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Serie A Matchday 9 Wed 28 Oct

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Cissè 14′Cissè 27′

Full-time 2:4
Away Bologna

Mbangula 8′Bartesaghi 60′ (og)Mbangula 62′Mbangula 86′

Six of the Round · Serie A

Player of the match Samuel Mbangula 9.2

GolVolt ratingWatch it all 9.8/10 more watchable than 98% of Serie A matches Hat-trick for Mbangula, 2 changes of lead. How we rate

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 60' Bartesaghi, 2:2
  1. 4 of 5

    Bologna turned that many shots on target into goals with only 33% of the ball.

  2. 2:1 → 2:4

    Bologna came from behind to win.

  3. 17% → 76%

    Bologna: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 85.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 2:2, from 4% to 59% (Bologna).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+3' · 2:4AC Milan 2%draw 22%Bologna 76%

Key stats

67% Possession 33%
1.09 xG (expected goals) 1.36
8 Shots 9
3 On target 5
4 Big chances 4
2 Corners 3
All stats (23)

Preview and report

After the match · 2–4

AC Milan 2–4 Bologna: Mbangula scored a hat-trick, the last in the 86th minute

Bologna beat AC Milan 4–2, with Samuel Mbangula scoring three goals. The hosts led after two goals from Alphadjo Cissè, but conceded three from the 60th minute.

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data and the sources listed below the article

Number of the match ten years That is how long it has been since Bologna's previous win at San Siro.

Cissè answered Mbangula's goal

Bologna took the lead as early as the 8th minute. Mbangula scored after a pass from Nadir Zortea. Milan equalised in the 14th minute through Cissè, and in the 27th minute the same player scored again, this time after an assist from Fikayo Tomori. Cissè now has four Serie A goals this season.

Two goals in two minutes

In the 60th minute Davide Bartesaghi put the ball into his own net from a free kick taken by Juan Miranda, and the scoreboard showed 2–2. Two minutes later Mbangula beat Maignan again, with Miranda providing the assist. Bologna turned the game around in a short space of time.

Mbangula's third goal decided the match

In the 86th minute Camarda lost the ball in midfield. Jens Odgaard got clear despite being marked by a defender and passed to Mbangula, who scored his third goal of the game from close range. The hosts could not respond.

Milan's first league defeat

It was Milan's first defeat of this league season. After the match the team dropped to fifth in the table with 18 points. Bologna won at San Siro for the first time in ten years.

Live · goal

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data

  1. Minute 88 2–4

    Mbangula scores for the third time, AC Milan 2–4 Bologna

    Samuel Mbangula scored Bologna's third goal of the match in the 86th minute. Jens Odgaard provided the assist. Mbangula had earlier scored in the 8th and 62nd minutes, while AC Milan replied with two goals from Alphadjo Cissè.

    Number of the match: 3 of 7 — That is how many of AC Milan's conceded goals in the Serie A season came after the 75th minute.

  2. Minute 16 1–1

    Cissè scores, AC Milan 1–1 Bologna

    Alphadjo Cissè equalised in the 14th minute after Samuel Mbangula's goal in the 8th minute, which Nadir Zortea assisted. It is Cissè's third goal of this Serie A season.

    Number of the match: 3 — That is how many goals Alphadjo Cissè now has this Serie A season.

  3. Minute 11 0–1

    Mbangula scores, AC Milan 0–1 Bologna

    Samuel Mbangula opened the scoring in the 8th minute of this Serie A matchday 9 game and put Bologna ahead. Nadir Zortea provided the assist.

    Number of the match: 8th minute — That was the minute in which Mbangula scored the first goal of the match.

Live · half-time · 2–1

AC Milan lead Bologna 2–1 at half-time after two Cissè goals

AC Milan lead Bologna 2–1 after the first half of Serie A's round 9. Alphadjo Cissè put the hosts ahead, scoring in the 14th and 27th minutes.

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data

Number of the match 4 goals That is how many league goals Alphadjo Cissè now has this season, after his two goals in the first half.

Two Cissè goals after the visitors' opener. Bologna went ahead first: in the 8th minute Samuel Mbangula scored after an assist from Nadir Zortea. Milan answered in the 14th minute, when Alphadjo Cissè found the net. In the 27th minute Cissè scored again, this time from a Fikayo Tomori pass. In the first half AC Milan had 68% of possession and took 5 shots, 2 of them on target. Bologna had 3 shots, also 2 on target. Both sides had one corner each.

Season context. AC Milan have led at half-time 3 times already this season and have won all of those matches. Bologna have scored in 4 consecutive matches, and Mbangula kept that run going. Cissè now has 4 goals in Serie A this season.

Before the match

Bologna have scored in four straight matches ahead of the trip to AC Milan

AC Milan, fourth in Serie A, host Bologna in matchweek 9, and Bologna have scored in four consecutive matches. The hosts will be without six injured players.

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data and the sources listed below the article

Number of the match 3 of 7 That is how many of AC Milan's seven goals conceded in Serie A this season came after the 75th minute.

Bologna in mid-table

Milan have 18 points from eight matches and sit fourth. Bologna are thirteenth with eight points from the same number of games.

