BOLOGNA. Bologna was eventually too strong for Lazio. M. Barrow (14′), A. Theate (17′) and A. Hickey (68′). Lazio lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Sunday and it started at 10:30 am local time. The referee was Davide Massa with the assistance of Niccolò Pagliardini and Marco Scatragli. The 4th official was Lorenzo Maggioni. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.4 degrees Celsius or 77.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.
Match Statistics
Lazio was in firm control of the ball 59% while Bologna was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Lazio was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Bologna was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Bologna shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Lazio shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Bologna received 2 yellow cards (A. Soumaoro and L. De Silvestri). On the opposite side, Lazio received 5 yellow cards (S. Milinkovic-Savic, Pedro, M. Lazzari, F. Acerbi and Luiz Felipe).
Also, Lazio didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after F. Acerbi (Lazio) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (76′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Bologna will have 11 points like Atalanta, Juventus and Lazio to move up in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Lazio will stay with 11 points like Atalanta, Bologna and Juventus to move down in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away against Udinese on the 17th of October with a 12-5 head to head in favor of Udinese (8 draws).
Lazio will host Inter on the 16th of October with a 20-10 head to head in favor of Inter (8 draws).
Bologna – Formation
Bologna
53'
17'
88'
Bologna started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Siniša Mihajlović decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Skorupski , Adama Soumaoro , Gary Medel , Arthur Theate , Lorenzo De Silvestri , Nicolás Domínguez , Mattias Svanberg , Aaron Hickey , Roberto Soriano , Musa Barrow and Marko Arnautović .
The home team had on the bench: Andreas Skov Olsen, Nicola Sansone, Emanuel Vignato, Ibrahima Mbaye, Gianmarco Cangiano, Francesco Bardi, Riccardo Orsolini, Luis Binks, Kevin Bonifazi , Sydney van Hooijdonk, Nicola Bagnolini and Federico Santander .
Bologna could not rely on the presence of F. Santander (injured) and K. Bonifazi (injured).
Substitutions
Bologna made 3 changes: M. Arnautovic for F. Santander (85′), A. Hickey for K. Bonifazi (88′) and M. Barrow for E. Vignato (89′).
Best player: Arthur Theate
The player that probably impressed the most for Bologna was Arthur Theate.
His rating is with 1 goal, 50 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11.
Lazio – Formation
Lazio
76'
Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Maurizio Sarri played with: Pepe Reina , Adam Marušić , Luiz Felipe , Francesco Acerbi , Elseid Hysaj , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Lucas Leiva , Luis Alberto , Felipe Anderson , Vedat Muriqi and Pedro .
They had on the bench: Manuel Lazzari , Patric , Gonzalo Escalante, Luka Romero, Ştefan Radu, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro , Raúl Moro, Thomas Strakosha, Danilo Cataldi , André Anderson, Marius Adamonis and Toma Bašić .
Substitutions
Lazio made 5 changes: E. Hysaj for M. Lazzari (58′), S. Milinkovic-Savic for T. Basic (58′), L. Alberto for J. Akpa Akpro (71′), Lucas Leiva for D. Cataldi (71′) and V. Muriqi for Patric (80′).
Best player: Pedro
The player that probably impressed the most for Lazio was Pedro.
His rating is with 39 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Atalanta – Milan – 2-3
- Bologna – Lazio – 3-0
- Fiorentina – Napoli – 1-2
- Hellas Verona – Spezia – 4-0
- Roma – Empoli – 2-0
- Sampdoria – Udinese – 3-3
