Bologna vs Empoli

27 April 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Paolo Valeri

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Roberto Soriano 51’
Riccardo Orsolini 82’
Nicola Sansone 90+5’

Marko Pajac 17’

Match summary

Bologna came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Empoli. Empoli led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Marko Pajac put Empoli ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Jacob Rasmussen. In the second half, Roberto Soriano equalised with a header in the 51st minute, set up by Nicola Sansone, Riccardo Orsolini put Bologna in front in the 82nd minute, set up by Roberto Soriano, and Nicola Sansone made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Ladislav Krejci.

The chances backed that up: Bologna created 1.55 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Empoli's 0.35 from 6.

Match stats

17 Shots 4

7 Shots on Target 3

13 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.55 xG 0.35

1.55 Non-penalty xG 0.35

16 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Bologna Empoli

Kick-off

17’

Marko Pajac
Assist: Jacob Rasmussen0-1

Half-time0-1

Roberto Soriano
Assist: Nicola Sansone

1-1

51’

Riccardo Orsolini
Assist: Roberto Soriano

2-1

82’

Nicola Sansone
Assist: Ladislav Krejci

3-1

90+5’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Bologna

Ibrahima Mbaye
Riccardo Orsolini
Roberto Soriano

Empoli

Rade Krunic
Marko Pajac

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 1.55 xGEmpoli 0.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Empoli 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
Ibrahima Mbaye	DEF	90			3	0.21	0.00	0
Lyanco	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.07	1
Danilo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Dijks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Blerim Dzemaili	MID	90			4	0.13	0.14	2
Erick Pulgar	MID	80			4	0.06	0.12	4
Riccardo Orsolini	MID	90	1		5	0.29	0.11	2
Roberto Soriano	MID	90	1	1	2	0.25	0.15	3
Nicola Sansone	MID	90	1	1	4	0.51	0.34	3
Rodrigo Palacio	FWD	74			1	0.08	0.06	2
Federico Santander	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.05	1
Andrea Poli	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ladislav Krejci	Sub	1		1	0	0.00	0.33	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bartlomiej Dragowski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Frederic Veseli	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dimitris Nikolaou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacob Rasmussen	DEF	87		1	0	0.00	0.02	1
Ismael Bennacer	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.23	2
Rade Krunic	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Hamed Junior Traore	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Marko Pajac	MID	83	1		2	0.04	0.00	0
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90			2	0.23	0.00	0
Diego Farias	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.02	1
Afriyie Acquah	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Pasqual	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Levan Mchedlidze	Sub	3			1	0.06	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 52% Bet365 odds 1.80

Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.60

Empoli win 22% Bet365 odds 4.33

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

Form going into the game

Bologna W L W D W

Empoli L W L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Empoli 2-1 Bologna, 09 Dec 18 Next meeting: Empoli 4-2 Bologna, 26 Sep 21 All Bologna vs Empoli 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.

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