Buy AC Milan vs Bologna tickets for the 2026/27 Season. AC Milan host Bologna at San Siro on Wednesday 28 October 2026, with kick-off scheduled for 18:30 local time. This is matchday nine of Serie A, a midweek round, and the early evening start is worth reading twice before you book anything, because an 18:30 Wednesday in Milan is not the 20:45 slot most visitors plan around.
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Entry pricing on the resale market has opened around thirty-one pounds, which makes this one of the more accessible fixtures at a ground holding 75,817. That figure is the whole story of San Siro pricing. The upper ring is enormous, the supply is real, and a midweek league fixture against a side outside the European places is where the value sits on Milan's home calendar.
There is a second reason to look at this season specifically. San Siro is no longer owned by the city of Milan. AC Milan and Inter completed the purchase in November 2025 and work on the surrounding site has already begun, with the historic south ticket office demolished in June 2026 and the access routes into the ground reorganised from August. The stadium is fully operational, but the version of it you walk into this season is not the one that stood here for the last four decades.
San Siro works differently from most grounds of its size. Milan sell season tickets and hospitality first, as every club does, but the third ring holds more than seventeen thousand seats on its own and a substantial part of the ground reaches general sale for league fixtures. That is why entry pricing on a match like this opens in the low thirties rather than the low hundreds.
What keeps demand solid is that Milan's home crowd does not treat midweek rounds as optional. Attendances for league fixtures against mid-table opposition have run close to seventy thousand in recent seasons, including 71,076 for the Bologna match in May 2025 and 69,593 for the most recent meeting in September 2025. Those are numbers most clubs cannot produce for a title decider.
The visiting side of the equation has changed sharply this season and it is worth knowing why. Bologna supporters are allocated the Terzo Anello Verde, the third ring at the north end, and that allocation has been cut hard for 2026/27. Milan confirmed that following the reduction, part of the Terzo Anello Verde is now sold to home supporters in every match. The away section that held more than four thousand last season now holds closer to sixteen hundred.
For a buyer that cuts both ways. Bologna supporters travelling independently face a much smaller allocation than the fixture used to carry, and anyone looking at AC Milan tickets in the third ring will find more home inventory in the green sectors than in previous seasons. Knowing which sections sit on which side of that line matters before you buy.
Yes, and this is one of the more open of Europe's major grounds in that respect. Milan sell to season ticket holders first, then to their membership tiers in a priority window, then to general sale. Unlike the tightest Premier League fixtures, a Serie A midweek match against non-European opposition genuinely does reach general sale with meaningful inventory attached to it.
The practical constraints are different in Italy. Serie A tickets are issued in the name of the person attending, and the details of every ticket holder are recorded at purchase. That is not a formality you can work around at the turnstile, and it is the single most common reason a visitor arrives with a valid ticket and cannot use it. Any listing you buy should state clearly how the holder details are handled, and it is worth confirming that before you pay rather than after.
Bologna supporters face the harder version. The away allocation in the Terzo Anello Verde is distributed through the club's own channels and restrictions on sales to residents of the visiting province are applied to certain fixtures on the advice of the Italian authorities. Those decisions are published close to the match rather than months ahead, which means an away supporter buying early is buying with some uncertainty attached.
Resale is where most visitors realistically buy, and at San Siro it works better than at grounds where inventory is scarce. Season ticket holders release seats for midweek rounds in volume, those seats are named positions in identified rings and sectors rather than an anonymous general sale, and the spread of prices across three rings is wide enough that you can genuinely choose your experience rather than take what is left.
