BOLOGNA. Napoli tops Bologna 2-0 after H. Lozano scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Monday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli with the collaboration of Niccolò Pagliardini and Antonio Vono. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a superior ball possession 61% while Bologna was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bologna was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Napoli was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Bologna shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Napoli shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Bologna received 3 yellow cards (A. Soumaoro, A. Theate and L. Binks). Regarding the opposition, Napoli received 1 yellow card (P. Zielinski).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Bologna will stay with 27 points to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Napoli will have 46 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away with Hellas Verona on the 21st of January with a 9-3 head to head statistic in favor of Bologna (4 draws).
Napoli will host Salernitana on the 23rd of January with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Napoli (0 draws).
Bologna – Formation
Bologna started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
The manager Siniša Mihajlović decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Skorupski
, Adama Soumaoro , Luis Binks , Arthur Theate , Nicolas Viola , Lorenzo De Silvestri , Roberto Soriano , Mattias Svanberg , Aaron Hickey , Marko Arnautović and Nicola Sansone .The home team had on the bench: Diego Falcinelli
, Kevin Bonifazi, Nicolás Domínguez , Emanuel Vignato , Gianmarco Cangiano, Francesco Bardi, Riccardo Stivanello, Andreas Skov Olsen , Sydney van Hooijdonk, Niklas Pyyhtiä , Gary Medel and Nicola Bagnolini.Bologna could not rely on the presence of E. Vignato (injured).
Substitutions
Bologna made 5 changes: M. Arnautovic for D. Falcinelli (52′), N. Viola for N. Dominguez (52′), N. Sansone for A. Skov Olsen (52′), R. Soriano for E. Vignato (67′) and A. Hickey for N. Pyyhtia (72′).
Best player: Aaron Hickey
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Aaron Hickey.
His rating is
with 20 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.Napoli – Formation
Napoli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret
, Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Juan Jesus , Mário Rui , Fabián Ruiz , Stanislav Lobotka , Hirving Lozano , Piotr Zieliński , Eljif Elmas and Dries Mertens .These were the players on the bench: Hubert Idasiak, Victor Osimhen
, Diego Demme , Faouzi Ghoulam , Antonio Vergara, Matteo Politano , Kévin Malcuit, Davide Marfella, Axel Tuanzebe, Andrea Petagna and Alessandro Zanoli.Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: D. Mertens for V. Osimhen (71′), H. Lozano for M. Politano (71′), P. Zielinski for D. Demme (80′), F. Ruiz for F. Ghoulam (86′) and E. Elmas for A. Petagna (86′).
Best player: Hirving Lozano
The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was Hirving Lozano.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 20 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.