Bologna vs Monza – Result & match summary

2 – 1
Finished
Tommaso Pobega 33'
Federico Bernardeschi 59' (Penalty)
Gustavo Varela 6' (Penalty)

Events

Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.

1st half 1–1
6'
Gustavo Varela (Penalty)
12'
Ricardo Mangas (Foul)
17'
Jens Odgaard (Foul)
23'
Tommaso Pobega (Foul)
33'
Tommaso Pobega (Juan Miranda)
2nd half 1–0
46'
Jay Robinson
Exequiel Zeballos
56'
Penalty awarded (Arthur Theate)
58'
Lorenzo Lucchesi (Foul)
59'
Federico Bernardeschi (Penalty)
64'
Samuel Mbangula
Jens Odgaard
66'
Mathis Mout
Leonardo Colombo
66'
Idrissa Touré 
Eddy Kouadio
71'
Patrick Cutrone
Gustavo Varela
71'
Cyril Ngonge
Dany Mota
74'
Nadir Zortea (Foul)
74'
Oussama El Azzouzi 
Tommaso Pobega
75'
Matteo Darmian
Martin Vitík
76'
Idrissa Touré  (Foul)
77'
Penalty awarded (Jay Robinson)
81'
Patrick Cutrone (Penalty missed)
83'
Mikel Amondarain
Nadir Zortea
83'
Artem Dovbyk
Federico Bernardeschi
90'
Mikel Amondarain (Foul)

Momentum

Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.

Bologna
Monza

Match statistics

Bologna Monza
2.22 Expected Goals (xG) 1.82
59% Overall possession 41%
10 Shots Total 6
5 Shots On Target 4
5 Corners 2

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Top performers

Bologna
Chances Created
2
Successful Dribbles
2/3 67%
Duels Won
11/15 73%
Tackles Won
3/4 75%
Ball Recoveries
11
Accurate Passes
65/72 91%
Shots on Target
1
Monza
Chances Created
1
Successful Dribbles
2/2 100%
Duels Won
13/20 65%
Tackles Won
4/9 44%
Ball Recoveries
10
Accurate Passes
30/36 83%
Shots on Target
2

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About the match

Bologna defeated Monza 2–1 on 31 October 2026 at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Serie A.

Lineups

Bologna: (3-4-2-1) Lukasz Skorupski, Arthur Theate, Tommaso Pobega, Federico Bernardeschi, Nicolò Casale, Lewis Ferguson, Nadir Zortea, Jens Odgaard, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Juan Miranda, Martin Vitík.

Monza: (3-4-2-1) Noel Törnqvist, Saba Goglichidze, Lorenzo Lucchesi, Ricardo Mangas, Foe Ondoa, Gustavo Varela, Samuele Birindelli, Leonardo Colombo, Exequiel Zeballos, Dany Mota, Eddy Kouadio.

Substitutions

Bologna: Samuel Mbangula for Jens Odgaard, Oussama El Azzouzi for Tommaso Pobega, Matteo Darmian for Martin Vitík, Mikel Amondarain for Nadir Zortea, Artem Dovbyk for Federico Bernardeschi.

Monza: Jay Robinson for Exequiel Zeballos, Mathis Mout for Leonardo Colombo, Idrissa Touré for Eddy Kouadio, Patrick Cutrone for Gustavo Varela, Cyril Ngonge for Dany Mota.

Sidelined players

Bologna: Emil Holm, Roberto Piccoli, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Jay Enem.

Monza: Matteo Pessina, Jan Ziolkowski, Yvan Maye, Michael Folorunsho.

Match statistics

Bologna had 59% of the possession, compared with 41% for Monza.

Bologna registered 10 shots, with 5 on target. Monza had 6 shots, with 4 on target.

Bologna won 5 corners, while Monza won 2.

Top players

Bologna: Tommaso Pobega scored 1 goal, Juan Miranda provided 1 assist, and Nicolò Cambiaghi was the highest-rated player (7.1).

Monza: Gustavo Varela scored 1 goal and Samuele Birindelli was the highest-rated player (7.0).