REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Bologna and Sassuolo draw 1-1. J. Zirkzee scored the first goal (3′) for Bologna. D. Boloca settled the score (44′). Bologna was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua with the support of Valerio Vecchi and Marco Ceolin. The 4th official was Simone Sozza. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.25 degrees Celsius or 68.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Bologna was in firm control of the ball 59% while Sassuolo was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sassuolo had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Sassuolo to win the match.
Sassuolo shot 17 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Bologna shot 9 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 1 yellow card (Domenico Berardi). On the other side, Bologna received 4 yellow cards (Charalampos Lykogiannis, Thiago Motta, Oussama El Azzouzi and Alexis Saelemaekers).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sassuolo will have 11 points like Genoa to remain in the 15th place. On the other side, Bologna will have 15 points to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away against Atalanta on the 18th of February with a 17-4 head to head statistic in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Bologna will play away agasint Lazio on the 18th of February with a 15-5 head to head statistic in favor of Lazio (9 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
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90'
44'
Sassuolo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Alessio Dionisi decided to play with the following team: Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Martin Erlić , Gian Marco Ferrari , Matías Viña , Daniel Boloca , Kristian Thorstvedt , Domenico Berardi , Nedim Bajrami , Armand Laurienté and Andrea Pinamonti .
The home team had on the bench: Marcus Pedersen, Uroš Račić , Filippo Missori, Samuele Mulattieri, Emil Konradsen Ceide , Samu Castillejo, Mattia Viti, Cristian Volpato , Gianluca Pegolo, Alessio Cragno, Luca Lipani and Grégoire Defrel.
Sassuolo could not rely on the presence of Emil Konradsen Ceide (injured).
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: Kristian Thorstvedt for Uroš Račić (59′), Matías Viña for Marcus Pedersen (89′), Nedim Bajrami for Cristian Volpato (72′), Armand Laurienté for Emil Konradsen Ceide (72′) and Andrea Pinamonti for Grégoire Defrel (88′).
Best player: Daniel Boloca
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sassuolo was Daniel Boloca.
His rating is with 1 goal, 60 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.
Bologna – Formation
Bologna
Also Bologna adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Thiago Motta played with: Łukasz Skorupski , Lorenzo De Silvestri , Kevin Bonifazi , Riccardo Calafiori , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Remo Freuler , Michel Aebischer , Riccardo Orsolini , Lewis Ferguson , Alexis Saelemaekers and Joshua Zirkzee .
They had on the bench: Stefan Posch , Nikola Moro , Jesper Karlsson, Dan Ndoye , Victor Kristiansen , Tommaso Corazza, Oussama El Azzouzi , Federico Ravaglia, Tito Gasperini, Sydney van Hooijdonk, Giovanni Fabbian, Kacper Urbański and Sam Beukema.
Bologna could not rely on the presence of Nikola Moro (injured).
Substitutions
Bologna made 5 changes: Charalampos Lykogiannis for Victor Kristiansen (63′), Alexis Saelemaekers for Dan Ndoye (63′), Lorenzo De Silvestri for Stefan Posch (46′), Michel Aebischer for Oussama El Azzouzi (69′) and Oussama El Azzouzi for Nikola Moro (84′).
Best player: Riccardo Calafiori
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Riccardo Calafiori.
His rating is with 90 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
