for interceptions and the top for tackles ( league season). Next to Nikola Moro, the last of Bologna's regular starters there (a deep-lying playmaker), he would add interceptions: he is ahead of of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for it, Nikola Moro ahead of . Closest in style: J. Garner and Manu Morlanes. A move that can happen: Genoa CFC sell players like him more often than most ( chance in a window), and players tend to move up to richer clubs like Bologna. The likeliest move of those we checked ( in a window; any one move is a long shot).
Nicolò Fagioli
Club
ACF Fiorentina
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays central midfield, defensive midfield · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
A creative midfielder: in the top of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for chances created, the top for passes and the top for dribbles completed ( league season). Next to Nikola Moro, the last of Bologna's regular starters there (a deep-lying playmaker), he would add fouls won: he is ahead of of midfielders in Europe's biggest leagues for it, Nikola Moro ahead of . Closest in style: N. Barella and Y. Adli. A move that can happen: ACF Fiorentina sell players like him more often than most ( chance in a window), and players tend to move up to richer clubs like Bologna. The second likeliest move of those we checked ( in a window; any one move is a long shot).
Anthony Dennis
Club
Göztepe
Age
Contract
months left
Price
(likely –)
Plays defensive midfield · right-footed · cm
Why him
A regular: minutes for Göztepe in the past year's matches on record. He would compete with Nikola Moro () for a starting place. A move that can happen: Göztepe sell players like him more often than most ( chance in a window), and players tend to move up to richer clubs like Bologna. The third likeliest move of those we checked ( in a window; any one move is a long shot). Only months are left on his contract, which brings the price down.

Hidden gems · young, rising

Alpha Touré
Club
FC Metz
Age
Price
(likely –)
Plays central midfield, defensive midfield · left-footed · cm · caps
Why him
He would compete with Nikola Moro () for a starting place. Aged and already a regular ( of FC Metz's minutes), projected to be worth in a few seasons.
Emirhan İlkhan
Club
Torino FC
Age
Price
(likely –)
Plays defensive midfield · right-footed · cm · caps
Why him
That is more than Nikola Moro, the last of Bologna's regular starters there ( goals and assists per full match), so he would add end product. Aged and already a regular ( of Torino FC's minutes), projected to be worth in a few seasons.
Alejandro Rego
Club
Athletic Bilbao
Age
Price
(likely –)
Plays central midfield, defensive midfield · right-footed · cm
Why him
He would compete with Nikola Moro () for a starting place. Aged and already a regular ( of Athletic Bilbao's minutes), projected to be worth in a few seasons.

Price is our fair fee for Bologna today; the likely range is where most fees for players like him have landed. Wages are not shown: no free source publishes them.

Injury risk is rated for players in Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1; Eredivisie has too little injury data to rate; other leagues have none.

Chapter four · check every number

Every number has a receipt.

league position · Bologna
league points · Bologna
league goals scored · Bologna
league goals conceded · Bologna
recent league results, oldest first · Bologna
appointed head coach of Bologna · Raffaele Palladino

Verified ×2Every figure re-checked against its source · news needs an official source or two independent ones · hover any number

Chapter five · predict Saturday

Cagliari v Bologna

Cagliari win

Draw

Bologna win

Forecast from team ratings and chance quality, tested on two full seasons: better than a classic rating system, not yet as sharp as the bookmakers.

Chapter six · fork it

Open source. Free. Yours.

Free and open source, built only on free data and open AI. Point it at your club and check every number yourself.

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