Atalanta — Bologna, 31 August 2026, 18:45 UTC : score 1:0
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The most likely outcome was Atalanta win, and the match finished 1:0. Fans backed Atalanta win — they got it right.
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Match events
full timeline N. Zalewski for C. De Ketelaere 55'
E. Elmas for G. Raspadori 56'
A. Dovbyk for R. Piccoli 60'
R. Orsolini for J. Odgaard 60'
D. Tedesco 61'
N. Krstovic for G. Scamacca 68'
L. Samardzic for Ederson 68'
M. Amondarain for T. Pobega 72'
N. Zortea for E. Holm 72'
N. Krstovic 73'
R. Bellanova for S. Kolasinac 78'
L. Samardzic assist: N. Zalewski 1-0 90+6'
Line-ups
starting eleven and bench
Atalanta 4-3-3 · Maurizio Sarri 4-2-3-1 · Domenico Tedesco Bologna 
29 Marco Carnesecchi
77 Davide Zappacosta 3 Odilon Kossounou 42 Giorgio Scalvini 23 Sead Kolašinac
8 Mario Pašalić 70 Gianluca Gaetano 13 Éderson
17 Charles De Ketelaere 9 Gianluca Scamacca 18 Giacomo Raspadori
91 Roberto Piccoli
10 Federico Bernardeschi 21 Jens Odgaard 28 Nicolò Cambiaghi
4 Tommaso Pobega 19 Lewis Ferguson
2 Emil Holm 5 Eivind Helland 14 Torbjørn Heggem 23 Abdel Rahim
1 Łukasz Skorupski
Atalanta bench
- 99Eljif Elmas
- 49Federico Cassa
- 6Ibrahim Sulemana
- 10Lazar Samardžić
- 47Lorenzo Bernasconi
- 57Marco Sportiello
- 59Nicola Zalewski
- 90Nikola Krstović
- 95Paolo Vismara
- 16Raoul Bellanova
- 40Relja Obrić
Bologna bench
- 9Artem Dovbyk
- 3Arthur Theate
- 33Juan Miranda
- 29Lorenzo De Silvestri
- 18Marco Libra
- 41Martin Vitík
- 25Massimo Pessina
- 8Mikel Amondarain
- 20Nadir Zortea
- 16Nicolò Casale
- 6Nikola Moro
- 7Riccardo Orsolini
- 72Ukko Happonen
Match stats
20 metrics for the full match42%Possession58%
6Shots16
2Shots on target3
2Shots off target10
2Blocked shots3
3Shots inside box10
3Shots outside box6
99Attacks98
30Dangerous attacks33
1Corners2
0Offsides4
10Fouls13
1Yellow cards0
3Saves1
478Passes681
409Accurate passes618
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties0
AtalantaBolognaHow the match went
text generated from our dataAtalanta and Bologna met on matchday 2 of the Serie A on 31 August at New Balance Arena. Final score — 1:0.
Atalanta sit 8th on 6 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches. Bologna sit 15th on 1 point after 5 matches (0 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses), winless in 5 matches.
Of the last 2 meetings Atalanta won 1, Bologna won 1. Aggregate score — 2:1.
Season form
all competitions of the season Atalanta last five Bologna LLLWW form DLDLL
5 Matches 5
2 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 2 — 3
5 — 7 Scored — conceded 3 — 6
1.2 Points per game 0.4
1 Goals scored per game 0.6
1 Clean sheets 0
1 Failed to score 3
winless in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 1
Atalanta at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 4—3, 2 points per match.
Bologna away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 0—2, 0 points per match.
Head-to-head
2 matches in our database 1 Atalanta win 0 draws 1 Bologna win
| 17/05/2026 | Atalanta — Bologna | 0:1 | Serie A |
| 07/01/2026 | Bologna — Atalanta | 0:2 | Serie A |
League table
after the match| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |  Lecce | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5—7 | 6 |
| 12 | Atalanta | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5—7 | 6 |
| 13 |  Udinese | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5—5 | 4 |
| … | |||||||
| 17 |  Fiorentina | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6—12 | 4 |
| 18 | Bologna | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3—6 | 2 |
| 19 |  Genoa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2—8 | 1 |