Bologna vs Hellas Verona, 2025-26 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Bologna

49': Jon Rowe

FT
1 - 2

Hellas Verona

53': Martin Frese
57': Kieron Bowie

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Bologna are hosting Hellas Verona at Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Foul by Daniel Oyegoke (Verona).
4': Jonathan Rowe (Bologna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
5': Foul by Kieron Bowie (Verona).
5': Jhon Lucumí (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Delay in match because of an injury Jhon Lucumí (Bologna).
6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
7': Attempt missed. Gift Orban (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro.
10': Offside, Verona. Gift Orban is caught offside.
11': Attempt missed. Santiago Castro (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jens Odgaard following a fast break.
13': Foul by Victor Nelsson (Verona).
13': Jonathan Rowe (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Attempt missed. Santiago Castro (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jonathan Rowe.
16': Offside, Bologna. Santiago Castro is caught offside.
16': Foul by Kieron Bowie (Verona).
16': Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Kieron Bowie (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Foul by Abdou Harroui (Verona).
23': Santiago Castro (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt blocked. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Moro.
25': Attempt saved. Gift Orban (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna). Assisted by Abdou Harroui with a through ball.
27': Attempt blocked. Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
27': Offside, Verona. Gift Orban is caught offside.
28': Attempt blocked. Roberto Gagliardini (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Domagoj Bradaric with a cross.
29': Attempt blocked. Gift Orban (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roberto Gagliardini.
29': Delay in match because of an injury Jhon Lucumí (Bologna).
29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
30': Attempt missed. Kieron Bowie (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gift Orban with a cross.
31': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Jhon Lucumí.
31': Attempt missed. Victor Nelsson (Verona) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Martin Frese with a cross following a corner.
32': Foul by Martin Frese (Verona).
32': Jens Odgaard (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Foul by Daniel Oyegoke (Verona).
36': Jonathan Rowe (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
37': Attempt missed. Nikola Moro (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
38': Attempt missed. Nadir Zortea (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Riccardo Orsolini.
38': Foul by Abdou Harroui (Verona).
38': Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Attempt blocked. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nadir Zortea.
39': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Domagoj Bradaric.
39': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Rowe (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
40': Domagoj Bradaric (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Lewis Ferguson (Bologna).
40': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Corner, Verona. Conceded by João Mário.
42': Foul by Abdou Harroui (Verona).
42': Jonathan Rowe (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Abdou Harroui (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Attempt missed. Kieron Bowie (Verona) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
45': Foul by Victor Nelsson (Verona).
45': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro.
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Santiago Castro (Bologna) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Moro with a cross.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Jens Odgaard (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
45'+2': First Half ends, Bologna 0, Verona 0.
45': Second Half begins Bologna 0, Verona 0.
46': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Victor Nelsson.
46': Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box following a corner.
48': Foul by Martin Frese (Verona).
48': Jens Odgaard (Bologna) wins a free kick on the right wing.
49': Goal! Bologna 1, Verona 0. Jonathan Rowe (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nadir Zortea.
51': Andrias Edmundsson (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Jens Odgaard (Bologna).
51': Delay in match because of an injury Jhon Lucumí (Bologna).
52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
53': Goal! Bologna 1, Verona 1. Martin Frese (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
55': Foul by Kieron Bowie (Verona).
55': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Foul by Victor Nelsson (Verona).
56': Jonathan Rowe (Bologna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
57': Goal! Bologna 1, Verona 2. Kieron Bowie (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gift Orban following a fast break.
58': Foul by Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Verona).
58': João Mário (Bologna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
63': Attempt missed. Gift Orban (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Abdou Harroui.
66': Substitution, Bologna. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Riccardo Orsolini.
66': Substitution, Bologna. Simon Sohm replaces Lewis Ferguson.
67': Offside, Verona. Gift Orban is caught offside.
68': Foul by Andrias Edmundsson (Verona).
68': Santiago Castro (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Foul by Daniel Oyegoke (Verona).
69': João Mário (Bologna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
70': Daniel Oyegoke (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Jonathan Rowe (Bologna).
71': Attempt missed. Kieron Bowie (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Roberto Gagliardini.
72': Delay in match because of an injury Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Verona).
72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
73': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Andrias Edmundsson.
74': Substitution, Verona. Tomás Suslov replaces Abdou Harroui.
75': Foul by Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Verona).
75': Jhon Lucumí (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Substitution, Bologna. Charalampos Lykogiannis replaces Nadir Zortea.
77': Substitution, Bologna. Benja Domínguez replaces Jonathan Rowe.
78': Attempt saved. Jens Odgaard (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Lorenzo Montipò (Verona).
78': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Lorenzo Montipò.
79': Attempt missed. Benja Domínguez (Bologna) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
79': Attempt blocked. Federico Bernardeschi (Bologna) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
80': Attempt blocked. Benja Domínguez (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Sohm.
80': Attempt missed. Andrias Edmundsson (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
81': Delay in match because of an injury Daniel Oyegoke (Verona).
82': Substitution, Verona. Nicolás Valentini replaces Daniel Oyegoke because of an injury.
82': Substitution, Verona. Amin Sarr replaces Kieron Bowie.
82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
83': Attempt blocked. Tomás Suslov (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gift Orban.
83': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Nikola Moro.
84': Substitution, Bologna. Tommaso Pobega replaces Martin Vitík.
85': Attempt saved. Gift Orban (Verona) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner by Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna). Assisted by Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro.
85': Benja Domínguez (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Verona).
86': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Amin Sarr (Verona) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
87': VAR Decision: No Goal Bologna 1-2 Verona.
90': Attempt missed. Federico Bernardeschi (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
90': Foul by Jens Odgaard (Bologna).
90': Victor Nelsson (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Offside, Verona. Amin Sarr is caught offside.
90'+1': Federico Bernardeschi (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Martin Frese (Verona).
90'+2': Attempt missed. Santiago Castro (Bologna) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Charalampos Lykogiannis with a cross.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Santiago Castro (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi following a fast break.
90'+4': Foul by Amin Sarr (Verona).
90'+4': João Mário (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Substitution, Verona. Al Musrati replaces Gift Orban.
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Federico Bernardeschi (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+6': Foul by Jens Odgaard (Bologna).
90'+6': Lorenzo Montipò (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Bologna 1, Verona 2.
0': Match ends, Bologna 1, Verona 2.

