Bologna vs Fiorentina

5 December 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Massimiliano Irrati

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

  • Musa Barrow 42’
  • Aaron Hickey 83’
  • Youssef Maleh 33’
  • Cristiano Biraghi 51’
  • Dusan Vlahovic 67’ (pen)

Match summary

Fiorentina took a 3-2 win at Bologna. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Youssef Maleh put Fiorentina ahead with a header in the 33rd minute, set up by Nicolás González and Musa Barrow equalised in the 42nd minute, set up by Mattias Svanberg. In the second half, Cristiano Biraghi put Fiorentina back in front with a direct free kick in the 51st minute, Dusan Vlahovic made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 67th minute, and Aaron Hickey pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 83rd minute, set up by Riccardo Orsolini.

The chances backed that up: Fiorentina created 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Bologna's 0.59 from 8.

Match stats

Bologna Fiorentina
8 Shots 6
3 Shots on Target 3
0 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.59 xG 1.21
0.59 Non-penalty xG 0.45
2 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Bologna Fiorentina
Kick-off
33’
Youssef Maleh
Assist: Nicolás González0-1 (Fiorentina)
Musa Barrow
Assist: Mattias Svanberg1-1 (Bologna)
42’
Half-time1-1
51’
Cristiano Biraghi1-2 (Fiorentina)
67’
Dusan Vlahovic
Penalty1-3 (Fiorentina)
Aaron Hickey
Assist: Riccardo Orsolini2-3 (Bologna)
83’
Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Adama Soumaoro
  • Arthur Theate
  • Nicolás Domínguez
Fiorentina
  • Nikola Milenkovic
  • Lucas Torreira
  • Sofyan Amrabat

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 1.21 33’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), 0-1 33’ 42’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), 1-1 42’ 51’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), 1-2 51’ 67’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), 1-3 67’ 83’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), 2-3 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 1.21 33’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), 0-1 Maleh 33’ 42’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), 1-1 Barrow 42’ 51’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), 1-2 Biraghi 51’ 67’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), 1-3 Vlahovic 67’ 83’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), 2-3 Hickey 83’
Bologna 0.59 xGFiorentina 1.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fiorentina attacking Bologna attacking 
67’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 42’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 33’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 31’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 51’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 65’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 77’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 29’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 11’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 67’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 42’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 33’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 31’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 51’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 65’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 47’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 77’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 29’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 11’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Skorupski GK900 0.000.000
Lorenzo De Silvestri DEF620 0.000.071
Adama Soumaoro DEF900 0.000.000
Arthur Theate DEF900 0.000.000
Gary Medel DEF730 0.000.000
Mitchell Dijks DEF630 0.000.041
Roberto Soriano MID900 0.000.011
Mattias Svanberg MID9012 0.080.341
Nicolás Domínguez MID790 0.000.000
Musa Barrow FWD9012 0.410.000
Nicola Sansone FWD631 0.040.031
Andreas Skov Olsen Sub280 0.000.011
Riccardo Orsolini Sub2711 0.010.031
Aaron Hickey Sub2711 0.030.000
Kevin Bonifazi Sub171 0.010.000
Emanuel Vignato Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 33% Avg odds 2.92
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.25
Fiorentina win 38% Avg odds 2.53

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

Form going into the game

Bologna WWLWW
Fiorentina WLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bologna 3-3 Fiorentina, 02 May 21 Next meeting: Fiorentina 1-0 Bologna, 13 Mar 22  All Bologna vs Fiorentina 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.