Serie A | Sassuolo 0-1 Bologna: Dallinga all smiles for Rossoblu victory

It was the ideal start for Bologna, as within six minutes a Jens Odgaard shot was charged down and ricocheted into the path of Thijs Dallinga, who gathered with his back to goal and scored on the turn from just inside the area.

Sassuolo nearly equalised moments later, as Lukasz Skorupski flew to palm the Pinamonti effort away following a Jhon Lucumi slip.

Niccolò Cambiaghi drilled wide, but Lorenzo De Silvestri pulled up clutching his hamstring and limped off after just 29 minutes.

Nikola Moro’s free kick was just off target and Riccardo Orsolini only glanced his head to an Odgaard cross, then fired over from an improbable angle.

Odgaard tested Arijanet Muric after the restart, while Cristian Volpato forced a save after good work from Armand Laurienté.

Martin Vitik risked an own goal with a decisive interception to prevent M’Bala Nzola tapping in the Domenico Berardi roll across, while twice Laurienté went for goal when he had better options for the assist.

Orsolini also stung Muric’s gloves at the near post after a stepover, but Bologna lost Lukasz Skorupski to a suspected flexor strain at the 88^th minute, after completing all their substitutions. After several minutes of stoppages and a very heavy strapping on his left thigh, he managed to finish the game.

Sassuolo 0-1 Bologna

Dallinga 6 (B)

15-03-2026 14:00 MatchDay 29 Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore

Sassuolo

Bologna 0 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

6'

Thijs Dallinga     24' Thijs Dallinga 2nd half

M’Bala Nzola		77'
		90+6'

Nadir Zortea

Match statistic

54 Possession % 46 9 Total shots 16 4 Shots on target 3 4 Shots off target 8 1 Blocked shots 5 7 Corners 4 1 Offsides 2 16 Fouls 11 Sassuolo Bologna

Starting lineups

49

Arijanet Muric Goalkeeper 21 Jay Idzes Defender 6

Sebastian Walukiewicz Defender 80

Tarik Muharemovic Defender 23

Ulisses Garcia Defender 75' 90

Ismaël Koné Midfielder 75' 42

Kristian Thorstvedt Midfielder 18

Nemanja Matic Midfielder 59' 99

Andrea Pinamonti Attacker 59' 45

Armand Lauriente Attacker 10

Domenico Berardi Attacker 87' 1

Lukasz Skorupski Goalkeeper 26

Jhon Lucumí Defender 33

Juan Miranda Defender 29

Lorenzo De Silvestri Defender 29' 41

Martin Vitik Defender 6

Nikola Moro Midfielder 64' 23

Simon Sohm Midfielder 83' 21

Jens Odgaard Attacker 83' 28

Nicolò Cambiaghi Attacker 7

Riccardo Orsolini Attacker 24

Thijs Dallinga Attacker

64'

Substitutes

19

Filippo Romagna Defender 12

Giacomo Satalino Goalkeeper 16 Gioele Zacchi Goalkeeper 25

Woyo Coulibaly Defender 13 Stefano Turati Goalkeeper 24 Luca Moro Attacker 44 Edoardo Iannoni Midfielder 35 Luca Lipani Midfielder 66 Pedro Felipe Defender 7 Cristian Volpato Midfielder 59' 8

M’Bala Nzola Attacker 59' 3

Josh Doig Defender 75' 40

Aster Vranckx Midfielder 75' 50 Darryl Bakola Midfielder 87' 22

Charalampos Lykogiannis Defender 16 Nicolò Casale Defender 13 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 17 João Mário Defender 30 Benja Domínguez Attacker 14 Torbjørn Heggem Defender 25 Massimo Pessina Goalkeeper 11 Jonathan Rowe Midfielder 5 Eivind Helland Defender 20 Nadir Zortea Defender 29' 8

Remo Freuler Midfielder 64' 9

Santiago Castro Attacker 64' 4

Tommaso Pobega Midfielder 83' 10

Federico Bernardeschi Attacker

83'