Bologna FC 1909 2-1 AC Monza: Serie A Match Report, 31 October 2026

Bologna had not won at home all season. Four home league games had brought two draws and two defeats; the fifth produced Bologna FC 1909 2-1 AC Monza and, with it, the first. It was 1-1 at half-time, and the one goal after the break went to Bologna. There is no record of who scored or when, so the shape is all there is: level for a half, then settled by a single goal.

Bologna came in 11th on 11 points from nine games, goal difference level, and every one of their three wins had come on the road. The latest two were 2-0 at Cagliari and 4-2 at Milan three days earlier, the second from 2-1 down at the interval. Before those two games they had five points from seven, so the run was short and the table still reflected the slow start.

Monza, one of the three promoted clubs, were 16th on 7 points with a goal difference of -6, after two straight defeats: 3-2 at Torino and 4-1 at home to Napoli. Their away record was the weak point, a single point from five games, the 1-1 at Parma. They had scored in every league game they had played, though, and did so again here before the break.

Bologna had won both league meetings in 2024/25, 2-1 at Monza and 3-1 at home, and this makes it three in a row.

Bologna move to 14 points from ten games, and their goal difference to +1, positive for the first time this season. Three wins in a week have taken them from five points after seven matches to 14 after ten, which is close to the rate that brought eighth place and 56 points last season: 1.4 a game against 1.47. Monza, four points behind them before kick-off, are now seven adrift. Three results is still a short run, and the earlier seven games are as much a part of the record as the last three.

Monza stay on 7 points from ten, with the goal difference at -7, and take a third straight defeat. Four of their seven defeats have been by a single goal, so the distance between them and a healthier total is narrower than the points suggest, but a one-goal defeat still scores nothing. Away from home they now have one point from six games.

Had the site been updating that week, there would be a preview to hold this result against; it was not, and no pick was ever made on the match.