Bologna vs Cagliari

31 October 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Michael Fabbri

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Musa Barrow 45’, 56’
Roberto Soriano 52’

João Pedro 15’
Giovanni Simeone 47’

Match summary

Bologna came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Cagliari. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, João Pedro put Cagliari ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Riccardo Sottil and Musa Barrow equalised in the 45th minute, set up by Roberto Soriano. In the second half, Giovanni Simeone put Cagliari back in front in the 47th minute, set up by Gabriele Zappa, Roberto Soriano equalised in the 52nd minute, set up by Riccardo Orsolini, and Barrow won it in the 56th minute, set up by Mattias Svanberg.

There was little between the sides on chances: Bologna created 1.47 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots, Cagliari 1.27 from 7.

Match stats

16 Shots 6

11 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.47 xG 1.27

1.47 Non-penalty xG 1.27

11 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Bologna Cagliari

Kick-off

15’

João Pedro
Assist: Riccardo Sottil

0-1

Musa Barrow
Assist: Roberto Soriano

1-1

45’

Half-time1-1

47’

Giovanni Simeone
Assist: Gabriele Zappa

1-2

Roberto Soriano
Assist: Riccardo Orsolini

2-2

52’

Musa Barrow
Assist: Mattias Svanberg

3-2

56’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Bologna

Lorenzo De Silvestri
Danilo
Jerdy Schouten

Cagliari

Alessio Cragno
Charalampos Lykogiannis
João Pedro

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.

Bologna 1.47 xGCagliari 1.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cagliari attacking Bologna attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Skorupski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lorenzo De Silvestri	DEF	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Danilo	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.05	1
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Hickey	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jerdy Schouten	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Mattias Svanberg	MID	83		1	4	0.08	0.03	1
Riccardo Orsolini	MID	90		1	4	0.18	0.52	4
Roberto Soriano	MID	90	1	1	2	0.22	0.20	6
Musa Barrow	MID	90	2		6	0.75	0.12	3
Rodrigo Palacio	FWD	83			2	0.07	0.36	2
Nicolás Domínguez	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefano Denswil	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emanuel Vignato	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alessio Cragno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriele Zappa	DEF	71		1	0	0.00	0.40	1
Sebastian Walukiewicz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego Godín	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Charalampos Lykogiannis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marko Rog	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Razvan Marin	MID	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nahitan Nández	MID	90			0	0.00	0.08	2
João Pedro	MID	90	1		3	0.43	0.00	0
Riccardo Sottil	MID	64		1	0	0.00	0.35	1
Giovanni Simeone	FWD	71	1		1	0.40	0.00	0
Adam Ounas	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.42	2
Leonardo Pavoletti	Sub	19			2	0.42	0.00	0
Paolo Faragò	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alberto Cerri	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 51% Avg odds 1.89

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.92

Cagliari win 25% Avg odds 3.82

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

Form going into the game

Bologna L W L L L

Cagliari D L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bologna 1-1 Cagliari, 01 Jul 20 Next meeting: Cagliari 1-0 Bologna, 03 Mar 21 All Bologna vs Cagliari meetings

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.