With their 1-0 victory over Brann in the first leg of this UEFA Europa League play-off round tie, Bologna remained unbeaten across their four major European matches against Norwegian sides (W2 D2). They’ve never remained unbeaten across their first five fixtures against sides from a particular country before.
Brann have failed to win any of their four major European games against Italian sides across club history (D1 L3), failing to score in all four.
Bologna have never lost a home knockout match in their entire major European history across 27 previous games (W16 D11). Only Ipswich Town (30) have played more without losing a home knockout game in European football history.
Brann have won one of their last 12 away major European knockout games (D2 L9), a 2-1 win at Club Brugge in the UEFA Cup in October 2007 with goals from Thorstein Helstad and Robbie Winters.
Prior to the first leg of this tie, Bologna’s Santiago Castro had taken 19 shots and created 14 chances in major European competition but was yet to score or assist. His goal in the first leg made him Bologna’s youngest goalscorer in the knockout stages of European competition (21y 154d) since Giacomo Cipriani (18y 337d) vs Zenit St Petersburg in the UEFA Cup first round in September 1999.