EMPOLI. Bologna snatched a late win Empoli 1-0 after G. Fabbian scored just 1 goal (90′). Bologna was vastly better in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Michael Fabbri with the support of Gamal Mokhtar and Pietro Dei Giudici. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.58 degrees Celsius or 56.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Bologna was in firm control of the ball 71% while Empoli was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bologna had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bologna won the match.
Empoli shot 10 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Bologna shot 20 times, 9 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 3 yellow cards (Youssef Maleh, Sebastiano Luperto and Giuseppe Pezzella). On the opposite side, Bologna received 1 yellow card (Remo Freuler).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Empoli stays with 25 points to hold in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Bologna will has 54 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away with Inter on the 30th of March with a 19-2 head to head in favor of Inter (1 draw).
Bologna will host Salernitana on the 30th of March with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Bologna (3 draws).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
28'
66'
Empoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Davide Nicola decided to play with the following team: Elia Caprile , Bartosz Bereszyński , Sebastian Walukiewicz , Sebastiano Luperto , Emmanuel Gyasi , Răzvan Marin , Youssef Maleh , Giuseppe Pezzella , Szymon Zurkowski , Nicolò Cambiaghi and M’Baye Niang .
The home team had on the bench: Viktor Kovalenko , Samuele Perisan, Saba Goglichidze, Stiven Shpendi, Francesco Caputo , Liberato Cacace , Alberto Cerri , Mattia Destro, Tyronne Ebuehi , Simone Bastoni and Etrit Berisha.
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Emmanuel Gyasi for Tyronne Ebuehi (66′), Szymon Zurkowski for Viktor Kovalenko (66′), Giuseppe Pezzella for Liberato Cacace (46′), M’Baye Niang for Francesco Caputo (75′) and Nicolò Cambiaghi for Alberto Cerri (75′).
Player of the match: Elia Caprile
The most impressive player for Empoli was the goalkeeper: Elia Caprile. His rating is 8.47. He performed 8 saves.
Bologna – Formation
Bologna
90'
Bologna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Thiago Motta played with: Lukasz Skorupski , Sam Beukema , Jhon Lucumí , Riccardo Calafiori , Victor Kristiansen , Lewis Ferguson , Remo Freuler , Kacper Urbanski , Dan Ndoye , Jens Odgaard and Alexis Saelemaekers .
They had on the bench: Riccardo Orsolini , Lorenzo De Silvestri, Giovanni Fabbian , Mihajlo Ilic, Nikola Moro, Tommaso Corazza , Oussama El Azzouzi, Santiago Castro , Michel Aebischer , Charalampos Lykogiannis, Nicola Bagnolini and Federico Ravaglia.
Substitutions
Bologna made 5 changes: Dan Ndoye for Riccardo Orsolini (57′), Jens Odgaard for Santiago Castro (72′), Sam Beukema for Tommaso Corazza (72′), Kacper Urbanski for Giovanni Fabbian (79′) and Lewis Ferguson for Michel Aebischer (79′).
Player of the match: Victor Kristiansen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Victor Kristiansen even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 65 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
