Serie A | Bologna 0-2 Lazio: Taylor double for hat-trick of victories

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Skip to contentBOLOGNA, ITALY – MARCH 22: Kenneth Taylor of Lazio celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and SS Lazio at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on March 22, 2026 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

Kenneth Taylor struck twice late on after Edoardo Motta saved Riccardo Orsolini’s penalty, giving Lazio a third straight Serie A win to leapfrog Bologna into eighth place.

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The Rossoblu were buzzing after their extra time victory over Roma on Thursday to reach the Europa League quarter-finals, but it came at a cost, losing Jens Odgaard and Tommaso Pobega to injury, with Lukasz Skorupski and Lorenzo De Silvestri already out. Lazio were also enthusiastic after back-to-back wins over Sassuolo and Milan, butthe absentee list included Mattia Zaccagni, Ivan Provedel, Danilo Cataldi, Toma Basic, Nicolò Rovella and Samuel Gigot, with Alessio Romagnoli returning. Maurizio Sarri sat out a touchline ban.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Adam Marusic got down the right and forced Federico Ravaglia to rush off his line, while Daniel Maldini couldn’t keep his volley on target after a poor clearance.

Bologna came so close with a ferocious long-range Nikola Moro strike that beat Edoardo Motta only to smack against the frame of the goal on 21 minutes.

Lazio’s injury crisis intensified further after just 25 minutes when Mario Gila hobbled off.

Marusic again got into a promising position only to fire over when he had better options, while Federico Bernardeschi charged down a Gustav Isaksen effort.

Bologna pounced on a double error, as Santiago Castro intercepted the poor Fisayo Dele-Bashiru backpass and was brought down by Motta. However, Motta made up for his mistake by saving the Riccardo Orsolini penalty in only his third career Serie A appearance.

Motta was also ready for an Orsolini angled drive, but it was Lazio who took the lead instead when Boulaye Dia’s effort from the edge of the area was charged down, the ricochet turning into an accidental assist for Kenneth Taylor to sweep in at the near post.

Matteo Cancellieri had two chances in quick succession to bolster Lazio’s advantage, first a cross-shot cleared in the six-yard box, then Ravaglia using his body to parry at the near post.

It was only a warning, as Dia combined with Noslin to send Taylor into the box down the left, the midfielder dribbled around Ravaglia and deposited into an empty net for his second goal of the game.

Bologna thought they’d snatched one back in stoppages when Motta fumbled a Martin Vitik attempt, but it was cleared off the line.

Bologna 0-2 Lazio

Taylor 72, 82 (L)

Saved penalty: Orsolini 51 (B)

22-03-2026 14:00

MatchDay 30

Renato Dall’Ara StadiumBolognaLazio0 – 2

Player statistic

Bologna

Lazio

Starting lineups

13

Federico Ravaglia
Goalkeeper

33

Juan Miranda
Defender

41

Martin Vitik
Defender

20

Nadir Zortea
Defender

89′

14

Torbjørn Heggem
Defender

75′

11

Jonathan Rowe
Midfielder

62′

6

Nikola Moro
Midfielder

23

Simon Sohm
Midfielder

10

Federico Bernardeschi
Attacker

75′

7

Riccardo Orsolini
Attacker

62′

9

Santiago Castro
Attacker

40

Edoardo Motta
Goalkeeper

77

Adam Marusic
Defender

13

Alessio Romagnoli
Defender

34

Mario Gila
Defender

26′

17

Nuno Tavares
Defender

4

Patric
Defender

27

Daniel Maldini
Midfielder

62′

7

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Midfielder

24

Kenneth Taylor
Midfielder

18

Gustav Isaksen
Attacker

62′

9

Pedro
Attacker

46′

Substitutes

22

Charalampos Lykogiannis
Defender

8

Remo Freuler
Midfielder

16

Nicolò Casale
Defender

17

João Mário
Defender

25

Massimo Pessina
Goalkeeper

5

Eivind Helland
Defender

82

Matteo Franceschelli
Goalkeeper

28

Nicolò Cambiaghi
Attacker

62′

30

Benja Domínguez
Attacker

62′

26

Jhon Lucumí
Defender

75′

24

Thijs Dallinga
Attacker

75′

19

Lewis Ferguson
Midfielder

89′

29

Manuel Lazzari
Defender

23

Elseid Hysaj
Defender

55

Alessio Furlanetto
Goalkeeper

3

Luca Pellegrini
Defender

21

Reda Belahyane
Midfielder

20

Petar Ratkov
Attacker

71

Valerio Farcomeni
Midfielder

28

Adrian Przyborek
Attacker

99

Giacomo Giacomone

25

Oliver Provstgaard
Defender

26′

14

Tijjani Noslin
Attacker

46′

22

Matteo Cancellieri
Attacker

62′

19

Boulaye Dia
Attacker

62′

BySusy Campanale

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