SALERNO. Bologna topped Salernitana to win 2-1. J. Zirkzee was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Bologna to strike first with an early goal of Joshua Zirkzee at the 9′. Then Joshua Zirkzee scored again for Bologna in the 20′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Simy reduced the distance for Salernitana (75′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Bologna was surely better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Federico Fazio received a red card (90′). This red card was one of the reason why Salernitana lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Simone Sozza who was helped by Marco Scatragli and Filippo Bercigli. The 4th official was Davide Di Marco. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Salernitana stays with 8 points to sit in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Bologna will has 25 points like Roma to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away against Atalanta on the 17th of December with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Atalanta (1 draw).
Bologna will host Roma on the 17th of December with a 16-4 head to head stats in favor of Roma (9 draws).
Salernitana – Formation
Salernitana
54'
35'
90'
75'
Salernitana started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Filippo Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Benoît Costil , Matteo Lovato , Norbert Gyomber , Lorenzo Pirola , Pasquale Mazzocchi , Antonio Candreva , Mateusz Legowski , Lassana Coulibaly , Domagoj Bradaric , Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi and Boulaye Dia .
The home team had on the bench: Flavius Daniliuc , Emil Bohinen , Federico Fazio, Grigoris Kastanos , Vincenzo Fiorillo, Junior Sambia, Agustín Martegani, Simy , Erik Botheim, Jovane Cabral, Giulio Maggiore , Dylan Bronn , Loum Tchaouna and Salvati Gregorio.
Substitutions
Salernitana made 5 changes: Matteo Lovato for Loum Tchaouna (35′), Pasquale Mazzocchi for Flavius Daniliuc (46′), Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi for Simy (64′), Mateusz Legowski for Giulio Maggiore (64′) and Antonio Candreva for Grigoris Kastanos (81′).
Player of the match: Simy
The player that probably impressed the most for Salernitana was Simy.
His rating is with 1 goal, 9 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 7.
His performance was amazing also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 64′.
Bologna – Formation
Bologna
Bologna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Thiago Motta played with: Lukasz Skorupski , Stefan Posch , Sam Beukema , Riccardo Calafiori , Victor Kristiansen , Remo Freuler , Nikola Moro , Dan Ndoye , Lewis Ferguson , Alexis Saelemaekers and Joshua Zirkzee .
These were the players on the bench: Michel Aebischer , Jhon Lucumí, Giovanni Fabbian, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Nicola Bagnolini, Federico Ravaglia, Sydney van Hooijdonk and Kacper Urbanski .
Substitutions
Bologna made 3 changes: Dan Ndoye for Kacper Urbanski (76′), Joshua Zirkzee for Sydney van Hooijdonk (76′) and Nikola Moro for Michel Aebischer (81′).
Player of the match: Joshua Zirkzee
The most impressive player for Bologna was Joshua Zirkzee.
His rating is with 2 goals, 38 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
