Bologna are one of Italian football’s established names, founded in 1909 and based at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. Their current squad is valued at around £234m by Transfermarkt, with 34 players and an average age of 25.
Their 2026-27 Serie A campaign has been uneven. Bologna sit fifteenth, with recent league form reading a 3-1 home defeat to Inter Milan, a 2-1 win at Lecce, a 1-1 draw with Torino, and narrow defeats away to Napoli and Atalanta. They also reached the third round of the Coppa Italia.
There is a clear shortage of cutting edge. Federico Bernardeschi, Artem Dovbyk, Jay Enem, Riccardo Orsolini and Roberto Piccoli have one goal each, and no scorer has yet separated himself from the pack. Bologna have struck first inside 20 minutes in six of 13 league matches, but that early threat has not translated into consistent control.
At home, they are averaging one goal scored and 1.8 conceded per match; away, the numbers are tighter, at 0.7 scored and one conceded. For Celtic supporters, Bologna profile as a technically credible Serie A side, but one currently dealing with modest form and limited attacking output.
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⚔️ How they compare to Celtic
Against Celtic the gaps are obvious: Celtic sit top with twenty-four points and carry a domestic consistency that Bologna lack; where Celtic command the game with both a stronger attack and defence, Bologna's season is defined by one of the league's weakest goal outputs and a fragile home defence, so Celtic have the edge across the key metrics despite their recent European setbacks.
