Serie A | Bologna 1-1 Sassuolo: Local rivals stall Rossoblu progress

Federico Ravaglia got down to fingertip the Andrea Pinamonti snooker shot round the base of the far post after a Cristian Volpato counter-attack.

Jonathan Rowe went down too easily under pressure from Sebastian Walukiewicz, while Nadir Zortea and Riccardo Orsolini fired over from promising positions.

Sassuolo had two big chances in the space of 60 seconds, as first Pinamonti pounced on a poor Jhon Lucumi back-pass to force a desperate save out of Ravaglia, then the goalkeeper rushed off his line to deny Armand Laurienté on a dinked Volpato ball over the top.

Bologna also had a huge opportunity when Jay Idzes and Fali Cande combined to clear a Thijs Dallinga angled drive off the line.

Volpato cut inside from the right and bent a left-foot finish inches wide of the far post, but the deadlock was broken at the dawn of the second half.

Giovanni Fabbian started the move in midfield on the counter, sending Orsolini and then Zortea down the right, it was pulled back from the by-line for him to sweep in first-time from 12 yards.

However, Sassuolo drew level when Ravaglia got it all wrong on the Laurienté corner, allowing a glancing Tarik Muharemovic header from five yards.

Kristjan Thorstvedt could’ve turned the game around completely soon after, but scuffed his finish on a Josh Doig assist.

Another howler from Lucumi accidentally sent Alieu Fadera clear on goal, only for the Sassuolo substitute to balloon over the bar.

Bologna also threatened, Muric rushing off his line to deny Ciro Immobile, but Vincenzo Italiano’s men are now without a win in four Serie A rounds.

Bologna 1-1 Sassuolo

Fabbian 47 (B), Muharemovic 63 (S)

28-12-2025 17:00 MatchDay 17 Renato Dall'Ara Stadium

Bologna

Sassuolo Live 1 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

		21'		Fali Candé
Federico Ravaglia		45'

2nd half

Giovanni Fabbian (Assist: Nadir Zortea)		47'
		52'		Armand Lauriente
		63'

Tarik Muharemovic (Assist: Armand Lauriente) Benja Domínguez 82'         89'

Alieu Fadera Bologna Sassuolo

Starting lineups

13 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 26

Jhon Lucumí Defender 33

Juan Miranda Defender 41

Martin Vitik Defender 20 Nadir Zortea Defender 88' 80 Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder 70' 11 Jonathan Rowe Midfielder 84' 6

Nikola Moro Midfielder 4 Tommaso Pobega Midfielder 7

Riccardo Orsolini Attacker 71' 24

Thijs Dallinga Attacker 70' 49

Arijanet Muric Goalkeeper 5

Fali Candé Defender 60' 21 Jay Idzes Defender 6

Sebastian Walukiewicz Defender 80

Tarik Muharemovic Defender 7 Cristian Volpato Midfielder 71' 90

Ismaël Koné Midfielder 42

Kristian Thorstvedt Midfielder 18

Nemanja Matic Midfielder 99

Andrea Pinamonti Attacker 45

Armand Lauriente Attacker

89'

Substitutes

22

Charalampos Lykogiannis Defender 8

Remo Freuler Midfielder 29

Lorenzo De Silvestri Defender 16 Nicolò Casale Defender 19 Lewis Ferguson Midfielder 77 Ibrahim Sulemana Midfielder 25 Massimo Pessina Goalkeeper 82 Matteo Franceschelli Goalkeeper 15 Bodin Tomasevic Defender 17

Ciro Immobile Attacker 70' 9

Santiago Castro Attacker 70' 30 Benja Domínguez Attacker 71' 21

Jens Odgaard Attacker 84' 2 Emil Holm Defender 88' 12

Giacomo Satalino Goalkeeper 16 Gioele Zacchi Goalkeeper 13 Stefano Turati Goalkeeper 24 Luca Moro Attacker 44 Edoardo Iannoni Midfielder 77 Nicholas Pierini Attacker 26 Cas Odenthal Defender 40

Aster Vranckx Midfielder 35 Luca Lipani Midfielder 14 Laurs Skjellerup Attacker 3

Josh Doig Defender 60' 20

Alieu Fadera Midfielder 71' 9

Walid Cheddira Attacker

89'