BOLOGNA. Bologna tops Lecce with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by M. Arnautovic (13′) and a goal from L. Ferguson (35′).
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 Simone Sozza assisted by Alberto Tegoni and Marco Bresmes. The 4th official was Daniele Rutella. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23 degrees Celsius or 73.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Bologna was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Lecce that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Bologna was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bologna won the match.
Bologna shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Lecce shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Bologna received 5 yellow cards (J. Lucumi, M. Barrow, L. Ferguson, G. Medel and M. Arnautovic). On the opposite side, Lecce received 2 yellow cards (M. Hjulmand and F. Baschirotto).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Bologna will have 10 points like Fiorentina and Monza to sit in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Lecce will stay with 8 points to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away against Inter on the 9th of November with a 16-5 head to head stats in favor of Inter (7 draws).
Lecce will play away agasint Sampdoria on the 12th of November with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Sampdoria (1 draw).
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: Łukasz Skorupski , Stefan Posch , Kevin Bonifazi , Jhon Lucumi , Andrea Cambiaso , Lewis Ferguson , Gary Medel , Michel Aebischer , Nicolás Domínguez , Musa Barrow and Marko Arnautović .
The home team had on the bench: Nicola Sansone, Joaquín Sosa , Roberto Soriano , Francesco Raffaelli, Adama Soumaoro , Nikola Moro, Riccardo Orsolini , Charalampos Lykogiannis, Joshua Zirkzee, Emanuel Vignato, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Francesco Bardi.
Substitutions
Bologna made 4 changes: M. Barrow for R. Orsolini (66′), J. Lucumi for N. Moro (66′), K. Bonifazi for J. Sosa (73′) and L. Ferguson for R. Soriano (87′).
Best player: Lewis Ferguson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Lewis Ferguson.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Lecce – Formation
Also Lecce adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marco Baroni played with: Wladimiro Falcone , Valentin Gendrey , Marin Pongračić , Federico Baschirotto , Giuseppe Pezzella , Kristoffer Askildsen , Morten Hjulmand , Gabriel Strefezza , Joan González , Lameck Banda and Assan Ceesay .
These were the players on the bench: Pablo Rodríguez , Samuel Umtiti, Alexis Blin , Federico Di Francesco , Federico Brancolini, Kristijan Bistrović, Alessandro Tuia, Lorenzo Colombo, Rémi Oudin , Kastriot Dermaku, Marco Bleve, Þórir Jóhann Helgason, Marcin Listkowski and Mert Çetin.
Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: L. Banda for R. Oudin (46′), K. Askildsen for F. Di Francesco (46′), M. Hjulmand for A. Blin (73′), G. Strefezza for P. Rodriguez (73′) and A. Ceesay for L. Colombo (84′).
Best player: Rémi Oudin
The most impressive player for Lecce was Rémi Oudin.
His rating is with 29 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.