Bologna turn the tables on AC Milan and win 4-2 thanks to Tshifunda hat-trick

The match between AC Milan and Bologna, played in matchday nine of Serie A, ended in a 4-2 win for Bologna, in a game that saw goals exchanged between the two sides.

Tshifunda opened the scoring for Bologna in the 8th minute, before Alphadjo Cissè turned the result in favour of AC Milan by scoring two goals in a row in the 14th and 27th minutes. In the second half, the balance was restored after Davide Bartesaghi scored an own goal in the 60th minute in favour of AC Milan, before Tshifunda came back to score two more goals in the 62nd and 86th minutes, completing a personal hat-trick and leading his team to victory.

Samuel-Germain Kinduelu Mbangula Tshifunda received the man of the match award with a rating of 9.19 after playing the full match and scoring three goals.

Statistically, AC Milan dominated possession with 66 per cent compared to 34 per cent for Bologna, and made 671 passes compared to 338 for their guests. In terms of shots, AC Milan registered 8 shots compared to 9 for Bologna, while Bologna had 5 shots on target compared to 3 for AC Milan. Bologna players also received two yellow cards, while no AC Milan player received any cards.

With this result, AC Milan sit in fifth place with 18 points from 9 matches after achieving 5 wins, a draw in 3 matches and one loss, scoring 18 goals and conceding 11. In contrast, Bologna are in eleventh place with 11 points from 9 matches, after achieving 3 wins, two draws and four losses, scoring 12 goals and conceding 12.