BOLOGNA. Bologna was in the end too strong for Empoli with the goal of R. Orsolini was the star player of the match after he scored in the 21st, 90th and 66th minute. Riccardo Orsolini (21′), Riccardo Orsolini (66′) and Riccardo Orsolini (90′).
The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Fabio Maresca with the support of Domenico Palermo and Damiano Margani. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 28.07 degrees Celsius or 82.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Bologna was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Empoli that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Empoli was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Bologna managed to find the solution to win this match.
Bologna shot 21 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Empoli shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Bologna received 2 yellow cards (Tommaso Corazza and Oussama El Azzouzi). Regarding the opposition, Empoli received 4 yellow cards (Sebastian Walukiewicz, Liberato Cacace, Matteo Cancellieri and Filippo Ranocchia).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Bologna will have 10 points to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Empoli will stay with 3 points like Salernitana to sit in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away with Lazio on the 18th of February with a 15-5 head to head in favor of Lazio (9 draws).
Empoli will play away agasint Hellas Verona on the 14th of January with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Hellas Verona (7 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 , Tommaso Corazza , Sam Beukema , Riccardo Calafiori , Victor Kristiansen , Nikola Moro , Remo Freuler , Riccardo Orsolini , Lewis Ferguson , Dan Ndoye and Joshua Zirkzee .
The home team had on the bench: Jesper Karlsson, Kevin Bonifazi, Michel Aebischer , Lorenzo De Silvestri , Oussama El Azzouzi , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Federico Ravaglia, Tito Gasperini, Sydney van Hooijdonk , Giovanni Fabbian and Kacper Urbański.
Substitutions
Bologna made 5 changes: Nikola Moro for Oussama El Azzouzi (54′), Remo Freuler for Michel Aebischer (68′), Tommaso Corazza for Lorenzo De Silvestri (68′), Dan Ndoye for Charalampos Lykogiannis (87′) and Joshua Zirkzee for Sydney van Hooijdonk (86′).
Best player: Łukasz Skorupski
The most impressive player for Bologna was the goalkeeper: Łukasz Skorupski. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.
Empoli – Formation
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Etrit Berisha , Tyronne Ebuehi , Sebastian Walukiewicz , Sebastiano Luperto , Liberato Cacace , Razvan Marin , Filippo Ranocchia , Youssef Maleh , Tommaso Baldanzi , Francesco Caputo and Nicolò Cambiaghi .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Alberto Grassi, Stiven Shpendi , Matteo Cancellieri , Jacopo Fazzini , Samuele Perisan, Viktor Kovalenko, Emmanuel Gyasi, Gabriele Guarino, Mattia Destro , Simone Bastoni , Ardian Ismajli and Lovro Stubljar.
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Tommaso Baldanzi for Mattia Destro (69′), Liberato Cacace for Simone Bastoni (69′), Nicolò Cambiaghi for Matteo Cancellieri (59′), Filippo Ranocchia for Jacopo Fazzini (59′) and Francesco Caputo for Stiven Shpendi (79′).
Best player: Youssef Maleh
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was Youssef Maleh.
His rating is with 37 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.