Bologna 2-1 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 20 September 2025
Result
Bologna 2-1 Genoa
Serie A · Saturday 20 September 2025, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bologna 2-1 Genoa: match report
Bologna defeated Genoa 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 20 September 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Mikael Egill Ellertsson opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Bologna's goals came from Santiago Castro (73') and Riccardo Orsolini (90+9', penalty). Genoa scored through Mikael Egill Ellertsson (63').
Discipline: Bologna received 1 yellow card; Genoa received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bologna were 13th on 3 points from 3 and Genoa 15th on 2 points from 3. Bologna went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Genoa 16th with 41.
Bologna lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Genoa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Santiago Castro of Bologna (7.4), ahead of Riccardo Orsolini (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bologna win, 4 draws and 5 for Genoa.
Going into the match Bologna's last five read L-W-L and Genoa's D-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Federico Bernardeschi
- 37'Yellow card · Vitinha
- 42'Yellow card · Patrizio Masini
- 43'Yellow card · Leo Østigård
- 63'Goal · Mikael Egill Ellertsson
- 73'Goal · Santiago Castro
- 74'Yellow card · Brooke Norton-Cuffy
- 90+9'Penalty goal · Riccardo Orsolini
- 90+11'Red card · Patrick Vieira
- 90+11'Yellow card · Valentín Carboni
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bologna line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Skorupski, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Martin Vitík, Torbjørn Heggem, Juan Miranda, Nikola Moro, Remo Freuler, Riccardo Orsolini, Federico Bernardeschi, Benja Domínguez, Santiago Castro
Genoa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicola Leali, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Leo Østigård, Johan Vásquez, Aarón Martín, Patrizio Masini, Morten Frendrup, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Vitinha, Lorenzo Colombo