Bologna vs Genoa

21 September 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Francesco Fourneau

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Aaron Hickey 49’
  • Marko Arnautovic 85’ (pen)
  • Mattia Destro 55’
  • Domenico Criscito 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Bologna and Genoa drew 2-2. It was goalless at half-time.

Aaron Hickey put Bologna ahead in the 49th minute, Mattia Destro equalised with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Domenico Criscito, Marko Arnautovic put Bologna back in front from the penalty spot in the 85th minute, and Domenico Criscito equalised from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

Bologna had the better of the chances, with 2.53 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Genoa's 1.70 from 11.

Match stats

Bologna Genoa
17 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 6
7 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.29 xG 1.70
1.53 Non-penalty xG 0.94
10 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Bologna Genoa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Aaron Hickey1-0 (Bologna)
49’
55’
Mattia Destro
Assist: Domenico Criscito1-1 (Genoa)
Marko Arnautovic
Penalty2-1 (Bologna)
85’
89’
Domenico Criscito
Penalty2-2 (Genoa)
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Gary Medel
  • Kevin Bonifazi
  • Nicolás Domínguez
Genoa
  • Mohamed Fares
  • Mattia Destro
  • Zinho Vanheusden
  • Valon Behrami

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 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.53 1.70 49’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), 1-0 49’ 55’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), 1-1 55’ 85’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), 2-1 85’ 89’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), 2-2 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.53 1.70 49’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), 1-0 Hickey 49’ 55’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), 1-1 Destro 55’ 85’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), 2-1 Arnautovic 85’ 89’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), 2-2 Criscito 89’
Bologna 2.53 xGGenoa 1.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Genoa attacking Bologna attacking 
85’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 89’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+6’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 90+6’ Andreas Skov Olsen (Bologna), open play, 0.48 xG, hit the woodwork 62’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 55’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 38’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, off target 49’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 80’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 6’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 1’ Yayah Kallon (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 67’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 40’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Andrea Cambiaso (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Lorenzo De Silvestri (Bologna), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 71’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Mohamed Fares (Genoa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 1’ Mohamed Fares (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 44’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), set piece, 0.03 xG, goal 20’ Milan Badelj (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Andrea Cambiaso (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 5’ Mohamed Fares (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 26’ Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 62’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 89’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+6’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 90+6’ Andreas Skov Olsen (Bologna), open play, 0.48 xG, hit the woodwork 62’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 55’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 38’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, off target 49’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 80’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 6’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 1’ Yayah Kallon (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 40’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Andrea Cambiaso (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Lorenzo De Silvestri (Bologna), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 71’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Mohamed Fares (Genoa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), set piece, 0.03 xG, goal 1’ Mohamed Fares (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 44’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 20’ Milan Badelj (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Andrea Cambiaso (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 26’ Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Mohamed Fares (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 62’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Skorupski GK900 0.000.000
Lorenzo De Silvestri DEF901 0.040.071
Gary Medel DEF900 0.000.000
Kevin Bonifazi DEF903 0.170.000
Aaron Hickey DEF8112 0.070.071
Nicolás Domínguez MID901 0.010.061
Mattias Svanberg MID810 0.000.072
Riccardo Orsolini MID651 0.020.011
Roberto Soriano MID902 0.560.552
Musa Barrow MID650 0.000.061
Marko Arnautovic FWD9016 1.180.081
Andreas Skov Olsen Sub251 0.480.000
Emanuel Vignato Sub250 0.000.041
Nicola Sansone Sub90 0.000.000
Mitchell Dijks Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 52% Avg odds 1.84
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.57
Genoa win 21% Avg odds 4.50

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

Form going into the game

Bologna LWDWL
Genoa WLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bologna 0-2 Genoa, 12 May 21 Next meeting: Genoa 0-1 Bologna, 21 May 22  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.