BOLOGNA. Bologna was able to reverse the score against Cagliari to win 2-1. It was Cagliari to strike first with a goal of Zito Luvumbo at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 59′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Giovanni Fabbian gave the win to Bologna in the 89′ minute. Bologna was vastly better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Riccardo Orsolini squandered a penalty (75′) for Bologna.​

The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato with the collaboration of Domenico Rocca and Valerio Vecchi. The 4th official was Matteo Gualtieri. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 28.38 degrees Celsius or 83.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Bologna

2 - 1

Cagliari

  • ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
  • 16 Total 7
  • 7 On Target 1
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 3 Shots blocked 1
  • 157 Attack 58
  • 65 Dangerous attack 37
  • 123 Ball safe 91
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 2
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 9 Total 12
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Bologna was in firm control of the ball 66% while Cagliari was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bologna was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bologna won the match​.

Bologna shot 16 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Cagliari shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Bologna received 1 yellow card (Lewis Ferguson). Talking about the opposition, Cagliari received 2 yellow cards (Ibrahim Sulemana and Antoine Makoumbou).

Match Timeline

22'
Zito Luvumbo(goal)Mateusz Wieteska
Lewis Ferguson- Yellow
40'
46'
Alessandro Di Pardo- sub ->Nahitan Nández
46'
Eldor Shomurodov- sub ->Andrea Petagna
Joshua Zirkzee (goal)Victor Kristiansen
59'
66'
Alessandro Deiola- sub ->Jakub Jankto
67'
Gaetano Oristanio- sub ->Gabriele Zappa
Riccardo Orsolini- sub ->Dan Ndoye
67'
Kacper Urbański- sub ->Nikola Moro
67'
70'
Ibrahim Sulemana- Yellow
71'
Paulo Azzi- sub ->Tommaso Augello
Riccardo Orsolini- missed penaltyRiccardo Orsolini
75'
Lorenzo De Silvestri- sub ->Stefan Posch
83'
Oussama El Azzouzi- sub ->Michel Aebischer
84'
Giovanni Fabbian- sub ->Jesper Karlsson
87'
Giovanni Fabbian(goal)
89'
90'
Antoine Makoumbou- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter
93
37
Milan
74
37
Bologna
67
36
Juventus
67
36
Atalanta
66
36
Roma
63
37
Lazio
60
37
Fiorentina
54
36
Torino
53
37
Napoli
52
37
Genoa
46
37
Monza
45
37
Lecce
37
37
Cagliari
36
37
Frosinone
35
37
Hellas Verona
34
36
Udinese
34
37
Empoli
33
37
Sassuolo
29
37
Salernitana
16
36

After playing this match, Bologna has 4 points to occupy the 9th place in the table. On the opposite side, Cagliari stays with 1 points (19th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away against Hellas Verona on the 18th of September with a 10-5 head to head statistic in favor of Bologna (5 draws).

Cagliari will host Udinese on the 17th of September with a 16-10 head to head stats in favor of Udinese (6 draws).

Bologna – Formation

Bologna
G
Ł. Skorupski 28.Poland
6.7
D
Stefan Posch 3.Austria
7.1
83'
D
Victor Kristiansen 15.Denmark
7.7
D
Jhon Lucumí 26.Colombia
7.8
D
Sam Beukema 31.Netherlands
7.1
M
Jesper Karlsson 10.Sweden
6.8
87'
M
Nikola Moro 6.Croatia
7.0
67'
M
Dan Ndoye 11.Switzerland
7.0
67'
M
Lewis Ferguson 19.Scotland
7.0
40'
M
Michel Aebischer 20.Switzerland
7.7
84'
F
Joshua Zirkzee 9.Netherlands
7.7
59'
Substitutes
G
Federico Ravaglia 34.Italy
D
Kevin Bonifazi 14.Italy
D
Tommaso Corazza 16.Italy
D
Lorenzo De Silvestri 29.Italy
83'
D
Riccardo Calafiori 33.Italy
M
Oussama El Azzouzi 17.Morocco
84'
M
Giovanni Fabbian 80.Italy
87' 89'
M
Kacper Urbański 82.Poland
6.4
67'
F
Riccardo Orsolini 7.Italy
6.3
67'

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 (6.7), Stefan Posch (7.1), Sam Beukema (7.1), Jhon Lucumi (7.8), Victor Kristiansen (7.7), Michel Aebischer (7.7), Nikola Moro (7.0), Dan Ndoye (7.0), Lewis Ferguson (7.0), Jesper Karlsson (6.8) and Joshua Zirkzee (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Kevin Bonifazi, Oussama El Azzouzi, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Riccardo Calafiori, Federico Ravaglia, Tito Gasperini, Giovanni Fabbian, Kacper Urbański (6.4), Tommaso Corazza and Riccardo Orsolini (6.3).

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: Dan Ndoye for Riccardo Orsolini (67′), Nikola Moro for Kacper Urbański (67′), Michel Aebischer for Oussama El Azzouzi (84′), Stefan Posch for Lorenzo De Silvestri (83′) and Jesper Karlsson for Giovanni Fabbian (87′).

Best player: Jhon Lucumi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bologna was Jhon Lucumi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 92 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 10.

Cagliari – Formation

Cagliari
G
Boris Radunović 1.Serbia
7.8
D
Mateusz Wieteska 23.Poland
7.7
D
Alberto Dossena 4.Italy
7.0
D
Tommaso Augello 27.Italy
6.4
71'
D
Gabriele Zappa 28.Italy
6.7
67'
D
Adam Obert 33.Slovakia
M
Zito Luvumbo 77.Angola
7.3
22'
M
Nahitan Nández 8.Uruguay
6.7
46'
M
Jakub Jankto 21.Czech Republic
6.7
66'
M
Ibrahim Sulemana 25.Ghana
6.7
70'
M
Antoine Makoumbou 29.France
7.1
90'
F
Andrea Petagna 32.Italy
6.8
46'
Substitutes
G
Simone Aresti 18.Italy
G
Simone Scuffet 22.Italy
D
Edoardo Goldaniga 3.Italy
D
Paulo Azzi 37.Brazil
6.6
71'
D
Alessandro Di Pardo 99.Italy
6.3
46'
M
Nicolas Viola 10.Italy
M
Alessandro Deiola 14.Italy
6.4
66'
M
Matteo Prati 16.Italy
M
Gaetano Oristanio 19.Italy
6.8
67'
F
Eldor Shomurodov 61.Uzbekistan
6.3
46'

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

Claudio Ranieri played with: Adam Obert, Boris Radunović (7.8), Gabriele Zappa (6.7), Alberto Dossena (7.0), Mateusz Wieteska (7.7), Tommaso Augello (6.4), Ibrahim Sulemana (6.7), Nahitan Nández (6.7), Antoine Makoumbou (7.1), Jakub Jankto (6.7) and Andrea Petagna (6.8), Zito Luvumbo (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Edoardo Goldaniga, Nicolas Viola, Alessandro Deiola (6.4), Matteo Prati, Simone Aresti, Simone Scuffet, Eldor Shomurodov (6.3), Alessandro Di Pardo (6.3), Gaetano Oristanio (6.8) and Paulo Azzi (6.6).

Substitutions

Cagliari made 5 changes: Nahitan Nández for Alessandro Di Pardo (46′), Andrea Petagna for Eldor Shomurodov (46′), Gabriele Zappa for Gaetano Oristanio (67′), Tommaso Augello for Paulo Azzi (71′) and Jakub Jankto for Alessandro Deiola (66′).

Best player: Boris Radunović​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was the goalkeeper: Boris Radunović. His rating is 7.75. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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