Bologna — Sassuolo 2:2, 6 September: match result

match finished Serie A · Matchday 3 Sunday 6 September · 16:00 UTC

Bologna 16th · 1 pts DLDLL

2 : 2 1st half 0:1

Sassuolo 11th · 4 pts LWDWL

venue to be confirmed · referee M. Di Bello

Match predictionSafe

No rout: margin of two goals or fewer

90% · Sassuolo sit 5 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “No rout: margin of two goals or fewer”, and the match finished 2:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Bologna 35% draw 27% Sassuolo 38%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Sassuolo win, and the match finished 2:2. Fans backed Sassuolo win — they got it wrong.

fans 30 votes

Bologna 37% draw 20% Sassuolo 43%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Doig 0-1 19'

D. Berardi for C. Volpato 38'

M. Libra for J. Odgaard 46'

N. Moro for T. Pobega 46'

J. Miranda for R. Alhassane 46'

R. Piccoli assist: J. Miranda 1-1 50'

E. Holm 51'

J. Idzes 54'

V. Adzic 1-2 56'

K. Thorstvedt for V. Adzic 60'

I. Sulemana for L. Lipani 60'

A. Dovbyk for N. Cambiaghi 66'

A. Ghion for N. Matic 80'

R. Obrador for J. Doig 80'

S. Mbangula for F. Bernardeschi 86'

A. Dovbyk 2-2 90+1'

A. Dovbyk 90+1'

D. Tedesco 90+4'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Bologna 4-2-3-1 · Domenico Tedesco 4-3-3 · Alberto Aquilani Sassuolo

Łukasz Skorupski  
Emil Holm  14 Torbjørn Heggem  3 Arthur Theate  23 Abdel Rahim  
Lewis Ferguson  4 Tommaso Pobega  
Federico Bernardeschi  21 Jens Odgaard  28 Nicolò Cambiaghi  
Roberto Piccoli  

Cristian Volpato  9 Kieron Bowie  45 Armand Laurienté  
Vasilije Adžić  18 Nemanja Matić  35 Luca Lipani  
Simone Cinquegrano  21 Jay Idzes  16 Fedde Leysen  3 Josh Doig  
Arijanet Murić  

Bologna bench

9Artem Dovbyk
5Eivind Helland
22Jay Enem
33Juan Miranda
29Lorenzo De Silvestri
18Marco Libra
41Martin Vitík
25Massimo Pessina
8Mikel Amondarain
20Nadir Zortea
6Nikola Moro
11Samuel Mbangula
72Ukko Happonen

Sassuolo bench

8Andrea Ghion
25Benjamín Domínguez
26Cas Odenthal
10Domenico Berardi
15Duje Ćaleta-Car
12Giacomo Satalino
55Ibrahim Sulemana
20Ignace Van der Brempt
42Kristian Thorstvedt
19Laurs Skjellerup
77Nicholas Pierini
33Rafael Obrador
94Sebastiano Esposito
80Stefano Turati

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

62%Possession38%

21Shots16

5Shots on target6

7Shots off target2

9Blocked shots8

14Shots inside box10

7Shots outside box6

114Attacks58

68Dangerous attacks35

10Corners7

0Offsides1

14Fouls9

3Yellow cards1

4Saves3

553Passes356

516Accurate passes305

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Bologna

SassuoloThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Bologna and Sassuolo met on matchday 3 of the Serie A on 6 September. Final score — 2:2.

Bologna sit 16th on 1 point after 5 matches (0 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses), winless in 5 matches. Sassuolo sit 11th on 4 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses).

Of the last 2 meetings Bologna won 1, Sassuolo won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 2:1.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Bologna last five Sassuolo

DLDLL form LWDWL

5 Matches 5

0 — 2 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 2

3 — 6 Scored — conceded 9 — 9

0.4 Points per game 1.4

0.6 Goals scored per game 1.8

0 Clean sheets 0

3 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 1

Bologna at home: 3 matches, 0 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 3—4, 0.67 points per match.

Sassuolo away: 3 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 4—6, 0.33 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Bologna win 1 draw 0 Sassuolo wins goals 2:1 Bologna — Sassuolo

15/03/2026	Sassuolo — Bologna	0:1	Serie A
28/12/2025	Bologna — Sassuolo	1:1	Serie A

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	Napoli	5	2	1	2	7—6	7
10	Sassuolo	5	2	1	2	9—9	7
11	Lecce	4	2	0	2	5—7	6
…
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

Full Serie A table