Bologna 2-1 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 11 September 2016

Result

Bologna 2-1 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 11 September 2016, 10:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Bologna · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Bologna 2-1 Cagliari: match report

Bologna beat Cagliari 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 11 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Simone Verdi opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Bologna's goals came from Simone Verdi (23') and Federico Di Francesco (74'). Cagliari scored through Mikael Stahre (83').

Discipline: Bologna received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bologna were 13th on 3 points from 2 and Cagliari 15th on 1 point from 2. Bologna went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Cagliari 12th with 47.

Bologna lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Alves of Cagliari (8.3), ahead of Simone Padoin (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bologna wins, 3 draws and 3 for Cagliari.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari
  • 23'Goal · Simone VerdiBologna · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Artur IonitaCagliari
  • 54'Red card · Marco StorariCagliari
  • 74'Goal · Federico Di FrancescoBologna · 2-0
  • 83'Goal · Mikael StahreCagliari · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Blerim DzemailiBologna
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Mikael StahreCagliari

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bologna 4, draws 3, Cagliari 3.

Team news

Bologna line-up (4-3-3)

Angelo Da Costa, Marios Oikonomou, Emil Krafth, Adam Masina, Daniele Gastaldello, Saphir Sliti Taïder, Ádám Nagy, Blerim Džemaili, Mike van Dijk, Mattia Destro, Ladislav Krejčí

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

Marco Storari, Bruno Alves, Mauricio Isla, Nicola Murru, Bartosz Salamon, Davide Di Gennaro, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Artur Ioniță, Marco Borriello, Marco Sau