Match Report
Before the match
ten goals for and seven against accompanied Bologna's three wins, one draw and one defeat across five outings. A 4-2 win away to Milan (28 October) was their most recent result.
Bologna's away from home game on 28 October (Serie A) ended 4-2 against Milan, with four goals for and two against. On 24 October, Cagliari faced Bologna in Serie A: Bologna won 2-0 away from home, having scored two and conceded zero. Serie A, 17 October brought a home meeting with Inter; Bologna lost 1-3, a return of one goal scored and three conceded. Bologna visited Lecce on 11 October (Serie A) and won 2-1; their goals totalled two, compared with one conceded. Torino travelled to face Bologna (Serie A) on 19 September. For Bologna, the score was 1-1: one goal scored, one allowed.
Bologna stood 11th in the results-based Serie A table before kickoff, with 11 points from nine matches.
Monza came into the game with two wins and three defeats from their last five outings, scoring ten goals and conceding 11. A 4-1 defeat at home to Napoli (28 October) was their most recent result; their biggest win in that spell was 4-0 at home to Cagliari on 19 October.
28 October: Monza lost 1-4 against Napoli at home in Serie A, scoring one goal and allowing four. Against Torino in Serie A, Monza scored two and conceded three on 23 October; the away from home result was 2-3. Monza's at home game on 19 October (Serie A) ended 4-0 against Cagliari, with four goals for and zero against. On 11 October, Lazio faced Monza in Serie A: Monza lost 1-3 away from home, having scored one and conceded three. Serie A, 18 September brought a home meeting with Sassuolo; Monza won 2-1, a return of two goals scored and one conceded.
Monza: 16th, seven points, nine matches in the calculated Serie A standings at kickoff.
The last two recorded meetings were a 3-1 home win for Bologna on 18 January 2025 and a 4-0 home win for Bologna on 3 December 2024.
After the match
Bologna edged past Monza 2-1 on 31 October 2026. Gustavo Varela opened the scoring from the penalty spot inside the first 6 minutes for Monza to make it 1-0. Tommaso Pobega levelled it in the 33rd minute for Bologna, set up by Juan Miranda, to make it 1-1. Federico Bernardeschi put Bologna in front from the penalty spot 59 minutes into the game to make it 2-1. 7 players were booked, among them Ricardo Mangas (12'), Jens Odgaard (17'), Tommaso Pobega (23'), Lorenzo Lucchesi (58'), Nadir Zortea (74') and Idrissa Touré (76'). The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Bologna 139 points stronger than Monza. Bologna: 65.9% to win this pairing in the model on current ratings; the match ended in their favour. Bologna picked up four yellow cards. Bologna: five substitutions. After coming on for Bologna in minute 83, Mikel Amondarain was booked. Monza: three yellow cards. Monza made five changes. Idrissa Touré, on in the 66th minute, was booked. The scoring record shows one lead change. Bologna won after falling behind.