Serie A | Roma 1-0 Bologna: Wesley launches Gasperini era

There was bad news for Bologna when Immobile pulled up clutching his thigh just above the knee, hobbling off the field visibly upset at what might be a serious injury.

To make matters worse, Nicoló Casale also pulled a hamstring on the stroke of half-time and he too had to be replaced.

Nonetheless, substitute Santiago Castro almost opened the scoring when his cross-shot from the right surprised Mile Svilar and smacked against the crossbar from a tricky angle.

It was Roma who opened the scoring with new buy Wesley Franca, who made the most of a clumsy Jhon Lucumi first touch to win it back inside the penalty area and off balance scuffed a snooker shot finish past Skorupski.

Paulo Dybala made his return from injury and immediately forced a save from Skorupski with a curler on the Wesley pull-back.

Federico Bernardeschi saw his finish deflected over within a minute of coming off the bench, while Artem Dovbyk failed to make the most of an inspired Dybala pass that sent him one-on-one with Skorupski.

Roma 1-0 Bologna

Wesley 53 (R)

23-08-2025 19:45 MatchDay 1 Stadio Olimpico

Roma

Bologna 1 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

19'

Remo Freuler

2nd half

Wesley

53'     Gianluca Mancini

67'    

Match statistic

51 Possession % 49 14 Total shots 10 4 Shots on target 2 9 Shots off target 7 1 Blocked shots 1 2 Corners 4 1 Offsides 1 15 Fouls 13 Roma Bologna

Starting lineups

99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper 3

Angeliño Defender 83' 5

Evan Ndicka Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 22

Mario Hermoso Defender 43 Wesley Defender 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 17

Manu Koné Midfielder 11

Evan Ferguson Attacker 74' 18 Matìas Soulé Attacker 74' 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker 61' 1

Lukasz Skorupski Goalkeeper 22

Charalampos Lykogiannis Defender 26

Jhon Lucumí Defender 29

Lorenzo De Silvestri Defender 72' 16 Nicolò Casale Defender 46' 8

Remo Freuler Midfielder 80' 4 Tommaso Pobega Midfielder 17

Ciro Immobile Attacker 30' 21

Jens Odgaard Attacker

72' 28

Nicolò Cambiaghi Attacker 7

Riccardo Orsolini Attacker

Substitutes

35 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 32

Devis Vásquez Goalkeeper 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 87 Daniele Ghilardi Defender 91 Radoslaw Zelezny Goalkeeper 8 Neil El Aynaoui Midfielder 61' 21

Paulo Dybala Attacker 74' 9

Artem Dovbyk Attacker 74' 2 Devyne Rensch Defender 83' 13 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 6

Nikola Moro Midfielder 3

Stefan Posch Defender 23

Jesper Karlsson Attacker 19 Lewis Ferguson Midfielder 99 Tommaso Corazza Defender 24

Thijs Dallinga Attacker 30 Benja Domínguez Attacker 98 Torbjørn Heggem Defender 25 Massimo Pessina Goalkeeper 9 Santiago Castro Attacker 30' 41

Martin Vitik Defender 46' 97 Nadir Zortea Defender 72' 80

Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder 72' 10

Federico Bernardeschi Attacker

80'