Pricing at San Siro is driven almost entirely by which ring you sit in and which side of the ground that ring faces. Entry pricing on this fixture has opened around thirty-one pounds, and the range from there to the premium tribune is wider than at almost any comparable ground. Five factors move it: the ring, the colour sector, how central within it, how far ahead you buy and whether you want hospitality.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terzo Anello Verde or Blu | £31 to £55 | Entry-level access | The third ring behind the goals. High and steep, with the full sweep of the ground in view. |
| Terzo Anello Rosso | £45 to £75 | Side-on viewing at the lowest price | The third ring on the main grandstand side. Side-on and high, which many supporters prefer to a low corner. |
| Secondo Anello Blu or Verde | £55 to £110 | Atmosphere behind the goal | The middle ring at each end. The Milan ultras occupy the Secondo Anello Blu at the Curva Sud end. |
| Secondo Anello Rosso or Arancio | £85 to £160 | Balanced side-on positions | The middle ring along both touchlines. Widely regarded as the strongest value in the ground. |
| Primo Anello Rosso | £130 to £260 | Close to the pitch on the main side | The lowest ring on the grandstand side, near the benches. Close, but with a flatter viewing angle. |
| Tribuna d'Onore and Sky Box | £300 upward | Premium access with catering | Executive and honour tribune positions with lounge access. Availability is steadier than general seating. |
Two patterns are worth knowing. The gap between the third ring and the second ring is the largest single step in San Siro pricing, and for many supporters the second ring on a touchline is the point where the extra money buys a genuinely different match. And prices for midweek rounds soften later than prices for weekend fixtures, because casual local demand builds closer to the date.
San Siro is sold as three rings crossed with four colour-coded sides, and a ticket reads as a combination of the two. The ring is the tier and the colour is the side of the ground. Primo Anello is the lowest and closest, Secondo Anello the middle, Terzo Anello the highest. Rosso is the west side where the main grandstand sits, Arancio the east touchline opposite it, Verde the north end and Blu the south end.
| Sector | Position | Character | Choose It If |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blu | South end, behind the goal | The Curva Sud end, home of the Milan ultras in the second ring | You want the noise and the flags, and you are buying a Milan home ticket |
| Verde | North end, behind the goal | The Curva Nord end, which belongs to Inter on their matchdays. Milan place away supporters in the third ring here | You want low pricing behind a goal, or you are in the Bologna allocation |
| Rosso | West touchline | The main grandstand side, with the premium tribune, the benches and the tunnel | You want side-on viewing and are prepared to pay for the better half of it |
| Arancio | East touchline | The opposite sideline. Note that this side has no third ring at all, only first and second | You want a touchline view without the grandstand premium attached to it |
The quirk in that table is worth repeating because it catches people out. There is no Terzo Anello Arancio. The third ring runs around only three sides of the ground, so if you are searching for the lowest-priced touchline seat you are looking at the second ring on the orange side rather than a third ring that does not exist.
Two further points specific to this fixture. Bologna supporters are placed in the Terzo Anello Verde with a dedicated arrival route, parking at Acquatica Park on Via Airaghi and entry near the north ticket office. And because Milan have taken back part of that same green third ring for home sale this season, sections in the low three hundreds and the mid three hundreds can sit on opposite sides of the segregation line. Confirm which sections a listing covers rather than assuming the whole ring is one thing.
An 18:30 kick-off on a Wednesday in late October is a working-day match. It finishes around 20:20, which is early by Italian standards and leaves the evening open, but it also means arriving during the Milan rush hour rather than at a leisurely weekend pace. Building the afternoon around that is the difference between a good trip and a rushed one.
| Add-on | Typical Cost | Worth It If |
|---|---|---|
| San Siro museum and tour | €25 to €35 | You are in Milan for more than the match. Tours do not run on matchdays, so plan it for a different day. |
| Hospitality package | £300 upward | You want a guaranteed seat, catering and a warm room. Late October evenings at San Siro are genuinely cold in the upper ring. |
| Pre-match meal near Piazzale Axum | €20 to €40 per head | You are arriving early. The streets around the ground fill from about two hours before, and options thin out quickly. |
| Central Milan hotel for the night | €120 to €260 | You are flying in. A midweek fixture makes a same-day return from most of Europe impractical. |
| Club store at Casa Milan or the ground | €25 to £90 | You want a shirt or a scarf. The matchday outlets queue heavily in the hour before kick-off. |
One practical point about clothing rather than spending. The third ring at San Siro is high, open and exposed, and a late October evening in Lombardy after dark is colder than the daytime temperature suggests. Supporters who dress for the afternoon they arrived in regret it by the second half.
