Juan Cabal got here off the bench to grab all three factors for Juventus towards 10 males, persevering with the dire Bologna file on this fixture, and leapfrogging them into fifth place.
This was a direct battle for place, because the Rossoblu had been . Juve misplaced final week to Napoli, however boosted their Champions League possibilities in a . Daniele Rugani and Gleison Bremer had been again on the bench, however Dusan Vlahovic, Federico Gatti, Arek Milik and Carlo Pinsiglio had been nonetheless out. Bologna’s Serie A type stalled with defeat to Cremonese and a draw towards 10-man Lazio, however on Thursday they. Nicolò Casale joined Martin Vitik, Remo Freuler and Lukasz Skorupski on the therapy desk.
Commercial
Extremely, Juve had been unbeaten on the Dall’Ara since November 1998 and hadn’t misplaced to Bologna in any respect since a 2-0 end in February 2011.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – DECEMBER 14: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, greets Vincenzo Italiano, Head Coach of Bologna, previous to the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Juventus FC at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
There was an early double Michele Di Gregorio save, first on Tommaso Pobega’s acrobatic flick from a free kick, then the Riccardo Orsolini follow-up on the again publish.
Commercial
Orsolini’s trademark roller was smothered and Teun Koopmeiners was booked so shall be suspended subsequent week towards Roma, however David overhit the via ball to Kenan Yildiz after pouncing on a Lewis Ferguson error.
Weston McKennie solely grazed his head to the Andrea Cambiaso cross, whereas David had penalty appeals waved away for happening too simply underneath a Jhon Lucumi nudge.
Juventus had the ball within the web on 36 minutes when David flicked on an extended ball for McKennie, who gained the ricochet off on-rushing Ravaglia and generously rolled throughout for the Canadian to deposit into an empty web. Nonetheless, McKennie was offside on the preliminary flick.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – DECEMBER 14: Jonathan David of Juventus is challenged by Torbjorn Heggem of Bologna throughout the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Juventus FC at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
Commercial
Juve saved coming shut, however not shut sufficient, as Ravaglia rushed out when Kenan Yildiz discovered Conceicao with a sensible go, then Lucumi made the essential interception as Khephren Thuram tried to arrange the Portuguese expertise.
But Bologna had an enormous probability on the stroke of half-time, as Orsolini’s impressed disguised go launched Nadir Zortea to thump his end towards the underside of the bar from a good angle with Di Gregorio simply getting his fingertips to it.
Bologna had fairly hopeful penalty appeals, however Manuel Locatelli’s fingers had been clamped behind his again when blocking the Cambiaghi cross.
Juventus lastly discovered a breakthrough when Kenan Yildiz noticed his management and strike deflected inches over by Heggem. The ensuing nook was taken quick for a Kenan Yildiz cross that discovered substitute Juan Cabal for a completely free header from six yards.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – DECEMBER 14: Juan Cabal of Juventus celebrates scoring his group’s first purpose throughout the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Juventus FC at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
Commercial
The state of affairs went from unhealthy to worse for the hosts, as quickly after Heggem bought caught out by an extended Di Gregorio ball and bundled Lois Openda over exterior the realm for a straight pink card.
There was extra excellent news for Juventus, as Gleison Bremer made his comeback for the ultimate quarter-hour, the primary look for the reason that meniscus damage on September 27.
Conceicao had penalty appeals rejected after operating into Lucumi’s arm, infuriating the defender, whereas Federico Bernardeschi’s effort failed to bother Di Gregorio.
Ravaglia saved the scoreline down with an excellent one-handed save on Openda’s daisy-cutter from 12 yards on the Cabal lay-off, then Openda fired one other promising alternative over in stoppages.
It’s the second consecutive Serie A house defeat for Bologna after the 3-1 with Cremonese.
Cabal 64 (J)
Despatched off: Heggem 69 (B)