Bologna vs Sassuolo — Serie A result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 6 September 2026

Serie A·Sunday, 6 September 2026

2 – 2

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · under an hour before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Bologna

50%

top pick

Draw

27%

result

Sassuolo

23%

Final score

2–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 27.3% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Bologna win. Expected goals 1.54–0.99 against 2–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals46%4 scored
Both teams score51%yes
Bologna clean sheet37%no
Sassuolo clean sheet21%no
Bologna score 2+46%yes
Sassuolo score 2+26%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1511
1X2 Brier score0.8305
Probability on the result27.3%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (13.0%), 1–0 (12.0%), 2–1 (10.1%). It finished 2–2.

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Bologna

24 AugHvs Lazio0–1L
31 AugAvs Atalanta0–1L
6 SeptHvs Sassuolo2–2D
13 SeptAvs Napoli0–1L
19 SeptHvs Torino1–1D

Sassuolo

23 AugAvs Atalanta1–2L
29 AugHvs Torino2–1W
6 SeptAvs Bologna2–2D
13 SeptHvs Juventus3–2W
18 SeptAvs Monza1–2L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatBologna
(Home · 3 matches)
Sassuolo
(Away · 3 matches)
BTTS rate66.7%100.0%
Over 2.5 rate33.3%100.0%
Clean sheet0.0%0.0%
Avg goals2.333.33

Home stats use Bologna's home record; away stats use Sassuolo's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.