Cremonese snapped a three-game losing streak and claimed only their second win since August with a stunning 3–1 victory away at Bologna, bringing an end to the hosts’ 12-match unbeaten run in all competitions.

Bologna’s top scorer, Riccardo Orsolini, signaled his intent almost immediately. In just the third minute, he curled a bold effort from a tight angle that crashed off the post. The pressure continued as Benjamin Dominguez forced Emil Audero into action, before Orsolini dragged another promising chance wide.

Yet Cremonese showed they could threaten on the break. Midway through the first half, Jamie Vardy tested Federico Ravaglia with a driven effort that the goalkeeper awkwardly kept out with his legs — an early warning that Bologna failed to heed.

On the half-hour mark, Matteo Bianchetti’s simple ball over the top sliced through Bologna’s defence, allowing Martín Payero to coolly slot the opener past Ravaglia. Five minutes later, the situation worsened for the hosts as Vardy timed his run perfectly to latch onto Federico Bonazzoli’s through ball and bury a low finish for 2–0.

Cremonese looked set to carry their cushion into the interval, but deep into added time Bianchetti handled inside the box. Audero guessed correctly, but Orsolini’s powerful penalty proved too much to keep out, shifting the momentum heading into the break.

Any hopes Bologna had of building on that boost evaporated moments after the restart. A sweeping diagonal found Tommaso Barbieri on the right, and his superb first-time volley across the box was met by Vardy, who beat Ravaglia to the ball and tapped home his second of the afternoon.

Ravaglia redeemed himself shortly before the hour, reacting sharply to touch a clever flick from Payero onto the post and keep Bologna in the contest.

Inside the final 20 minutes, Cremonese were forced to withstand a wave of pressure. Orsolini’s spectacular volley took a helpful deflection, Baschirotto inadvertently looped the ball onto his own crossbar, and Santiago Castro wasted two late openings. At the other end, Filippo Terracciano produced a glaring miss that would have sealed the game sooner.

But in the end, none of it mattered — Cremonese held firm to secure their first head-to-head victory over Bologna since 1990 and consign the hosts to their first Serie A defeat since September.