BOLOGNA. Bologna was eventually too strong for Udinese with the goal of Stefan Posch (3′), Nikola Moro (12′) and Musa Barrow (49′).
The match was played at the Centro Tecnico Niccolò Galli stadium in Bologna on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi with the assistance of Daniele Bindoni and Mattia Scarpa. The 4th official was Maurizio Mariani. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 13.8 degrees Celsius or 56.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Bologna was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Udinese that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Udinese was putting more pressure with 41 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Bologna managed to find the solution to win this match.
Bologna shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Udinese shot 15 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Bologna received 1 yellow card (J. Lucumí). On the other side, Udinese received 1 yellow card (Jaka Bijol).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Bologna will have 40 points like Fiorentina to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Udinese will stay with 38 points to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away with Hellas Verona on the 21st of April with a 10-4 head to head statistic in favor of Bologna (5 draws).
Udinese will play away agasint Lecce on the 28th of April with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Udinese (3 draws).
Bologna – Formation
Bologna started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Thiago Motta decided to play with the following team: Francesco Bardi , Stefan Posch , Adama Soumaoro , Jhon Lucumí , Georgios Kyriakopoulos , Lewis Ferguson , Jerdy Schouten , Nikola Moro , Michel Aebischer , Nicola Sansone and Musa Barrow .
The home team had on the bench: Lorenzo De Silvestri , Roberto Soriano , Nicolás Domínguez , Gary Medel , Charalampos Lykogiannis, Federico Ravaglia, Joaquín Sosa, Riccardo Orsolini , Kevin Bonifazi, Joshua Zirkzee and Niklas Pyyhtiä.
Bologna could not rely on the presence of Nicolás Domínguez (injured).
Substitutions
Bologna made 5 changes: Lewis Ferguson for Nicolás Domínguez (58′), Michel Aebischer for Riccardo Orsolini (58′), Nikola Moro for Gary Medel (70′), Musa Barrow for Roberto Soriano (59′) and Stefan Posch for Lorenzo De Silvestri (70′).
Best player: Musa Barrow
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Musa Barrow.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Udinese – Formation
Udinese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Andrea Sottil played with: Marco Silvestri , Kingsley Ehizibue , Jaka Bijol , Marvin Zeegelaar , Festy Ebosele , Lazar Samardžić , Sandi Lovrić , Roberto Pereyra , Destiny Udogie , Florian Thauvin and Beto .
They had on the bench: Leonardo Buta, Ilija Nestorovski , Adam Masina , Daniele Padelli, Simone Pafundi , Edoardo Piana, Tolgay Arslan , Axel Guessand and James Abankwah.
Substitutions
Udinese made 5 changes: F. Ebosele for Ilija Nestorovski (46′), F. Thauvin for Simone Pafundi (73′), Destiny Udogie for Adam Masina (74′), L. Samardžić for Tolgay Arslan (74′) and Sandi Lovric for James Abankwah (86′).
Best player: Ilija Nestorovski
The player that probably impressed the most for Udinese was Ilija Nestorovski.
His rating is with 14 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Napoli – Milan – 0-4
- Spezia – Salernitana – 1-1
- Monza – Lazio – 0-2
- Roma – Sampdoria – 3-0
- Bologna – Udinese – 3-0