BOLOGNA. Salernitana was able to snatch a draw against Bologna with a late goal from B. Dia scored in the (88′) after Bologna got a lead with a penalty from M. Arnautovic (52′).

The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Davide Ghersini with the collaboration of Edoardo Raspollini and Fabio Schirru. The 4th official was Davide Massa. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.7 degrees Celsius or 67.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Bologna was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Salernitana that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Salernitana had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Salernitana to win the encounter​.

Bologna shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Salernitana shot 19 times, 1 on target, 18 off target.

Cards

Bologna received 2 yellow cards (G. Medel and L. De Silvestri). On the other side, Salernitana received 2 yellow cards (N. Gyomber and T. Vilhena).

Standings

After this match, Bologna will have 2 points like Lecce, Hellas Verona and Sampdoria to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Salernitana will have 5 points like Fiorentina and Sassuolo to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away with Spezia on the 4th of September with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Bologna (4 draws).

Salernitana will host Empoli on the 5th of September with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Empoli (2 draws).

Bologna – Formation

Bologna adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Siniša Mihajlović decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Skorupski (7.1), Adama Soumaoro (7.4), Gary Medel (6.2), Jhon Lucumi (7.1), Denso Kasius (6.8), Nicolás Domínguez (7.5), Jerdy Schouten (6.2), Emanuel Vignato (6.6), Andrea Cambiaso (6.4), Nicola Sansone (6.8) and Marko Arnautović (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Nicola Bagnolini, Riccardo Orsolini (6.7), Francesco Bardi, Musa Barrow, Kevin Bonifazi, Charalampos Lykogiannis (7.0), Nikola Moro, Lewis Ferguson, Lorenzo De Silvestri (6.1), Michel Aebischer (6.8), Joshua Zirkzee, Joaquín Sosa and Roberto Soriano (6.8).

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: A. Cambiaso for C. Lykogiannis (46′), E. Vignato for R. Soriano (46′), J. Schouten for L. De Silvestri (46′), N. Sansone for R. Orsolini (74′) and N. Dominguez for M. Aebischer (81′).

Best player: Nicolás Domínguez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bologna was Nicolás Domínguez.

His rating is (7.5) with 23 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Salernitana – Formation

Also Salernitana adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Davide Nicola played with: Luigi Sepe (7.0), Dylan Bronn (7.3), Norbert Gyömbér (6.8), Federico Fazio (6.7), Pasquale Mazzocchi (7.7), Giulio Maggiore (7.3), Lassana Coulibaly (7.0), Tonny Vilhena (6.2), Domagoj Bradarić (6.2), Boulaye Dia (7.2) and Federico Bonazzoli (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Antonio Iervolino, Leonardo Capezzi, Erik Botheim (6.6), Lorenzo Pirola, Antonio Candreva (7.7), Julian Kristoffersen, Diego Valencia (6.7), Vincenzo Fiorillo, Alessandro Micai, Junior Sambia, Andrei Moțoc and Grīgorīs Kastanos.

Substitutions

Salernitana made 3 changes: D. Bradaric for A. Candreva (54′), F. Bonazzoli for E. Botheim (63′) and D. Bronn for D. Valencia (76′).

Best player: Pasquale Mazzocchi​

The most impressive player for Salernitana was Pasquale Mazzocchi.

His rating is (7.7) with 30 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bologna – Salernitana – 1-1
• Atalanta – Torino – 3-1