Bologna vs Atalanta

23 December 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Daniele Chiffi

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Takehiro Tomiyasu 73’
  • Nehuén Paz 82’
  • Luis Muriel 22’ (pen), 23’

Match summary

Bologna and Atalanta drew 2-2. Atalanta led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Luis Muriel put Atalanta ahead from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute and Muriel made it 0-2 in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Takehiro Tomiyasu pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 73rd minute, set up by Riccardo Orsolini and Nehuén Paz equalised with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Rodrigo Palacio.

Atalanta had the better of the chances, with 1.89 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Bologna's 1.09 from 9.

Match stats

Bologna Atalanta
8 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 6
1 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.09 xG 1.89
1.09 Non-penalty xG 1.13
4 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Bologna Atalanta
Kick-off
22’
Luis Muriel
Penalty
0-1 (Atalanta)
23’
Luis Muriel0-2 (Atalanta)
Half-time0-2
Takehiro Tomiyasu
Assist: Riccardo Orsolini
1-2 (Bologna)
73’
Nehuén Paz
Assist: Rodrigo Palacio
2-2 (Bologna)
82’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bologna
  • Ângelo Da Costa
  • Rodrigo Palacio
Atalanta
  • Berat Gjimshiti
  • Robin Gosens

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.09 1.89 22’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), 0-1 22’ 23’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), 0-2 23’ 73’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), 1-2 73’ 82’ Nehuén Paz (Bologna), 2-2 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.09 1.89 22’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), 0-1 Muriel 22’ 23’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), 0-2 Muriel 23’ 73’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), 1-2 Tomiyasu 73’ 82’ Nehuén Paz (Bologna), 2-2 Paz 82’
Bologna 1.09 xGAtalanta 1.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Atalanta attacking Bologna attacking 
22’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 82’ Nehuén Paz (Bologna), from a corner, 0.46 xG, goal 73’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 42’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 23’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 71’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 31’ Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 25’ Hans Hateboer (Atalanta), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 76’ Cristian Romero (Atalanta), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 28’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 26’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 62’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Emanuel Vignato (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 22’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 82’ Nehuén Paz (Bologna), from a corner, 0.46 xG, goal 73’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 42’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 23’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 71’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 31’ Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 25’ Hans Hateboer (Atalanta), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 76’ Cristian Romero (Atalanta), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 28’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 26’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 62’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Emanuel Vignato (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ângelo Da Costa GK900 0.000.000
Takehiro Tomiyasu DEF9011 0.290.000
Danilo DEF900 0.000.000
Gary Medel DEF900 0.000.000
Mitchell Dijks DEF790 0.000.051
Jerdy Schouten MID770 0.000.000
Andri Fannar Baldursson MID660 0.000.000
Emanuel Vignato MID901 0.020.081
Roberto Soriano MID901 0.040.021
Musa Barrow MID662 0.100.000
Rodrigo Palacio FWD9010 0.000.563
Riccardo Orsolini Sub2412 0.140.291
Mattias Svanberg Sub241 0.030.000
Nicolás Domínguez Sub130 0.000.000
Nehuén Paz Sub1111 0.460.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 17% Avg odds 5.50
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.66
Atalanta win 62% Avg odds 1.54

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.