Napoli 2-2 Bologna: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 16 December 2012

Result

Napoli 2-2 Bologna

Serie A · Sunday 16 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Napoli · Bologna · Serie A predictions

Napoli 2-2 Bologna: match report

Napoli drew with Bologna 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 16 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Manolo Gabbiadini opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Napoli's goals came from Alessandro Gamberini (50') and Edinson Cavani (70'). Bologna scored through Manolo Gabbiadini (10'), Panagiotis Kone (86') and Daniele Portanova (89').

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Bologna received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 33 points from 16 and Bologna 19th on 13 points from 16. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Bologna 14th with 42.

Napoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bologna in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 2 for Bologna.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Manolo GabbiadiniBologna · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Nicolò CherubinBologna
  • 29'Yellow card · Hajime MoriyasuNapoli
  • 45'Yellow card · Archimede MorleoBologna
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Archimede MorleoBologna
  • 50'Goal · Alessandro GamberiniNapoli · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Gökhan InlerNapoli
  • 70'Goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 2-1
  • 84'Yellow card · György GaricsBologna
  • 84'Yellow card · György GaricsBologna
  • 86'Goal · Panagiotis KoneBologna · 2-2
  • 89'Goal · Daniele PortanovaBologna · 2-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Napoli 4, draws 2, Bologna 2.

Team news

Napoli line-up (3-5-2)

Morgan De Sanctis, Miguel Britos, Christian Maggio, Camilo Zúñiga, Paolo Cannavaro, Alessandro Gamberini, Marek Hamšík, Valon Behrami, Gökhan Inler, Edinson Cavani, Lorenzo Insigne

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

Federico Agliardi, Mikael Antonsson, Nicolò Cherubin, Daniele Portanova, Rene Krhin, Saphir Sliti Taïder, Tiberio Guarente, Alessandro Diamanti, Manolo Gabbiadini, Alberto Gilardino, Marco Motta