Injuries on both sides

Milan will be without the injured Pietro Terracciano, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Alexis Saelemaekers, Matteo Gabbia, Adrien Rabiot and Diego Moreira. Bologna will not be able to call on Riccardo Orsolini, Roberto Piccoli and Emil Holm, who are also injured.

Head-to-head record and Milan's late goals conceded

Milan have not lost to Bologna in the league at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza since 2016. In their last ten home matches against this opponent, they won eight and drew two. In the last five meetings between the sides, counted after 90 minutes, Milan won three and Bologna two. This Serie A season Milan have conceded 3 of their 7 goals after the 75th minute.

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Hat-trick for Mbangula, 2 changes of lead.

  • Dramaweight 50% 2 changes of lead, comeback from 1:2.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.6 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Hat-trick for Mbangula, Mbangula scored the winner, Mbangula: rated 9.2.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.9 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.3 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% 6 goals, few chances.Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 2.1 out of 10

Match ECG

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Worth watching: Watch it all

GolVolt rating 9.8more watchable than 98% of Serie A matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

GolVolt reviewpost-match article

AC Milan 2–4 Bologna: Mbangula scored a hat-trick, the last in the 86th minuteThe review gives the result away — switch spoilers back on to read it.

Bologna beat AC Milan 4–2, with Samuel Mbangula scoring three goals. The hosts led after two goals from Alphadjo Cissè, but conceded three from the 60th minute.

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Highlights

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How the match went

6 goals2 cards

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Timeline

  1. 8' Goal: Samuel Mbangularight foot · assist: Zortea0:1
  2. 14' Goal: Alphadjo Cissèright foot1:1
  3. 27' Goal: Alphadjo Cissèleft foot · assist: Tomori2:1
  4. Half-time · 2:1
  5. 46' SubstitutionModrić for Tomori
  6. 58' 2 substitutionsDiawara for EstupiñánPulisic for Hutchinson
  7. 58' SubstitutionVitík for Darmian
  8. 59' 2 substitutionsCambiaghi for BernardeschiMiranda for Alhassane
  9. 60' Goal: Davide Bartesaghiown goal · own goal2:2
  10. 62' Goal: Samuel Mbangularight foot · assist: Miranda2:3
  11. 63' SubstitutionCamarda for Bartesaghi
  12. 70' SubstitutionHeggem for Theate
  13. 76' Tommaso Pobegayellow card · foul
  14. 79' SubstitutionHelland for Casale
  15. 84' Torbjørn Heggemyellow card · foul
  16. 86' Goal: Samuel Mbangularight foot · assist: Odgaard2:4
  17. 87' SubstitutionComotto for Ramos
  18. Full-time · 2:4

Match stats

Shooting

1.09 xG (expected goals) 1.36
8 Shots 9
3 On target 5
4 Big chances 4
4 Off target 3
1 Blocked 1
6 Inside the box 6
2 Outside the box 3
2 Big chances missed 1

Play

67% Possession 33%
2 Corners 3
670 Passes 335
88% Pass accuracy 80%
5 Key passes 8
124 Attacks 78
36 Dangerous attacks 24

Defence

15 Tackles 19
7 Interceptions 12
2 Saves 1

Discipline

10 Fouls 16
0 Offsides 1
0 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-2-3-1 –3-4-2-1
Bench

AC Milan

Bologna

Match sheet

Coaches
Ruben Amorim AC Milan Raffaele Palladino Bologna
Stadium
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · Bologna Samuel Mbangula 9.20
  2. 2. place · AC Milan Alphadjo Cissè 7.95
  3. 3. place · AC Milan Fikayo Tomori 7.16
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Absences

AC Milan · 8 out

  • Pietro Terracciano Injured

    since 10 Oct · until 13 Nov · 5 matches missed · Doubtful

  • Ruben Loftus-Cheek Injured

    since 26 Oct · until 16 Nov · Muscle Injury

  • Alexis Saelemaekers Injured

    since 29 Sep · until 1 Feb 2027 · 5 matches missed · Ankle Injury

  • Matteo Gabbia Injured

    since 12 Oct · until 1 Feb 2027 · 4 matches missed · Unknown Injury

  • Adrien Rabiot Injured

    since 23 Oct · return date unknown · 1 match missed · Calf Injury

  • Diego Moreira Injured

    since 23 Oct · return date unknown · 1 match missed · Thigh Muscle Strain

  • Mario Gila Injured

    since 23 Oct · return date unknown · 1 match missed · Ankle Injury

  • Samuel Chukwueze Injured

    since 21 Oct · return date unknown · 2 matches missed · Thigh Muscle Strain

Bologna · 4 out

  • Riccardo Orsolini Injured

    since 12 Oct · until 3 Nov · 2 matches missed · Thigh Muscle Strain

  • Roberto Piccoli Injured

    since 18 Oct · until 16 Nov · 1 match missed · Thigh Muscle Strain

  • Emil Holm Injured

    since 27 Sep · until 25 Jan 2027 · 3 matches missed · Hamstring Injury

  • Lorenzo De Silvestri Injured

    since 26 Oct · return date unknown · Thigh Muscle Strain

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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