Match Report
Before the match
Cagliari: three wins, one draw and one defeat over five games; five goals scored, six conceded. Latest: a 4-0 defeat away to Monza on 19 October.
Against Monza in Serie A, Cagliari scored zero and conceded four on 19 October; the away from home result was 0-4. Cagliari's at home game on 11 October (Serie A) ended 1-1 against Juventus, with one goal for and one against. On 19 September, Udinese faced Cagliari in Serie A: Cagliari won 1-0 away from home, having scored one and conceded zero. Serie A, 12 September brought an away meeting with Atalanta; Cagliari won 2-1, a return of two goals scored and one conceded. Cagliari hosted Lecce on 7 September (Serie A) and won 1-0; their goals totalled one, compared with zero conceded.
Before kickoff, Serie A's results-based standings placed Cagliari 8th after seven matches and 13 points.
Bologna came into the game with one win, two draws and two defeats from their last five outings, scoring six goals and conceding eight. On 17 October, Bologna recorded a 3-1 defeat hosting Inter.
The 17 October fixture (Serie A) paired Bologna with Inter. Bologna lost 1-3 at home, netting one goal while conceding three. Playing away from home against Lecce (Serie A), Bologna finished 2-1 on 11 October. Their score comprised two goals, against one from the opposition. 19 September: Bologna drew 1-1 against Torino at home in Serie A, scoring one goal and allowing one. Against Napoli in Serie A, Bologna scored zero and conceded one on 13 September; the away from home result was 0-1. Bologna's at home game on 6 September (Serie A) ended 2-2 against Sassuolo, with two goals for and two against.
Bologna: 15th, five points, seven matches in the calculated Serie A standings at kickoff.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 0-0 draw at Bologna on 3 May and a 2-0 away win for Bologna on 19 October 2025.
After the match
Bologna beat Cagliari 2-0 on 24 October 2026. Nicolò Casale opened the scoring 57 minutes into the game for Bologna, set up by Juan Miranda, to make it 1-0. Federico Bernardeschi added to the tally from the penalty spot 80 minutes into the game for Bologna to make it 2-0. Federico Bernardeschi (32'), Zé Pedro Figueiredo (38'), Roberto Gagliardini (55') and Alessandro Deiola (77') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Bologna 115 points stronger than Cagliari. Cagliari's current recorded form ends with 4 consecutive defeats in the 2026/27 Serie A and the 2026/27 Coppa Italia. Cagliari picked up three yellow cards. The substitution total for Cagliari was five. After coming on for Cagliari in minute 46, Roberto Gagliardini was booked. one yellow card went to Bologna. The substitution total for Bologna was five. Bologna conceded no goals.