Serie A | Bologna 0-2 Lazio: Taylor double for hat-trick of victories

Adam Marusic got down the right and forced Federico Ravaglia to rush off his line, while Daniel Maldini couldn’t keep his volley on target after a poor clearance.

Bologna came so close with a ferocious long-range Nikola Moro strike that beat Edoardo Motta only to smack against the frame of the goal on 21 minutes.

Lazio’s injury crisis intensified further after just 25 minutes when Mario Gila hobbled off.

Marusic again got into a promising position only to fire over when he had better options, while Federico Bernardeschi charged down a Gustav Isaksen effort.

Bologna pounced on a double error, as Santiago Castro intercepted the poor Fisayo Dele-Bashiru backpass and was brought down by Motta. However, Motta made up for his mistake by saving the Riccardo Orsolini penalty in only his third career Serie A appearance.

Motta was also ready for an Orsolini angled drive, but it was Lazio who took the lead instead when Boulaye Dia’s effort from the edge of the area was charged down, the ricochet turning into an accidental assist for Kenneth Taylor to sweep in at the near post.

Matteo Cancellieri had two chances in quick succession to bolster Lazio’s advantage, first a cross-shot cleared in the six-yard box, then Ravaglia using his body to parry at the near post.

It was only a warning, as Dia combined with Noslin to send Taylor into the box down the left, the midfielder dribbled around Ravaglia and deposited into an empty net for his second goal of the game.

Bologna thought they’d snatched one back in stoppages when Motta fumbled a Martin Vitik attempt, but it was cleared off the line.

Bologna 0-2 Lazio

Taylor 72, 82 (L)

Saved penalty: Orsolini 51 (B)

22-03-2026 14:00 MatchDay 30 Renato Dall'Ara Stadium

Bologna

Lazio 0 - 2

Player statistic

2nd half

Riccardo Orsolini

51'     Santiago Castro 65'         72' Kenneth Taylor     77'

Kenneth Taylor     82'

Kenneth Taylor (Assist: Boulaye Dia) Bologna Lazio

Starting lineups

13 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 33

Juan Miranda Defender 41

Martin Vitik Defender 20 Nadir Zortea Defender 89' 14 Torbjørn Heggem Defender 75' 11 Jonathan Rowe Midfielder 62' 6

Nikola Moro Midfielder 23

Simon Sohm Midfielder 10

Federico Bernardeschi Attacker 75' 7

Riccardo Orsolini Attacker 62' 9

Santiago Castro Attacker 40 Edoardo Motta Goalkeeper 77

Adam Marusic Defender 13

Alessio Romagnoli Defender 34 Mario Gila Defender 26' 17

Nuno Tavares Defender 4

Patric Defender 27 Daniel Maldini Midfielder 62' 7 Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Midfielder 24

Kenneth Taylor Midfielder 18

Gustav Isaksen Attacker 62' 9

Pedro Attacker

46'

Substitutes

22

Charalampos Lykogiannis Defender 8

Remo Freuler Midfielder 16 Nicolò Casale Defender 17 João Mário Defender 25 Massimo Pessina Goalkeeper 5 Eivind Helland Defender 82 Matteo Franceschelli Goalkeeper 28

Nicolò Cambiaghi Attacker 62' 30 Benja Domínguez Attacker 62' 26

Jhon Lucumí Defender 75' 24

Thijs Dallinga Attacker 75' 19 Lewis Ferguson Midfielder 89' 29

Manuel Lazzari Defender 23

Elseid Hysaj Defender 55

Alessio Furlanetto Goalkeeper 3

Luca Pellegrini Defender 21 Reda Belahyane Midfielder 20 Petar Ratkov Attacker 71 Valerio Farcomeni Midfielder 28 Adrian Przyborek Attacker 99 Giacomo Giacomone 25 Oliver Provstgaard Defender 26' 14

Tijjani Noslin Attacker 46' 22

Matteo Cancellieri Attacker 62' 19

Boulaye Dia Attacker

62'