BOLOGNA. Bologna and Lazio didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the Centro Tecnico Niccolò Galli stadium in Bologna on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Fabio Maresca who was helped by Filippo Bercigli and Dario Cecconi. The 4th official was Ermanno Feliciani. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.2 degrees Celsius or 52.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Bologna was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Lazio that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lazio was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Lazio to win the match​.

Bologna shot 16 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Lazio shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Bologna received 2 yellow cards (Nikola Moro and Lewis Ferguson). On the other side, Lazio received 3 yellow cards (Elseid Hysaj, Matías Vecino and Mattia Zaccagni).

Standings

After this match, Bologna will have 36 points to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Lazio will have 49 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away with Salernitana on the 18th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Bologna (2 draws).

Lazio will host Roma on the 19th of March with a 18-13 head to head statistic in favor of Roma (8 draws).

Bologna – Formation

Bologna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Thiago Motta decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Skorupski (7.3), Stefan Posch (6.1), Adama Soumaoro (7.1), Jhon Lucumí (7.0), Andrea Cambiaso (7.0), Nikola Moro (6.6), Jerdy Schouten (7.1), Michel Aebischer (6.6), Lewis Ferguson (6.8), Georgios Kyriakopoulos (7.1) and Musa Barrow (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Charalampos Lykogiannis, Joaquín Sosa, Federico Ravaglia, Francesco Bardi, Joshua Zirkzee (6.6), Lorenzo De Silvestri, Kevin Bonifazi, Nicola Sansone, Roberto Soriano (6.5), Gary Medel (7.1), Marko Arnautović and Niklas Pyyhtiä (6.7).

Substitutions

Bologna made 4 changes: Georgios Kyriakopoulos for Joshua Zirkzee (57′), Nikola Moro for Niklas Pyyhtiä (62′), Jerdy Schouten for Gary Medel (62′) and Michel Aebischer for Roberto Soriano (80′).

Best player: Musa Barrow​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Musa Barrow.

His rating is (7.8) with 31 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.

Lazio – Formation

Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Maurizio Sarri played with: Ivan Provedel (7.2), Manuel Lazzari (6.8), Nicolò Casale (6.4), Alessio Romagnoli (7.1), Elseid Hysaj (6.8), Sergej Milinković-Savić (6.5), Matías Vecino (7.1), Luis Alberto (6.4), Pedro (7.3), Felipe Anderson (7.1) and Mattia Zaccagni (7.8).

These were the players on the bench: Marco Bertini, Matteo Cancellieri (6.6), Mohamed Fares, Luca Pellegrini, Luís Maximiano, Danilo Cataldi, Luka Romero, Patric, Marcos Antônio, Mario Gila Fuentes, Ştefan Radu, Toma Bašić (6.9) and Marius Adamonis.

Substitutions

Lazio made 2 changes: Luis Alberto for Toma Bašić (64′) and Pedro for Matteo Cancellieri (80′).

Best player: Mattia Zaccagni​

The most impressive player for Lazio was Mattia Zaccagni.

His rating is (7.8) with 42 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Napoli – Atalanta – 2-0
• Empoli – Udinese – 0-1
• Bologna – Lazio – 0-0