

BOLOGNA, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Santiago Castro of Bologna celebrates after scoring the team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Bologna and Monza at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on January 18, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
Bologna already know this is their last Champions League game of the season for the visit to Sporting CP without Viktor Gyokeres.
It kicks off at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon at 20.00 GMT.
You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.
The Rossoblu were celebrating their first ever Champions League victory, beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1, despite knowing it would not be enough to keep them in the competition.
Riccardo Orsolini sustained a thigh injury in that game, joining Michel Aebischer and Niccolò Cambiaghi on the treatment table, while Jhon Lucumi has flu symptoms and Remo Freuler is suspended.
There is some squad rotation, as Samuel Iling Junior, Tommaso Pobega and Giovanni Fabbian step into the starting XI.

Sporting still have a chance of making it into the play-offs.
The hosts are missing Pedro Goncalves, Eduardo Quaresma, Nuno Santos and Marcus Edwards, while Hidemasa Morita and star striker Viktor Gyokeres were expected to be not fully fit, but aren’t even on the bench.
Ex-Lecce midfielder Morten Hjulmand pulls the strings.
Sporting vs. Bologna line-ups
Sporting: Israel; Fresneda, Diomande, Goncalo Inacio, Araujo; Hjulmand, Debast; Catamo, Trincao, Daniel Braganca; Harder
Bologna: Ravaglia; Holm, Beukema, Casale, Miranda; Pobega, Ferguson; Iling-Junior, Fabbian, Ndoye; Castro
Ref: Bastien (FRA)


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