BOLOGNA. Bologna and Napoli didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..

Victor Osimhen squandered a decisive penalty (72′). That would have allowed Napoli to win the match.​

Victor Osimhen missed 1 penalty (72′) for ​Napoli.

The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi who had the assistance of Daniele Bindoni and Alberto Tegoni. The 4th official was Daniele Doveri. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 20.75 degrees Celsius or 69.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Bologna was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Napoli that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Napoli to win the encounter​.

Bologna shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Napoli shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Bologna received 4 yellow cards (Remo Freuler, Łukasz Skorupski, Dan Ndoye and Michel Aebischer). On the other side, Napoli received 5 yellow cards (Matteo Politano, Mário Rui, Mathías Olivera, Stanislav Lobotka and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia).

Standings

After playing this contest, Bologna will have 6 points like Sassuolo to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Napoli will have 8 points like Frosinone and Torino to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away against Lazio on the 18th of February with a 15-5 head to head statistic in favor of Lazio (9 draws).

Napoli will host Genoa on the 18th of February with a 17-7 head to head in favor of Napoli (9 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 (8.1), Stefan Posch (6.6), Sam Beukema (7.0), Jhon Lucumi (7.3), Victor Kristiansen (7.0), Michel Aebischer (7.0), Remo Freuler (7.0), Dan Ndoye (6.6), Lewis Ferguson (7.0), Jesper Karlsson (7.3) and Joshua Zirkzee (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Nikola Moro, Riccardo Orsolini (6.4), Kevin Bonifazi, Tommaso Corazza, Oussama El Azzouzi (6.7), Charalampos Lykogiannis, Lorenzo De Silvestri (7.1), Riccardo Calafiori (6.4), Federico Ravaglia, Tito Gasperini, Alexis Saelemaekers (6.6), Sydney van Hooijdonk, Giovanni Fabbian and Kacper Urbański.

Bologna could not rely on the presence of Lorenzo De Silvestri (injured), Alexis Saelemaekers (injured) and Riccardo Calafiori (injured).

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: Stefan Posch for Lorenzo De Silvestri (10′), Dan Ndoye for Alexis Saelemaekers (65′), Jhon Lucumi for Riccardo Calafiori (66′), Jesper Karlsson for Riccardo Orsolini (82′) and Remo Freuler for Oussama El Azzouzi (82′).

Best player: Łukasz Skorupski​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was the goalkeeper: Łukasz Skorupski. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.

Napoli – Formation

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

Stéphane Jobard played with: Juan Jesus, Alex Meret (7.3), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.8), Leo Østigård (7.3), Natan (7.3), Mathías Olivera (6.7), André Zambo Anguissa (7.3), Stanislav Lobotka (7.0), Piotr Zieliński (7.0), Giacomo Raspadori (7.9) and Victor Osimhen (5.8), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Mário Rui (6.8), Diego Demme, Eljif Elmas (6.7), Nikita Contini, Hubert Idasiak, Giovanni Simeone (6.6), Matteo Politano (6.8), Alessio Zerbin, Jens Cajuste (6.8), Jesper Lindström, Alessandro Zanoli and Gianluca Gaetano.

Napoli could not rely on the presence of Matteo Politano (injured).

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: Giacomo Raspadori for Matteo Politano (67′), Mathías Olivera for Mário Rui (46′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Eljif Elmas (76′), Stanislav Lobotka for Jens Cajuste (86′) and Victor Osimhen for Giovanni Simeone (86′).

Best player: Giacomo Raspadori​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Giacomo Raspadori.

His rating is (7.9) with 25 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Empoli – Inter – 0-1
• Udinese – Fiorentina – 0-2
• Torino – Roma – 1-1
• Bologna – Napoli – 0-0
• Atalanta – Cagliari – 2-0