Fiorentina beats Bologna 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

BOLOGNA. Fiorentina overcome Bologna.

December 6, 2021

BOLOGNA. Fiorentina bested Bologna. Fiorentina was surely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) was among the factors of its victory.

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 Massimiliano Irrati who had the assistance of Mauro Galetto and Davide Moro. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.4 degrees Celsius or 47.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.

Match Statistics

Bologna

2 - 3

Fiorentina

! 37 Ball Possession 63

Shots

11 Total 6
3 On Target 4
8 Off Target 2
1 Shots blocked 1

60 Attack 128
22 Dangerous attack 50
71 Ball safe 94

0 Penalties 1
0 Corners 2
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

12 Total 15
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a superior ball possession 63% while Bologna was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the contest.

Bologna shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fiorentina shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Bologna received 3 yellow cards (N. Dominguez, A. Theate and A. Soumaoro). Talking about the opposition, Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards (L. Torreira, N. Milenkovic and S. Amrabat).

Match Timeline

24'

25'

33'

42'

50'

52'

Cristiano Biraghi (goal)

61'

62'

Riccardo Orsolini- sub ->N. Sansone

62'

64'

Nikola Milenković- Yellow

67'

72'

78'

Alfred Duncan- sub ->Y. Maleh

83'

84'

86'

90'

Adama Soumaoro - Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Bologna will stay with 24 points to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Fiorentina will have 27 points like Juventus to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away with Torino on the 12th of December with a 7-4 head to head stats in favor of Torino (9 draws).

Fiorentina will host Salernitana on the 11th of December with a 0-0 head to head.

Bologna – Formation

Bologna

Ł. Skorupski 28.Poland

5.4

Lorenzo De Silvestri 29.Italy

6.2

61'

Gary Medel 17.Chile

6.5

72'

Adama Soumaoro 5.France

6.2

90'

Mitchell Dijks 35.Netherlands

6.6

62'

Arthur Theate 6.Belgium

5.8

50'

Roberto Soriano 21.Italy

6.6

Mattias Svanberg 32.Sweden

7.4

Nicolás Domínguez 8.Argentina

6.3

78'

24'

Nicola Sansone 10.Italy

6.6

62'

Musa Barrow 99.Gambia

7.2

42'

Substitutes

Francesco Bardi 22.Italy

M. Molla 12.Italy

Kevin Bonifazi 4.Italy

6.5

72'

Luis Binks 2.England

Aaron Hickey 3.Scotland

7.1

62'

83'

Emanuel Vignato 55.Italy

6.2

78'

Nicolas Viola 14.Italy

Andreas Skov Olsen 11.Denmark

6.5

61'

G. Cangiano 74.Italy

Riccardo Orsolini 7.Italy

7.1

62'

S. van Hooijdonk 20.Netherlands

Federico Santander 19.Paraguay

Bologna started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Siniša Mihajlović decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Skorupski (5.4), Lorenzo De Silvestri (6.2), Adama Soumaoro (6.2), Gary Medel (6.5), Arthur Theate (5.8), Mitchell Dijks (6.6), Roberto Soriano (6.6), Nicolás Domínguez (6.3), Mattias Svanberg (7.4), Musa Barrow (7.2) and Nicola Sansone (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Andreas Skov Olsen (6.5), Gianmarco Cangiano, Emanuel Vignato (6.2), Francesco Bardi, Kevin Bonifazi (6.5), Luis Binks, Nicolas Viola, Aaron Hickey (7.1), Marco Molla, Riccardo Orsolini (7.1), Sydney van Hooijdonk and Federico Santander.

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: L. De Silvestri for A. Skov Olsen (61′), M. Dijks for A. Hickey (62′), N. Sansone for R. Orsolini (62′), G. Medel for K. Bonifazi (72′) and N. Dominguez for E. Vignato (78′).

Best player: Mattias Svanberg

The player that probably impressed the most for Bologna was Mattias Svanberg.

His rating is (7.4) with 23 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina

Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy

6.2

Cristiano Biraghi 3.Italy

7.4

52'

Álvaro Odriozola 29.Spain

6.6

Lucas Martínez Quarta 2.Argentina

6.6

Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia

7.0

64'

Giacomo Bonaventura 5.Italy

7.2

Lucas Torreira 18.Uruguay

6.5

84'

25'

Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco

7.4

78'

33'

Dušan Vlahović 9.Serbia

6.9

67'

Nicolás González 22.Argentina

7.5

78'

Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy

6.8

86'

Substitutes

Michele Cerofolini 31.Italy

A. Rosati 25.Italy

Aleksa Terzic 17.Serbia

6.5

84'

Igor 98.Brazil

Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy

Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana

6.2

78'

E. Pulgar 15.Chile

Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco

6.6

86'

90'

Marco Benassi 24.Italy

Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy

6.6

84'

José Callejón 7.Spain

6.6

78'

Aleksandr Kokorin 91.Russia

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

Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano (6.2), Álvaro Odriozola (6.6), Nikola Milenković (7.0), Lucas Martínez Quarta (6.6), Cristiano Biraghi (7.4), Giacomo Bonaventura (7.2), Lucas Torreira (6.5), Youssef Maleh (7.4), Nicolás González (7.5), Dušan Vlahović (6.9) and Riccardo Sottil (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: José Callejón (6.6), Michele Cerofolini, Aleksa Terzić (6.5), Antonio Rosati, Alfred Duncan (6.2), Erick Pulgar, Sofyan Amrabat (6.6), Igor Júlio, Marco Benassi, Lorenzo Venuti, Aleksandr Kokorin and Riccardo Saponara (6.6).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: N. Gonzalez for J. Callejon (78′), Y. Maleh for A. Duncan (78′), R. Sottil for A. Terzic (84′), C. Biraghi for S. Amrabat (84′) and L. Torreira for R. Saponara (85′).