Serie A | Juventus 2-0 Bologna: Old Lady comfortable in top four

Juventus beat Bologna with Jonathan David and Khephren Thuram goals to create a five-point cushion for fourth place, and close to within three points of Milan and Napoli in joint second.

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The Bianconeri were eager to take advantage of Napoli, Como and Roma all dropping points this weekend, but Kenan Yildiz was only fit for the bench, with Arek Milik, Dusan Vlahovic, Juan Cabal, Mattia Perin and Vasilije Adzic injured. Weston McKennie returned from suspension, with Emil Holm and Joao Mario facing their parent clubs after January loans. Bologna hoped to shrug off Thursday’s 4-0 Europa League quarter-final defeat to Aston Villa, though Lukasz Skorupski, Thijs Dallinga, Nicolò Casale and Benjamin Dominguez missed out.

There was a moving tribute before kick-off for Alex Manninger, the former Juventus and Bologna goalkeeper who died in a car accident this week aged 48, as former teammates Gigi Buffon, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Claudio Marchisio and Antonio Chimenti carried out flowers with his shirt, laying them in the goal while the fans sang his chant.

Ciao Alex. pic.twitter.com/2Pr3y1bOFJ

— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) April 19, 2026

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

It was a lightning fast start from the hosts, as Jeremie Boga’s pull-back forced a corner, and within 110 seconds David had got his head to the Pierre Kalulu cross from six yards, glancing it into the far bottom corner. It was even more remarkable because Bologna hadn’t conceded in the first half of a Serie A match for two months.

Francisco Conceicao had the ball in the net on 12 minutes too after running onto a pass over the top, but he was offside before that precise angled drive.

Tommaso Pobega drilled wide from distance, while Federico Ravaglia had to make himself big for a huge save one-on-one when Conceicao did spring the offside trap.

Emil Holm against his former club almost scored a stunner, as a clearance bounced on the edge of the box, where his powerful volley smacked the underside of the bar.

David nearly doubled his tally before half-time, running onto the Conceicao assist for an angled drive to skim the base of the far post.

After the restart, Riccardo Orsolini finally had the first real Bologna chance, his strike from the right flank flashing all the way across the face of goal and inches wide.

However, Juve substitute Khephren Thuram made an immediate impact, rising at the back stick to meet the Weston McKennie cross from the right for 2-0.

Bologna nearly got back into it, as Nadir Zortea rolled it across the face of goal for substitute Jonathan Rowe to come sliding in at the back stick, hitting the upright from point-blank range.

Nikola Moro also fired over after the Orsolini attempt was charged down, but Federico Bernardeschi limped off with a thigh problem just eight minutes after coming on. Bologna had completed their substitutions, so they played the last six minutes down to 10 men.

Despite that, Rowe still got away on the counter and pulled the cross just behind Orsolini unmarked.

Juventus 2-0 Bologna

David 2 (J), Thuram 57 (J)

19-04-2026 19:45

MatchDay 33

Juventus Stadium (Allianz Stadium)

Juventus

Bologna

Live

2 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Jonathan David (Assist: Pierre Kalulu)

2'

2nd half

Khéphren Thuram (Assist: Weston McKennie)		57'
Manuel Locatelli		60'

Juventus

Bologna

Starting lineups

16

Michele Di Gregorio

Goalkeeper

27

Andrea Cambiaso

Defender

80'

3

Bremer

Defender

2

Emil Holm

Defender

46'

6

Lloyd Kelly

Defender

15

Pierre Kalulu

Defender

5

Manuel Locatelli

Midfielder

22

Weston McKennie

Midfielder

7

Francisco Conceição

Attacker

72'

13

Jeremie Boga

Attacker

86'

30

Jonathan David

Attacker

72'

13

Federico Ravaglia

Goalkeeper

5

Eivind Helland

Defender

68'

26

Jhon Lucumí

Defender

33

Juan Miranda

Defender

20

Nadir Zortea

Defender

8

Remo Freuler

Midfielder

23

Simon Sohm

Midfielder

59'

4

Tommaso Pobega

Midfielder

58'

28

Nicolò Cambiaghi

Attacker

59'

7

Riccardo Orsolini

Attacker

9

Santiago Castro

Attacker

77'

Substitutes

23

Carlo Pinsoglio

Goalkeeper

21

Fabio Miretti

Midfielder

8

Teun Koopmeiners

Midfielder

18

Filip Kostic

Midfielder

42

Simone Scaglia

Goalkeeper

19

Khéphren Thuram

Midfielder

46'

11

Edon Zhegrova

Attacker

72'

10

Kenan Yıldız

Attacker

72'

4

Federico Gatti

Defender

80'

20

Loïs Openda

Attacker

86'

22

Charalampos Lykogiannis

Defender

29

Lorenzo De Silvestri

Defender

41

Martin Vitik

Defender

21

Jens Odgaard

Attacker

17

João Mário

Defender

25

Massimo Pessina

Goalkeeper

82

Matteo Franceschelli

Goalkeeper

73

Francesco Castaldo

Attacker

6

Nikola Moro

Midfielder

58'

19

Lewis Ferguson

Midfielder

59'

11

Jonathan Rowe

Midfielder

59'

14

Torbjørn Heggem

Defender

68'

10

Federico Bernardeschi

Attacker