Sassuolo 2-2 Bologna: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 28 October 2018

Result

Sassuolo 2-2 Bologna

Serie A · Sunday 28 October 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Sassuolo · Bologna · Serie A predictions

Sassuolo 2-2 Bologna: match report

Sassuolo drew with Bologna 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 28 October 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Rodrigo Palacio opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Marlon (17') and Kevin-Prince Boateng (85', penalty). Bologna scored through Rodrigo Palacio (2') and Ibrahima Mbaye (56').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards; Bologna received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 8th on 14 points from 9 and Bologna 17th on 8 points from 9. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Bologna 10th with 44.

Sassuolo lined up in a 3-4-3 and Bologna in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marlon of Sassuolo (8.2), ahead of Domenico Berardi (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sassuolo wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bologna.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Rodrigo PalacioBologna · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · MarlonSassuolo · 1-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Andrea PoliBologna
  • 28'Yellow card · Gian Marco FerrariSassuolo
  • 38'Yellow card · Francesco MagnanelliSassuolo
  • 41'Yellow card · Mattias SvanbergBologna
  • 49'Yellow card · Rodrigo PalacioBologna
  • 56'Goal · Ibrahima MbayeBologna · 1-2
  • 85'Penalty goal · Kevin-Prince BoatengSassuolo · 2-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Sassuolo 2, draws 2, Bologna 4.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (3-4-3)

Andrea Consigli, Marlon, Giangiacomo Magnani, Gianmarco Ferrari, Federico Di Francesco, M. Bourabia, Francesco Magnanelli, Rogério, Domenico Berardi, Khouma Babacar, Filip Djuricic

Bologna line-up (4-3-3)

Lukasz Skorupski, Arturo Calabresi, Giancarlo González, Filip Helander, Ibrahima Mbaye, Andrea Poli, Erick Pulgar, Mattias Svanberg, Rodrigo Palacio, Federico Santander, Riccardo Orsolini