Statistics

VER		BOL
20	Fouls	5
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	2
32.6	Possession	67.4
15	SHOTS	19
5	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
138	Accurate Passes	390
222	Passes	476
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	3
17	Crosses	17
0.4	Cross %	0.2
58	Long Balls	79
11	Accurate Long Balls	45
0.2	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	7
13	Effective Tackles	3
28	Tackles	8
0.5	Tackle %	0.4
13	Interceptions	11
34	Effective Clearances	23
34	Clearances	23

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Renato Dall'Ara
Location: Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 27,063

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	29	+42	68
2	AC Milan	30	+24	63
3	Napoli	30	+16	62
4	Como	29	+26	54

Full Table

Line-Ups

Bologna (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukasz Skorupski (GK)
26	Jhon Lucumí
41	Martin Vitík
19	Lewis Ferguson
17	João Mário
20	Nadir Zortea
21	Jens Odgaard
6	Nikola Moro
11	Jon Rowe
7	Riccardo Orsolini
9	Santiago Castro

Bologna Substitutes:

Nicolo Casale, Federico Ravaglia, Eivind Helland, Benjamín Domínguez, Tommaso Pobega, Simon Sohm, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Massimo Pessina, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Thijs Dallinga, Federico Bernardeschi, Nicolò Cambiaghi.

Hellas Verona (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
5	Andrias Edmundsson
3	Martin Frese
15	Victor Nelsson
12	Domagoj Bradaric
2	Daniel Oyegoke
63	Roberto Gagliardini
21	Abdou Harroui
11	Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
16	Gift Orban
18	Kieron Bowie

Hellas Verona Substitutes:

Amin Sarr, Tomás Suslov, Nicolás Valentini, Simone Perilli, Rafik Belghali, Giacomo Toniolo, Cheikh Niasse, Daniel Mosquera, Moatasem Al-Musrati, Fallou Cham, Isaac.

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