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Cagliari–Bologna is a closely balanced Serie A matchup whose character changes with the venue. Cagliari won 2–1 at home on 14 January 2024, Bologna won 2–0 at the Unipol Domus on 29 October 2024, and Bologna then edged a 2–1 home victory on 2 March 2025. The results point to narrow margins and shifting initiative rather than a fixed hierarchy. A future meeting can ask which side turns its setting into control.
Past matches, Cagliari vs Bologna
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Bologna
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13G
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12G
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7F
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14D
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20D
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41D
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11F
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9F
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22D
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19M
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4M
Cagliari Substitutes
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G
24
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G
12
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F
19
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D
28
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M
25
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F
37
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D
15
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F
31
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F
9
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F
20
Match events
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42'I. Sulemana A. Deiola
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46'J. Rowe S. Sohm
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52'Michel Adopo Yellow Card
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63'S. Castro J. Odgaard
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63'R. Orsolini B. Dominguez
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63'R. Orsolini B. Dominguez
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63'S. Castro J. Odgaard
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68'Eivind Helland Yellow Card
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73'P. Mendy S. Esposito
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78'L. Ferguson F. Bernardeschi
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85'N. Zortea L. De Silvestri
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89'G. Zappa M. Adopo
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90' +5Santiago Castro Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Cagliari VS Bologna
Venue keeps the matchup open
Cagliari and Bologna have produced contrasting answers in the same contest. Cagliari’s 2–1 home win on 14 January 2024 showed the value of turning its own ground into an active advantage. Bologna answered with a 2–0 victory at the Unipol Domus on 29 October 2024, demonstrating that it can keep the away game structured and convert its opportunities. Those results make venue management central to the pairing.
Bologna’s edge still needs to be earned
At the Renato Dall’Ara on 2 March 2025, Bologna won 2–1, but the one-goal margin preserved the matchup’s competitive shape. Cagliari’s route is to keep the game compact and make each transition carry weight; Bologna’s is to use home initiative without allowing the contest to become a sequence of late risks. The balance gives any future meeting a useful question: can Cagliari recover the leverage of its own setting, or will Bologna impose enough control to make the difference?