Bologna 1-3 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 4 October 2009

Result

Bologna 1-3 Genoa

Serie A · Sunday 4 October 2009, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Bologna · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Bologna 1-3 Genoa: match report

Bologna were beaten by Genoa 1-3 in Serie A on Sunday 4 October 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Houssine Kharja opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Bologna's goal came from Marco Di Vaio (85', penalty). Genoa scored through Houssine Kharja (11', penalty), Giuseppe Sculli (35') and Alberto Zapater (90').

Discipline: Bologna received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bologna were 16th on 6 points from 6 and Genoa 6th on 10 points from 6. Bologna went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Genoa 9th with 51.

Bologna lined up in a 4-4-2 and Genoa in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bologna wins, 1 draw and 1 for Genoa.

Going into the match Bologna's last five read D-W-L-L-D and Genoa's L-D-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Penalty goal · Houssine KharjaGenoa · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Omar MilanettoGenoa
  • 20'Yellow card · Salvatore LannaBologna
  • 26'Yellow card · Giacomo TedescoBologna
  • 35'Goal · Giuseppe SculliGenoa · 0-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Giandomenico MestoGenoa
  • 52'Second yellow · Giandomenico MestoGenoa
  • 72'Yellow card · Roberto GuanaBologna
  • 85'Penalty goal · Marco Di VaioBologna · 1-2
  • 90'Goal · Alberto ZapaterGenoa · 1-3

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bologna 2, draws 1, Genoa 1.

Team news

Bologna line-up (4-4-2)

Emiliano Viviano, Miguel Britos, Daniele Portanova, Andrea Raggi, Nicola Mingazzini, Luca Vigiani, Roberto Guana, Giacomo Tedesco, Marco Di Vaio, Marcelo Zalayeta, Salvatore Lanna

Genoa line-up (3-4-3)

Andrea Esposito, Emiliano Moretti, Salvatore Bocchetti, Houssine Kharja, Giandomenico Mesto, Omar Milanetto, Raffaele Palladino, Giuseppe Sculli, Sergio Floccari, Francesco Modesto, Marco Amelia