Serie A | Lecce 1-2 Bologna: First victory for Palladino

ITALY - OCTOBER 11: Jay Enem of Bologna FC celebrates with his teammates during the Serie A match between US Lecce and Bologna FC at Stadio Via del Mare on October 11, 2026 in Lecce, Italy. (Photo by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images)

Bologna snatched their first victory of the Serie A season with a Riccardo Orsolini scissor-kick volley and Jay Enem, but Lecce had more than a few chances to equalise.

This was a relegation tussle already, but surprisingly one where the Rossoblu were still winless. Raffaele Palladino earned a 1-1 draw with Torino on his debut after replacing sacked Domenico Tedesco, but here missed Samuel Mbangula, Jens Odgaard and long-term absentee Emil Holm. Matteo Darmian was in the squad for the first time after signing on as a free agent and thrown straight into the starting XI.

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Lecce had two victories this season against Venezia and Monza, but lost Nikola Stulic and Medon Berisha to injury, with Willem Geubbels and Paco Esteban not at 100 per cent either.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Nicolò Cambiaghi couldn’t keep his early finish on target from a tricky angle, but Bologna took the lead in truly spectacular fashion. Cambiaghi floated a ball in from the left to the back post, finding an acrobatic Riccardo Orsolini scissor-kick volley from seven yards.

Nadir Zortea saw his daisy-cutter smothered by Wladimiro Falcone, but Lecce lost Ivan Ilic to injury after 36 minutes.

A decisive Juan Miranda interception prevented Esteban going clear on the Lassana Coulibaly through ball, then almost scored at the other end, forcing Falcone into a tricky save at the base of the near post.

There was controversy straight after the restart, as Paco Esteban was brought down by goalkeeper Matteo Pessina, but the referee awarded a free kick for the earlier Esteban push on Nicolò Casale instead.

Orsolini came sliding in a second too late to meet the Cambiaghi roll across from the left, then his corner was flicked on by Casale beyond Tommaso Pobega at the back post.

Konan N’Dri made the most of a Miranda slip only to be blocked off by Casale at the near post, but moments later Lecce got the equaliser.

Young goalkeeper Massimo Pessina was a little too confident coming out to pluck a Danilo Veiga ball out from the air, as he didn’t realise Amar Fatah was hovering and snuck in for the header into an empty net from 12 yards.

Pessina pushed the Omar Ngom free kick over the bar, the Bologna goalkeeper almost made another mess of a cross and was saved by the Helland clearance.

Falcone showed his experience and rushed off his line to slap the long Zortea ball off the feet of Orsolini, but Bologna did manage to restore their lead.

Orsolini’s cross-field pass sent Cambiaghi down the left, he rolled across and Jay Enem flicked in off the outside of the right boot from five yards for his first Serie A goal.

Bologna went down to 10 men at the 84^th minute, as they had completed all their substitutions when Orsolini went down with a new muscular injury.

Lecce poured forward, Pessina flying to claw the Coulibaly header out of the top corner from a Konan N’Dri cross, then flailing on another cross for Willem Geubbels to nod over.

Orsolini 17 (B), Fatah 64 (L), Enem 75 (B)

1st half

Ivan Ilić		10'
		17'		Riccardo Orsolini (Assist: Nicolò Cambiaghi)
Paco Esteban		31'
		44'		Torbjørn Heggem
Youssef Maleh		45+2'

2nd half

Amar Fatah (Assist: Danilo Veiga)		64'
		75'		Jay Enem (Assist: Nicolò Cambiaghi)
		90+4'		Oussama El Azzouzi

Lecce

Bologna

30

Goalkeeper

25

Defender

17

Defender

5

Defender

44

Defender

20

Midfielder

36'

29

Midfielder

14

Midfielder

79'

7

Attacker

79'

22

Attacker

62'

50

Attacker

62'

25

Goalkeeper

33

Defender

81'

Defender

20

Defender

16

Defender

14

Defender

55'

19

Midfielder

4

Midfielder

62'

28

Attacker

81'

7

Attacker

91

Attacker

62'

1

Goalkeeper

32

Goalkeeper

4

Defender

2

Defender

77

Midfielder

18

Defender

8

Defender

3

Defender

28

Midfielder

79

Midfielder

36'

69

Attacker

62'

11

Attacker

62'

16

Midfielder

79'

99

Attacker

79'

29

Defender

1

Goalkeeper

6

Midfielder

41

Defender

9

Attacker

72

Goalkeeper