Inter 3-1 Bologna: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 4 January 2026
Result
Inter 3-1 Bologna
Serie A · Sunday 4 January 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Inter 3-1 Bologna: match report
Inter won against Bologna 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Inter's goals came from Piotr Zielinski (39'), Lautaro Martínez (48') and Marcus Thuram (74'). Bologna scored through Santiago Castro (83').
Discipline: Inter received 3 yellow cards; Bologna received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Inter were 3rd on 36 points from 16 and Bologna 7th on 26 points from 16. Inter went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Bologna 8th with 56.
Inter lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bologna in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lautaro Martínez of Inter (8.2), ahead of Hakan Çalhanoğlu (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Inter wins, 2 draws and 3 for Bologna.
Going into the match Inter's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Bologna's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Alessandro Bastoni
- 30'Yellow card · Hakan Çalhanoğlu
- 39'Goal · Piotr Zielinski
- 48'Goal · Lautaro Martínez
- 62'Yellow card · Nicolò Barella
- 72'Yellow card · Martin Vitík
- 74'Goal · Marcus Thuram
- 78'Yellow card · Jonathan Rowe
- 83'Goal · Santiago Castro
- 89'Yellow card · Charalampos Lykogiannis
Head-to-head
Team news
Inter line-up (3-5-2)
Yann Sommer, Yann Bisseck, Manuel Akanji, Alessandro Bastoni, Luis Henrique, Nicolò Barella, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Piotr Zielinski, Federico Dimarco, Lautaro Martínez, Marcus Thuram
Bologna line-up (4-2-3-1)
Federico Ravaglia, Emil Holm, Torbjørn Heggem, Jhon Lucumí, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Nikola Moro, Lewis Ferguson, Jonathan Rowe, Jens Odgaard, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Santiago Castro