EMPOLI. Empoli overcomes Bologna 4-2. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
M. Arnautovic missed 1 penalty (20′) for Bologna.
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Piero Giacomelli with the assistance of Matteo Passeri and Gianluca Sechi. The 4th official was Daniele Minelli. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26 degrees Celsius or 78.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Empoli – Formation
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Aurelio Andreazzoli decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario , Petar Stojanović , Simone Romagnoli , Mattia Viti , Riccardo Marchizza , Liam Henderson , Samuele Ricci , Szymon Żurkowski , Nedim Bajrami , Federico Di Francesco and Andrea Pinamonti .
The home team had on the bench: Fabiano Parisi, Samir Ujkani, Leonardo Mancuso, Patrick Cutrone , Filippo Bandinelli , Andrea La Mantia, Kristjan Asllani , Jacopo Furlan, Nicolas Haas, Leo Štulac and Sebastiano Luperto .
Best player: Samuele Ricci
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Samuele Ricci.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 7.
Bologna – Formation
Bologna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Siniša Mihajlović played with: Łukasz Skorupski , Lorenzo De Silvestri , Gary Medel , Kevin Bonifazi , Aaron Hickey , Nicolás Domínguez , Emanuel Vignato , Andreas Skov Olsen , Roberto Soriano , Musa Barrow and Marko Arnautović .
They had on the bench: Nicola Sansone , Sydney van Hooijdonk, Francesco Bardi, Adama Soumaoro, Gianmarco Cangiano, Arthur Theate , Ibrahima Mbaye, Luis Binks , Federico Santander, Riccardo Orsolini , Mattias Svanberg and Mitchell Dijks.
Best player: Lorenzo De Silvestri
The player that probably impressed the most for Bologna was Lorenzo De Silvestri.
His rating is with 57 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 15 Total 20
- 9 On Target 5
- 8 Off Target 9
- 3 Shots blocked 6
- 70 Attack 96
- 43 Dangerous attack 53
- 52 Ball safe 58
- 6 Free Kicks 10
- 1 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 10
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 22
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Bologna was in firm control of the ball 63% while Empoli was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Bologna was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Empoli managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Empoli shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Bologna shot 20 times, 6 on target, 14 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 2 yellow cards (L. Henderson and A. Pinamonti). On the other side, Bologna received 2 yellow cards (E. Vignato and R. Orsolini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Empoli will have 9 points to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Bologna will stay with 8 points like Juventus to move up in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away against Roma on the 3rd of October with a 9-2 head to head record in favor of Roma (4 draws).
Bologna will host Lazio on the 3rd of October with a 12-4 head to head in favor of Lazio (8 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Empoli – Bologna – 4-2
- Juventus – Sampdoria – 3-2
- Lazio – Roma – 3-2
- Napoli – Cagliari – 2-0
- Sassuolo – Salernitana – 1-0
- Udinese – Fiorentina – 0-1