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TURIN, ITALY – APRIL 19: Khephren Thuram of Juventus scores his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Bologna FC 1909 at Allianz Stadium on April 19, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
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.
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)JUVBGN
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Player statistic
| Jonathan David(Assist: Pierre Kalulu) | 2' |
| Khéphren Thuram(Assist: Weston McKennie) | 57' |
| Manuel Locatelli | 60' |
JUV
BGN
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
