Genoa 3-2 Bologna: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 25 January 2026
Result
Genoa 3-2 Bologna
Serie A · Sunday 25 January 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Genoa 3-2 Bologna: match report
Genoa beat Bologna 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 25 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Lewis Ferguson opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Genoa's goals came from Ruslan Malinovskyi (62'), Caleb Ekuban (78') and Junior Messias (90+1'). Bologna scored through Lewis Ferguson (35') and an own goal by Sebastian Otoa (47').
Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards; Bologna received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Genoa were 16th on 20 points from 21 and Bologna 8th on 30 points from 21. Genoa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Bologna 8th with 56.
Genoa lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bologna in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Junior Messias of Genoa (7.6), level with Caleb Ekuban (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Genoa wins, 3 draws and 2 for Bologna.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Lewis Ferguson
- 47'Own goal · Sebastian Otoa
- 56'Red card · Lukasz Skorupski
- 62'Goal · Ruslan Malinovskyi
- 68'Yellow card · Ciro Immobile
- 71'Yellow card · Ruslan Malinovskyi
- 75'Yellow card · Federico Ravaglia
- 78'Goal · Caleb Ekuban
- 90+1'Goal · Junior Messias
- 90+7'Yellow card · Alessandro Marcandalli
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-5-2)
Justin Bijlow, Alessandro Marcandalli, Sebastian Otoa, Johan Vásquez, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Vitinha, Morten Frendrup, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Aarón Martín, Jeff Ekhator, Lorenzo Colombo
Bologna line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Skorupski, Nadir Zortea, Nicolò Casale, Torbjørn Heggem, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Remo Freuler, Lewis Ferguson, Jonathan Rowe, Jens Odgaard, Benja Domínguez, Ciro Immobile