Bologna vs Genoa

24 May 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Marco Monaldi

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–3

  • Riccardo Orsolini 64’
  • Vitinha 17’
  • Lorenzo Venturino 26’, 43’

Match summary

Genoa took a 3-1 win at Bologna. Genoa led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Vitinha put Genoa ahead from a corner in the 17th minute, set up by Aarón Martín, Lorenzo Venturino made it 0-2 in the 26th minute, and Venturino made it 0-3 in the 43rd minute, set up by Vitinha. In the second half, Riccardo Orsolini pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 64th minute, set up by Nicolò Casale.

The chances backed that up: Genoa created 1.17 expected goals (xG) from 5 shots to Bologna's 0.63 from 15.

Match stats

Bologna Genoa
16 Shots 5
5 Shots on Target 3
13 Corners 1
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.63 xG 1.17
0.63 Non-penalty xG 1.17
9 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Bologna Genoa
Kick-off
17’
Vitinha
Assist: Aarón Martín0-1 (Genoa)
26’
Lorenzo Venturino0-2 (Genoa)
43’
Lorenzo Venturino
Assist: Vitinha0-3 (Genoa)
Half-time0-3
Riccardo Orsolini
Assist: Nicolò Casale1-3 (Bologna)
64’
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Jhon Lucumí
  • Charalampos Lykogiannis
  • Michel Aebischer
  • Riccardo Orsolini
  • Davide Calabria
Genoa
  • Sebastian Otoa
  • Jean Onana

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 0.63 1.17 17’ Vitinha (Genoa), 0-1 17’ 26’ Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa), 0-2 26’ 43’ Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa), 0-3 43’ 64’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 1-3 64’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.63 1.17 17’ Vitinha (Genoa), 0-1 Vitinha 17’ 26’ Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa), 0-2 Venturino 26’ 43’ Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa), 0-3 Venturino 43’ 64’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 1-3 Orsolini 64’
Bologna 0.63 xGGenoa 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Genoa attacking Bologna attacking 
43’ Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 86’ Koni de Winter (Genoa), set piece, 0.49 xG, off target 56’ Lorenzo De Silvestri (Bologna), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 26’ Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 51’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 64’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 86’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 68’ Junior Messias (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Nicolò Casale (Bologna), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 77’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Vitinha (Genoa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 32’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 82’ Tommaso Pobega (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Michel Aebischer (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Tommaso Pobega (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 86’ Koni de Winter (Genoa), set piece, 0.49 xG, off target 56’ Lorenzo De Silvestri (Bologna), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 26’ Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 51’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 64’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 86’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 68’ Junior Messias (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Nicolò Casale (Bologna), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 77’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Vitinha (Genoa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 7’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 32’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 82’ Tommaso Pobega (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Michel Aebischer (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Tommaso Pobega (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Federico Ravaglia GK900 0.000.000
Emil Holm DEF470 0.000.041
Jhon Lucumí DEF900 0.000.000
Nicolò Casale DEF9011 0.060.071
Charalampos Lykogiannis DEF761 0.020.111
Remo Freuler MID820 0.000.042
Michel Aebischer MID471 0.020.041
Riccardo Orsolini MID9014 0.170.021
Lewis Ferguson MID901 0.040.173
Dan Ndoye MID902 0.090.021
Santiago Castro FWD570 0.000.000
Lorenzo De Silvestri Sub431 0.110.000
Tommaso Pobega Sub432 0.040.000
Nicolò Cambiaghi Sub332 0.090.000
Davide Calabria Sub140 0.000.000
Giovanni Fabbian Sub80 0.000.061

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 64% Avg odds 1.48
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.29
Genoa win 14% Avg odds 7.10

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

Form going into the game

Bologna WDDLL
Genoa LLLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Genoa 2-2 Bologna, 19 Oct 24 Next meeting: Bologna 2-1 Genoa, 20 Sep 25  All Bologna vs Genoa 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.