BOLOGNA. Bologna and Empoli didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Bologna was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Cosso with the help of Emanuele Prenna and Francesca Di Monte. The 4th official was Simone Sozza. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 9.4 degrees Celsius or 48.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Bologna had a superior ball possession 60% while Empoli was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bologna was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Bologna to win the match.
Bologna shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Empoli shot 14 times, 0 on target, 14 off target.
Cards
Bologna received 2 yellow cards (J. Schouten and L. De Silvestri). On the opposite side, Empoli received 4 yellow cards (K. Asllani, F. Bandinelli, M. Viti and L. Cacace).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Bologna will have 28 points to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Empoli will have 30 points to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away with Lazio on the 12th of February with a 12-5 head to head stats in favor of Lazio (8 draws).
Empoli will host Cagliari on the 13th of February with a 6-4 head to head stats in favor of Empoli (3 draws).
Bologna – Formation
Bologna
69'
40'
Bologna started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Siniša Mihajlović decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Skorupski , Adama Soumaoro , Gary Medel , Arthur Theate , Lorenzo De Silvestri , Mattias Svanberg , Jerdy Schouten , Emanuel Vignato , Roberto Soriano , Riccardo Orsolini and Marko Arnautović .
The home team had on the bench: Marco Molla, Mitchell Dijks , Musa Barrow , Michel Aebischer , Francesco Bardi, Kevin Bonifazi, Denso Kasius , Diego Falcinelli, Luis Binks, Nicola Sansone and Niklas Pyyhtiä.
Bologna could not rely on the presence of M. Aebischer (injured).
Substitutions
Bologna made 5 changes: R. Soriano for M. Barrow (69′), L. De Silvestri for D. Kasius (69′), R. Orsolini for N. Sansone (80′), M. Svanberg for M. Aebischer (80′) and E. Vignato for M. Dijks (87′).
Best player: Arthur Theate
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Arthur Theate.
His rating is with 62 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
Empoli started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Guglielmo Vicario , Petar Stojanović , Simone Romagnoli , Mattia Viti , Fabiano Parisi , Szymon Żurkowski , Kristjan Asllani , Filippo Bandinelli , Nedim Bajrami , Liam Henderson and Andrea Pinamonti .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Federico Di Francesco , Liberato Cacace , Andrea La Mantia, Patrick Cutrone, Leo Štulac, Lorenzo Tonelli, Samir Ujkani, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Marco Benassi , Ardian Ismajli, Jacopo Furlan and Valerio Verre .
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: L. Henderson for V. Verre (61′), F. Bandinelli for M. Benassi (61′), N. Bajrami for F. Di Francesco (70′), F. Parisi for L. Cacace (70′) and A. Pinamonti for A. La Mantia (88′).
Best player: Mattia Viti
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was Mattia Viti.
His rating is with 32 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Atalanta – Cagliari – 1-2
- Bologna – Empoli – 0-0
- Juventus – Hellas Verona – 2-0
- Sampdoria – Sassuolo – 4-0
- Udinese – Torino – 2-0
- Venezia – Napoli – 0-2