Italian ticketing has specific requirements that visitors from other leagues do not always expect, and the delivery method attached to a listing determines what you need to do before you travel. Read it before you buy.
| Method | How It Works | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile transfer | The ticket arrives digitally, usually in the days before the match | That your phone holds charge, and how the holder name on the ticket is handled |
| Electronic delivery | A digital ticket sent by email to add to a wallet or print | The stated delivery window against your travel date, and which entrance the ticket names |
| Courier to address | Physical tickets sent to a confirmed address before the match | That someone can receive the delivery, and whether an international address is accepted |
| Local collection in Milan | Pick-up from a named point in the city on or before the day | Opening hours against your arrival time, and what identification is required |
Three things apply whatever the method. Carry photographic identification, because Italian grounds can and do ask for it against the name on the ticket. Allow more time than you expect, since the construction works around the stadium have changed the access routes and the gate arrangements in force from August 2026 are new to everyone including regulars. And confirm your entrance number against the ring and colour on your ticket before you travel, because San Siro's entrances are sector-specific and the walk around the outside of a ground this size is not short.
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Step1
Open the right fixture
Go to the AC Milan against Bologna listing for 28 October 2026 and confirm the date first. San Siro hosts both Milan and Inter, so the venue calendar carries roughly twice the fixtures of a single-club ground and landing on the correct one matters before anything else.
Step2
Set up your account
An account is needed to complete an order and to receive delivery updates. Create an account before you start comparing, and have the attending supporters' details to hand, since Italian tickets are issued in the holder's name.
Step3
Filter by quantity first
Set how many seats you need before anything else. San Siro has genuine volume in the upper rings, so groups have far better options here than at a smaller ground, but filtering early still shows you the real market rather than a mix you cannot use.
Step4
Choose your ring, then your colour
Decide the tier before the side. Terzo Anello and Primo Anello are two entirely different afternoons at the same match. Once the ring is settled, pick the colour that suits you and compare only within that combination.
Step5
Read the listing notes
Restricted views, entrance requirements, holder name handling and whether seats are genuinely consecutive are all declared here. At San Siro the entrance number tied to a sector is the detail most worth reading twice.
Step6
Match delivery against your travel
Confirm the delivery route works with your arrival in Milan. On a Wednesday fixture, a listing requiring collection during business hours on the day is only useful if you land in the morning.
Step7
Complete the order
Review the total including fees on the payment page, confirm the quantity has not shifted while you were deciding, then place the order. Written confirmation with your reference follows immediately.
Step8
Follow it through to delivery
Use track order with your reference to see where your tickets are. If timing looks tight against your flights, raise it early rather than on the Tuesday.
San Siro is served directly by Metro line M5, the lilac line, whose western terminus is called San Siro Stadio and sits beside the ground. That is a short walk of roughly five to ten minutes and it is by some distance the easiest way in. Lotto station, on both M1 and M5, is about fifteen minutes on foot and has a matchday shuttle from Piazzale Lotto. Tram 16 terminates at Piazzale Axum next to the stadium. Milan is served by Malpensa, Linate and Bergamo airports, all connected to the city centre by rail or coach.
One point specific to this season. Both clubs are actively urging supporters onto public transport because the construction site around the ground has progressively removed car parking. Driving to San Siro was already awkward and it is now considerably worse, so the metro is not just the convenient option but close to the only sensible one. Away supporters have a separate arrangement with parking at Acquatica Park on Via Airaghi and a shuttle to a dedicated arrival area.
Two points about booking around this fixture. Ask about seats together at the point of purchase rather than assuming it, since listings state whether places are consecutive and a group split across two rings of a 75,000-seat ground has two separate evenings. And build in margin around the kick-off time. Serie A confirms midweek round times relatively late, and Milan's Europa League commitments this season give the domestic calendar an additional reason to move.
These two clubs produced one of the more memorable Italian finals of recent years. Bologna beat Milan 1-0 in the Coppa Italia final in May 2025, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, to win their first major trophy since 1974. It was a genuine upset and it earned Bologna a European campaign the following season.
What makes this fixture interesting is that the San Siro record runs entirely the other way. Across seventeen Serie A meetings at this ground since 2008/09, Milan have won twelve, drawn three and lost two. Bologna's last win here came on 6 January 2016, a 1-0, and before that on the opening day of 2008/09, when newly promoted Bologna won 2-1 in front of 63,306. Milan are unbeaten in the ten meetings since, winning eight and drawing two.
