Bologna 2-3 Crotone: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 4 November 2017

Result

Bologna 2-3 Crotone

Serie A · Saturday 4 November 2017, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Bologna · Crotone · Serie A predictions

Bologna 2-3 Crotone: match report

Bologna were beaten by Crotone 2-3 in Serie A on Saturday 4 November 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Simone Verdi opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Bologna's goals came from Simone Verdi (38') and Simone Verdi (45+1'). Crotone scored through Ante Budimir (42'), M. Trotta (68', penalty) and Ante Budimir (70').

Discipline: Bologna received 2 yellow cards; Crotone received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bologna were 12th on 14 points from 11 and Crotone 15th on 9 points from 11. Bologna went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Crotone 18th with 35.

Bologna lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crotone in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mike van Dijk of Bologna (9.1), ahead of Ante Budimir (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bologna wins, 0 draws and 0 for Crotone.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Simone VerdiBologna · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Ante BudimirCrotone · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Mario SampirisiCrotone
  • 45+1'Goal · Simone VerdiBologna · 2-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Ante BudimirCrotone
  • 58'Yellow card · Stefan SimicCrotone
  • 67'Yellow card · Emil KrafthBologna
  • 68'Penalty goal · M. TrottaCrotone · 2-2
  • 70'Goal · Ante BudimirCrotone · 2-3
  • 84'Yellow card · G. GonzálezBologna

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bologna 2, draws 0, Crotone 0.

Team news

Bologna line-up (4-3-3)

Angelo Da Costa, Giancarlo González, Emil Krafth, Filip Helander, Adam Masina, Lorenzo Crisetig, Andrea Poli, Godfred Donsah, Mike van Dijk, Federico Di Francesco, Rodrigo Palacio

Crotone line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Cordaz, Federico Ceccherini, Daniel Pavlović, Mario Sampirisi, Stefan Simic, Adrian Stoian, Andrea Nalini, Andrea Barberis, Rolando Mandragora, Ante Budimir, Marcello Trotta