Bologna defeats Udinese and eyes European qualification

Bologna defeated Udinese 1-0 in Serie A's Matchday 26, maintaining their hopes for European qualification. The match took place at Bologna's home stadium.

Babis Lykogiannis was absent from the squad due to injury. The only goal of the match was scored by Bernardeschi from a penalty in the 75th minute.

This was Bologna's third consecutive victory, following a 2-1 win over Torino and a 1-0 win over Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League playoffs.

Conversely, Udinese suffered their third consecutive league defeat.

Bologna: Skorupski, Joao Mario, Vitik, Lucumi, Miranda (82' Zortea), Freuler, Pompenga (55/ Moro), Orsolini (56' Bernardeschi), Sohm, Rowe (56' Cambiaghi), Castro (85' Dallinga)

Udinese: Okoye, Kabassele (81' Geye), Christensen, Sole (10' l.tr. Bertola, Ehizibue, Piotrowski, Karlstrom (80' Tharaga), Ata, Zemura, Zaniolo, Buksa (71' Ekelenkamp)