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Italian Soccer Serie A
Bologna 2 – 0 AS Roma
37′ Nikola Moro
49′ Rasmus Kristensen (own goal)
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 5th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +11
Bologna, 6th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Bologna won the Serie A Week 16 game on Sunday 17 December 2023 at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium in Bologna, Italy at 18:00. These two teams are in full swing for Europe. We will only find out which of the Champions League, Europa or Conference League at the end of the championship given that, in addition to the teams of Thiago Motta and Mourinho. For Bologna there is now the Italian Cup match on Wednesday at San Siro against Inter, then another decisive clash for Europe against Atalanta, Saturday 23rd at Dall’Ara. Direct clash also for Roma in the next round with Napoli at the Olimpico.
Thiago Motta therefore beats Mourinho and, as mentioned, rises to fourth place in the table with 28 points, something Bologna has never achieved after 16 matchdays in the era of three points for a win. Roma remain at 25 points, overtaken by Napoli and Fiorentina and at +2 on Atalanta, who play Salernitana tomorrow evening.
Bologna deservedly won the direct clash with Roma and savored the thrill of a solitary fourth place in the standings. After Moro’s goal at the end of the first half, the second half came at the dawn of the second with Kristensen’s own goal. Roma tried to puncture Ravaglia on a couple of occasions but the defensive rejections of the Emilians and the goalkeeper himself, who was monumental on Belotti, extinguished any desire for a Giallorossi comeback. In the final, after an offside by Azmoun who saves Lucumì from a direct red card, the fuel warning light comes on for Mourinho’s men who are no longer able to reopen the match.
Before the match, the Emilians were riding a streak of five consecutive victories within friendly walls, as well as eight consecutive useful results after the defeat suffered against Milan in the second round of the championship. The Romans have not been impeccable so far away from the Olimpico but in the last two they have scored four points.
On the day they honor their former manager Siniša Mihajlović, Bologna beat Roma 2-0 and move to 4th place. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/eSyLXROQEF
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) December 17, 2023
“Bologna have played better than Roma all season.”
The Serie A crew are not shocked with Thiago Motta’s Bologna side. 👀 pic.twitter.com/bWpt5nt3vN
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) December 17, 2023
Bologna took the lead in the 37th minute. Nikola Moro defeated AS Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Dan Ndoye.
👉Bologna 1 – 0 Roma, 37th minute, ⚽️ goal by Nikola Moro for @BolognaFC1909en with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Dan Ndoye. https://t.co/hcLzm9RArd
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2023
Nikola Moro comes crashing into the box and Bologna are ahead!
Jose Mourinho will not be happy with his Roma side. 🌶️ pic.twitter.com/RC5bFya2jw
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) December 17, 2023
Chaos for Roma. What a way to lose points! Bologna extended their lead in the 49th minute thanks to the own goal by Rasmus Kristensen.
👉Bologna 2 – 0 Roma, 49th minute, ⚽️ an own goal by Rasmus Kristensen. https://t.co/8OUo4R4BU6 pic.twitter.com/L0E02usZEK
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2023
Bologna start the second half on fire and get their second goal of the day!
Roma have it all to do. 🍿 pic.twitter.com/GrIgY9EsiQ
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) December 17, 2023
✅ Stats before the game:In the last five Serie A matches between Bologna and Roma, just three goals have been scored in total: two 0-0, two victories for the Giallorossi 1-0, one success for the Emilians 1-0. Bologna has not scored against Roma in Serie A for 325 minutes of play (Svanberg’s goal in the 35th minute in the 1-0 at Dall’Ara on 1 December 2021): this is the longest open streak without a goal in terms of minutes against an opponent currently in the top division. In the era of three points for a win, it had never happened that Bologna and Roma both had at least 25 points won after the first 15 rounds of Serie A, while the last time the Emilians were at this point in the tournament on par or better in the Giallorossi’s standings dates back to 2002/03 (Bologna 27 points, Rome 23). Only once, in the era of three points for a win, had Bologna won at least 25 points after the first 15 games of a Serie A tournament: 27 in 2002/03, with Guidolin on the bench. While, again considering the era of three points for a victory (since 1994/95), only in one season was the Emilian team in one of the top five positions in the table at this point of the tournament (fifth place – on a par with Atalanta and Milan – in 2000/01). Bologna have won all of their last four Serie A home games and have not achieved five consecutive home victories in the same top division since the end of the 2018/19 season, when they closed that tournament with seven victories in a row at the Dall’Ara.
👉Lineup BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; Posch, Beukema, Calafiori, Kristiansen; Freuler, Moro; Ndoye, Ferguson, Saelemaekers; Zirkzee.
👉 Lineup AS ROMA (3-5-2): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Llorente, Ndicka; Kristensen, Pellegrini, Paredes, Cristante, Spinazzola; El Shaarawy, Belotti.
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👉First half Bologna 1 – 0 AS Roma
⚽️ Goals: 37′ Nikola Moro
🟨 Booked: 9′ Llorente (R), 9′ Saelemaekers (B), 33′ Beukema (B), 36′ Lorenzo Pellegrini (R), 45′ Ferguson (B)
✍ Ball Possession: 66% @BolognaFC1909en and 34% @ASRomaEN
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2023
👉Result Bologna 2 – 0 AS Roma
⚽️ Goals: 37′ Nikola Moro, 49′ Rasmus Kristensen (own goal)
🟨 Booked: Bologna 4, Roma 4
✍ Ball Possession: 56% @BolognaFC1909en and 44% @ASRomaEN
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 17, 2023
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2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 16
Bologna 2 – 0 AS Roma
Sunday 17 December 2023
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Bologna, Italy
18:00
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: MELI – ALASSIO
Fourth Official: SOZZA
VAR: CHIFFI
AVAR: LONGO S.
👉Lineup BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; Posch, Beukema (58’Lucumì), Calafiori, Kristiansen (75’Lykogiannis); Freuler, Moro (75’Aebischer); Ndoye, Ferguson (87’Fabbian), Saelemaekers (87’Urbanski); Zirkzee
Subs.: Bagnolini, Skorupski, Lykogiannis, De Silvestri, El Azzouzi, Lucumì, Aebischer, Fabbian, Urbanski, van Hooijdonk, Corazza, Bonifazi.
Coach: Thiago Motta
👉 Lineup AS ROMA (3-5-2): Rui Patricio; Mancini (82’Celik), Llorente (63’Azmoun), Ndicka; Kristensen, Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini (82’Pisilli), Spinazzola (46’Sanches, 63’Bove); El Shaarawy, Belotti.
Subs.: Boer, Svilar, Celik, Karsdorp, Sanches, Bove, Azmoun, Pagano, Pisilli, Costa, Cherubini.
Coach: José Mourinho