The goal figures make the same point more sharply. Milan have scored twenty-nine at San Siro in this fixture against Bologna's eleven, and across the last ten meetings that split is twenty-two to six. The 5-1 in July 2020 is the widest margin and the highest-scoring match of the seventeen. Bologna, in other words, can beat Milan on a neutral ground in a final and still not have taken three points in Milan for more than a decade.
For a buyer, the useful read is that the record and the recent form point in different directions, which is exactly the condition that makes a fixture worth attending. Bologna have finished in the top eight in each of the last three seasons and beat Milan in a final sixteen months ago. They have simply not solved this particular ground.
The figures below cover every Serie A match played at San Siro with AC Milan as hosts against Bologna, from Bologna's return to the top flight in 2008/09 to the present. Reverse fixtures at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, the 2025 Coppa Italia final in Rome and all seasons in which Bologna were outside Serie A are excluded.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 17 |
| AC Milan wins | 12 |
| Bologna wins | 2 |
| Draws | 3 |
| AC Milan goals | 29 |
| Bologna goals | 11 |
| Biggest AC Milan win | 5-1 |
| Biggest Bologna win | 1-2 |
| First meeting in scope | 31 August 2008 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 14 September 2025 |
Figures calculated from the verified match-by-match results below. Forty goals across seventeen matches is a little over two and a third per game, and the eighteen-goal gap between the two totals is the widest imbalance this fixture produces in any of its records.
All seventeen Serie A fixtures at San Siro with AC Milan hosting Bologna, newest first. Bologna were in Serie B in 2014/15, so that season produced no fixture and the window has a genuine gap rather than an omission.
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2025 | 1-0 |
| 09 May 2025 | 3-1 |
| 27 Jan 2024 | 2-2 |
| 27 Aug 2022 | 2-0 |
| 04 Apr 2022 | 0-0 |
| 21 Sep 2020 | 2-0 |
| 18 Jul 2020 | 5-1 |
| 06 May 2019 | 2-1 |
| 10 Dec 2017 | 2-1 |
| 21 May 2017 | 3-0 |
| 06 Jan 2016 | 0-1 |
| 14 Feb 2014 | 1-0 |
| 20 Jan 2013 | 2-1 |
| 22 Apr 2012 | 1-1 |
| 01 May 2011 | 1-0 |
| 20 Sep 2009 | 1-0 |
| 31 Aug 2008 | 1-2 |
Scores are given as AC Milan first, Bologna second. Every result cross-referenced against Italian league season records and both clubs' published match archives.
The ring is the tier and the colour is the side. Primo is lowest and dearest, Terzo highest and least expensive. Rosso is the west grandstand side, Arancio the east touchline, Verde the north end and Blu the south end. There is no third ring on the orange side.
San Siro Stadio, the western terminus of the M5 lilac line, is beside the ground and around five to ten minutes on foot. Lotto, on M1 and M5, is roughly fifteen minutes with a matchday shuttle. Tram 16 terminates at Piazzale Axum next to the stadium.
In the Terzo Anello Verde, the third ring at the north end, with a dedicated arrival route and parking at Acquatica Park on Via Airaghi. The allocation was reduced substantially for 2026/27, from over four thousand seats to around sixteen hundred, with part of that ring returned to home sale.
Not yet, and no demolition date is fixed. Milan and Inter bought the stadium and surrounding land from the city for 197 million euros, with the deed signed in November 2025, and site works have begun around a fully operational ground. A new stadium is proposed alongside it, and any demolition would follow its completion rather than precede it. San Siro hosts every Milan home fixture in 2026/27.
It can. Serie A confirms times for midweek rounds a few weeks ahead rather than at the start of the season, and Milan's Europa League fixtures this campaign give the domestic calendar further reason to move. Confirm the time again before booking non-refundable travel.
Sources: Lega Serie A published fixture dates and kick-off times for the 2026/27 season; AC Milan and Bologna club fixture, stadium access, visiting supporter and accessibility information; Italian league season records and both clubs' published match archives for every meeting from 2008/09 to 2025/26; City of Milan and published sale documentation for the San Siro ownership transfer and the surrounding site works; published San Siro capacity and sector specifications; visiting club settore ospiti allocation notices; ATM Milan metro and tram service information.