Coppa Italia 2025-2026: Bologna-Parma, the probable lineups

Bologna, the trophy-holding team, makes its season debut in the Coppa Italia when it faces Parma at 6 p.m. at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in the first of today’s two round of 16 matches.

The Rossoblù are coming off an ugly 3-1 home loss to Cremonese after they had won three consecutive games between the league and Europa League.

The Ducali also lost their last Serie A match at home, 2-0 to Udinese. In the Coppa Italia, however, they prevailed over Pescara 2-0 and Spezia after penalties.

The likely lineups

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; De Silvestri, Heggem, Lucumì, Lykogiannis; Ferguson, Pobega; Bernardeschi, Fabbian, Cambiaghi; Dallinga. All.: Italiano.

PARMA (3-5-2): Guaita; Delprato, Troilo, Circati; Britschgi, Estevez, Ordonez, Cremaschi, Ondrejka; Oristanio, Djuric. All: Cuesta.