Bologna vs Chievo

8 April 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Erick Pulgar 65’ (pen), 68’ (pen)
  • Mitchell Dijks 89’

Match summary

Bologna won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Chievo. It was goalless at half-time.

Erick Pulgar put Bologna ahead from the penalty spot in the 65th minute, Pulgar made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 68th minute, and Mitchell Dijks made it 3-0 in the 89th minute, set up by Nicola Sansone.

The chances backed that up: Bologna created 3.12 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Chievo's 0.68 from 8. Chievo had a player sent off.

Match stats

Bologna Chievo
14 Shots 4
11 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 8
0 Red Cards 1
3.10 xG 0.67
1.58 Non-penalty xG 0.67
6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Bologna Chievo
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Erick Pulgar
Penalty1-0 (Bologna)
65’
Erick Pulgar
Penalty2-0 (Bologna)
68’
Mitchell Dijks
Assist: Nicola Sansone3-0 (Bologna)
89’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Lyanco
Chievo
  • Mattia Bani
  • Fabio Depaoli
  • Marco Andreolli
  • Mehdi Leris
  • Nicola Rigoni
  • Assane Diousse
  • Mariusz Stepinski

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.12 0.68 65’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), 1-0 65’ 68’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), 2-0 68’ 89’ Mitchell Dijks (Bologna), 3-0 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.12 0.68 65’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), 1-0 Pulgar 65’ 68’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), 2-0 Pulgar 68’ 89’ Mitchell Dijks (Bologna), 3-0 Dijks 89’
Bologna 3.12 xGChievo 0.68 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chievo attacking Bologna attacking 
65’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 68’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 60’ Mattia Bani (Chievo), from a corner, 0.47 xG, saved 23’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 77’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 89’ Mitchell Dijks (Bologna), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 57’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 87’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 24’ Marco Andreolli (Chievo), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 62’ Ibrahima Mbaye (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Sofian Kiyine (Chievo), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 30’ Emanuel Vignato (Chievo), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 24’ Mariusz Stepinski (Chievo), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Mariusz Stepinski (Chievo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Sofian Kiyine (Chievo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Assane Diousse (Chievo), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 65’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 68’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 60’ Mattia Bani (Chievo), from a corner, 0.47 xG, saved 23’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 77’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 89’ Mitchell Dijks (Bologna), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 57’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 87’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 24’ Marco Andreolli (Chievo), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 62’ Ibrahima Mbaye (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Sofian Kiyine (Chievo), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 30’ Emanuel Vignato (Chievo), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 20’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 24’ Mariusz Stepinski (Chievo), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Sofian Kiyine (Chievo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Mariusz Stepinski (Chievo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 15’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Assane Diousse (Chievo), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Skorupski GK900 0.000.000
Ibrahima Mbaye DEF901 0.050.071
Danilo DEF900 0.000.291
Lyanco DEF870 0.000.031
Mitchell Dijks DEF9011 0.100.000
Erick Pulgar MID9022 1.520.203
Blerim Dzemaili MID903 0.190.031
Riccardo Orsolini MID902 0.030.000
Roberto Soriano MID903 0.170.051
Nicola Sansone MID9012 0.050.132
Rodrigo Palacio FWD904 0.990.031
Giancarlo Gonzalez Sub30 0.000.000
Arturo Calabresi Sub10 0.000.000
Andrea Poli Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 63% Bet365 odds 1.50
Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00
Chievo win 13% Bet365 odds 7.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bologna LWWWL
Chievo LLDLL

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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.