Napoli 3-2 Bologna: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 29 December 2018

Result

Napoli 3-2 Bologna

Serie A · Saturday 29 December 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Napoli · Bologna · Serie A predictions

Napoli 3-2 Bologna: match report

Napoli won against Bologna 3-2 in Serie A on Saturday 29 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Arkadiusz Milik opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Napoli's goals came from Arkadiusz Milik (15'), Arkadiusz Milik (51') and Dries Mertens (88'). Bologna scored through Federico Santander (37') and Danilo (80').

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

Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 41 points from 18 and Bologna 18th on 13 points from 18. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Bologna 10th with 44.

Napoli lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bologna in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Arkadiusz Milik of Napoli (9.1), ahead of Dries Mertens (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bologna.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Arkadiusz MilikNapoli · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · E. PulgarBologna
  • 37'Goal · Federico SantanderBologna · 1-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Sebastien De MaioBologna
  • 51'Goal · Arkadiusz MilikNapoli · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Kévin MalcuitNapoli
  • 80'Goal · DaniloBologna · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 3-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · AllanNapoli

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Napoli 8, draws 1, Bologna 1.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Meret, Kévin Malcuit, Raúl Albiol, Nikola Maksimović, Faouzi Ghoulam, Juanmi Callejón, Piotr Zielinski, Allan, Mike van Dijk, Dries Mertens, Arkadiusz Milik

Bologna line-up (3-5-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Sebastien De Maio, Danilo, Filip Helander, Federico Mattiello, Andrea Poli, Erick Pulgar, Mattias Svanberg, Mitchell Dijks, Rodrigo Palacio, Federico Santander