Bologna 3-0 Benevento: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2018

Result

Bologna 3-0 Benevento

Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Bologna · Benevento · Serie A predictions

Bologna 3-0 Benevento: match report

Bologna won against Benevento 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday 21 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mattia Destro opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Bologna's goals came from Mattia Destro (35'), Sebastien De Maio (73') and Blerim Dzemaili (88'). Benevento did not score.

Discipline: Bologna received 4 yellow cards; Benevento received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bologna were 12th on 24 points from 20 and Benevento 20th on 7 points from 20. Bologna went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Benevento 20th with 21.

Bologna lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benevento in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mike van Dijk of Bologna (9.5), ahead of Sebastien De Maio (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bologna win, 0 draws and 0 for Benevento.

Going into the match Bologna's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Benevento's W-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Andrea PoliBologna
  • 34'Yellow card · Lorenzo VenutiBenevento
  • 35'Goal · Mattia DestroBologna · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Blerim DzemailiBologna
  • 57'Yellow card · Ledian MemushajBenevento
  • 69'Yellow card · Ibrahima MbayeBologna
  • 73'Goal · Sebastien De MaioBologna · 2-0
  • 88'Goal · Blerim DzemailiBologna · 3-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Federico Di FrancescoBologna

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bologna 1, draws 0, Benevento 0.

Team news

Bologna line-up (4-3-3)

Antonio Mirante, Sebastien De Maio, Ibrahima Mbaye, Domenico Maietta, Adam Masina, Blerim Džemaili, Andrea Poli, Godfred Donsah, Mike van Dijk, Mattia Destro, Rodrigo Palacio

Benevento line-up (3-4-2-1)

Vid Belec, Berat Djimsiti, Andrea Costa, Jean-Claude Billong, Nicolas Viola, Ledian Memushaj, Lorenzo Venuti, Cristiano Lombardi, Massimo Coda, Guilherme, Enrico Brignola