Match Information
Match Overview
AC Milan host Bologna in Serie A Regular Season - 9 on October 28, with the home side fourth in the table and the visitors thirteenth. Matchday 9 is the point where the season starts to take shape, and the nine-place gap between the sides gives the fixture clear weight at both ends of the standings.
Recent league form is the primary factor. AC Milan have taken seven points from their last three Serie A matches shown: a 1-1 draw at Sassuolo on October 11, a 3-2 home win over Atalanta on October 18, and a 2-0 win at Udinese on October 25. Their schedule has also included two UEFA Europa League matches in that span, a 4-0 win at Red Bull Salzburg on October 15 and a 3-0 loss at Bournemouth on October 22. Those fixtures add to the workload, but the October 25 league win came three days after the Bournemouth match. Bologna arrive with mixed results. They beat Lecce 2-1 away on October 11, lost 3-1 at home to Inter on October 17, and won 2-0 at Cagliari on October 24. Before that run they drew 1-1 with Torino on September 19 and lost 1-0 at Napoli on September 13.
The head-to-head record also favors the hosts. AC Milan won the two most recent meetings, 3-0 at Bologna on February 3, 2026 and 1-0 at home on September 14, 2025. Bologna have had their moments, though, winning 1-0 in Milan on May 14, 2025 and 2-1 at home on February 27, 2025.
Neither side has any reported unavailable players, so both managers, Ruben Amorim and Raffaele Palladino, should have full squads to choose from. Milan's squad depth, including Rafael Leão-style options in attack, is not a factor here, as the squad list shows Gonçalo Ramos, Camarda, Cissè, Valletta and Borsani as the forward options.
The match pairs a Milan side that has scored freely in recent weeks with a Bologna team coming off a clean-sheet away win.
Predicted Lineups
AC Milan
Maignan; Tomori, De Winter, Pavlović, Bocoum; Hutchinson, Modrić, Jashari, Bartesaghi, Pulišić; Gonçalo Ramos
Bologna
Skorupski; Darmian, Casale, Theate; Zortea, Ferguson, Pobega, Juan Miranda; Bernardeschi, Odgaard, Cambiaghi
Team Form Analysis
AC Milan
League Position: 4AC Milan Form Analysis
AC Milan's last five matches across all competitions return three wins, one draw and one loss. In Serie A the trajectory is steady: a 1-1 draw at Sassuolo on October 11, a 3-2 home win over Atalanta on October 18, and a 2-0 win at Udinese on October 25. That is seven points from a possible nine.
Attacking output has been strong. Milan scored three against Atalanta and four at Red Bull Salzburg in the Europa League on October 15, and the side has scored in every one of these five matches except the 3-0 defeat at Bournemouth on October 22. Across the five fixtures they scored 10 goals.
The defensive record is more varied. Milan conceded twice against Atalanta and three at Bournemouth, but kept clean sheets at Salzburg and at Udinese. They have conceded 6 goals in the five matches.
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Opponent quality has varied, with Europa League trips to Bournemouth and Salzburg alongside league matches against Sassuolo, Atalanta and Udinese. The Bournemouth match was the only defeat, and Milan responded with a win at Udinese three days later on October 25.
Bologna
League Position: 13Bologna Form Analysis
Bologna have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five Serie A matches, which fits their position of thirteenth. Their most recent result is a 2-0 win at Cagliari on October 24, and before it came a 3-1 home defeat to Inter on October 17.
The attack has produced 6 goals in these five matches. Two came at Lecce on October 11 in a 2-1 win and two came at Cagliari. They managed one against Torino on September 19 and one against Inter, but were shut out at Napoli on September 13 in a 1-0 loss.
Defensively, Bologna have conceded 6 goals across the five matches. They kept a clean sheet at Cagliari, but Inter scored three at the Bologna home ground and Lecce also found the net.
Their two wins in the sequence both came away from home, at Lecce and at Cagliari, while their two home matches produced a draw and a defeat. The sequence included tests against Napoli and Inter, both of which ended in defeats, so the visitors now face another strong opponent after the Cagliari win.
Head-to-Head
AC Milan
Bologna
Recent Meetings
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | Bologna | 0 - 3 | AC Milan |
| 2025-09-14 | AC Milan | 1 - 0 | Bologna |
| 2025-05-14 | AC Milan | 0 - 1 | Bologna |
| 2025-05-09 | AC Milan | 3 - 1 | Bologna |
| 2025-02-27 | Bologna | 2 - 1 | AC Milan |
| 2024-01-27 | AC Milan | 2 - 2 | Bologna |
| 2023-08-21 | Bologna | 0 - 2 | AC Milan |
| 2023-04-15 | Bologna | 1 - 1 | AC Milan |
| 2022-08-27 | AC Milan | 2 - 0 | Bologna |
| 2022-04-04 | AC Milan | 0 - 0 | Bologna |
Memorable Matches
The most recent meeting, on February 3, 2026, saw AC Milan win 3-0 at Bologna, a comfortable result in the visitors' favor. It followed a 1-0 Milan home win on September 14, 2025, so Milan have won the last two meetings without conceding.
The 2025 meetings were more balanced. Bologna won 2-1 at home on February 27, 2025. Then, in May of that year, the sides met twice within five days: Milan won 3-1 on May 9, and Bologna answered with a 1-0 win in Milan on May 14.
Another notable result is the 2-2 draw on January 27, 2024 at AC Milan. Across the ten listed meetings, Milan have six wins, Bologna two and there have been three draws...
Venue Factor
The venue for this fixture is not confirmed in the available data, so a detailed assessment of the ground is not possible. AC Milan are the designated home side, and the match is part of Serie A Regular Season - 9.
Milan's home form in the data is limited to one
Injury Concerns
AC Milan
Bologna
