BOLOGNA. Bologna had a surprising win over Hellas Verona with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Fabbian (27′) and a goal from R. Freuler (65′). Bologna took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Rosario Abisso with the assistance of Marco Bresmes and Francesca Di Monte. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 13.93 degrees Celsius or 57.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bologna had a superior ball possession 58% while Hellas Verona was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hellas Verona was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Bologna managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Bologna shot 12 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hellas Verona shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Bologna received 2 yellow cards (Lewis Ferguson and Remo Freuler). Regarding the opposition, Hellas Verona received 2 yellow cards (Juan Cabal and Ondrej Duda).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Bologna has 48 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Hellas Verona will stays with 20 points like Sassuolo to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away with Atalanta on the 3rd of March with a 16-7 head to head in favor of Atalanta (6 draws).

Hellas Verona will host Sassuolo on the 3rd of March with a 11-8 head to head record in favor of Sassuolo (4 draws).

Bologna – Formation

Bologna adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Thiago Motta decided to play with the following team: Lukasz Skorupski (6.8), Stefan Posch (7.7), Sam Beukema (6.7), Jhon Lucumí (7.3), Victor Kristiansen (6.8), Giovanni Fabbian (8.5), Remo Freuler (7.3), Riccardo Orsolini  (7.3), Lewis Ferguson (7.3), Dan Ndoye (7.0) and Joshua Zirkzee (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Mihajlo Ilic, Nikola Moro, Jesper Karlsson  (6.8), Tommaso Corazza, Oussama El Azzouzi (6.4), Michel Aebischer (6.8), Jens Odgaard, Charalampos Lykogiannis (6.7), Nicola Bagnolini, Lorenzo De Silvestri (6.7), Federico Ravaglia, Kacper Urbanski, Riccardo Calafiori and Alexis Saelemaekers.

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: Stefan Posch for Lorenzo De Silvestri (75′), Riccardo Orsolini  for Charalampos Lykogiannis (75′), Remo Freuler for Oussama El Azzouzi (82′), Dan Ndoye for Jesper Karlsson  (82′) and Giovanni Fabbian for Michel Aebischer (81′).

Player of the match: Giovanni Fabbian​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bologna was Giovanni Fabbian.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 23 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10.

Hellas Verona – Formation

Also Hellas Verona adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marco Baroni played with: Lorenzo Montipò (6.4), Fabien Centonze (7.0), Giangiacomo Magnani (7.0), Paweł Dawidowicz (7.0), Juan Cabal (6.7), Ondrej Duda (7.1), Suat Serdar (7.1), Tomas Suslov (7.1), Karol Swiderski (6.7), Michael Folorunsho (6.0) and Tijjani Noslin (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Reda Belahyane, Elayis Tavsan , Thomas Henry (6.6), Stefan Mitrović (6.4), Mattia Chiesa, Rúben Vinagre, Simone Perilli, Charlys, Diego Coppola, Federico Bonazzoli, Jackson Tchatchoua (6.4), Daniel Silva (6.6) and Darko Lazović.

Substitutions

Hellas Verona made 5 changes: Karol Swiderski for Stefan Mitrović (58′), Fabien Centonze for Jackson Tchatchoua (58′), Tijjani Noslin for Thomas Henry (82′), Ondrej Duda for Daniel Silva (82′) and Michael Folorunsho for Darko Lazović (87′).

Player of the match: Suat Serdar​

The most impressive player for Hellas Verona was Suat Serdar.

His rating is 7.1 with 39 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Bologna – Hellas Verona – 2-0