Bologna vs Napoli

25 May 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Aleandro Di Paolo

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Federico Santander 43’, 88’
Blerim Dzemaili 45’

Faouzi Ghoulam 57’
Dries Mertens 77’

Match summary

Bologna beat Napoli 3-2, with a late winner. Bologna led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Federico Santander put Bologna ahead with a header in the 43rd minute, set up by Rodrigo Palacio and Blerim Dzemaili made it 2-0 in the 45th minute, set up by Federico Santander. In the second half, Faouzi Ghoulam pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 57th minute, set up by Fabián, Dries Mertens equalised in the 77th minute, set up by Amin Younes, and Santander won it with a header in the 88th minute, set up by Mattias Svanberg.

Napoli can feel hard done by, creating 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Bologna's 0.94 from 13.

Match stats

10 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 8

5 Corners 8

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.94 xG 1.80

0.94 Non-penalty xG 1.80

3 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Bologna Napoli

Kick-off

Federico Santander
Assist: Rodrigo Palacio

1-0

43’

Blerim Dzemaili
Assist: Federico Santander

2-0

45’

Half-time2-0

57’

Faouzi Ghoulam
Assist: Fabián

2-1

77’

Dries Mertens
Assist: Amin Younes

2-2

Federico Santander
Assist: Mattias Svanberg

3-2

88’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Napoli

Piotr Zielinski

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 0.94 xGNapoli 1.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli 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			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danilo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lyanco	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Mitchell Dijks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Erick Pulgar	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Blerim Dzemaili	MID	84	1		2	0.09	0.02	1
Riccardo Orsolini	MID	90			2	0.19	0.00	0
Roberto Soriano	MID	84			2	0.12	0.14	2
Rodrigo Palacio	MID	87		1	0	0.00	0.47	3
Federico Santander	FWD	90	2	1	5	0.50	0.12	2
Mattia Destro	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattias Svanberg	Sub	6		1	1	0.03	0.03	1
Ladislav Krejci	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.03	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Orestis Karnezis	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Malcuit	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastiano Luperto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Faouzi Ghoulam	DEF	90	1		2	0.33	0.17	4
Simone Verdi	MID	65			4	0.20	0.00	0
Piotr Zielinski	MID	90			2	0.03	0.03	1
Fabián	MID	90		1	3	0.07	0.31	3
Lorenzo Insigne	MID	64			4	0.18	0.07	3
Arkadiusz Milik	FWD	90			7	0.37	0.16	3
Amin Younes	FWD	85		1	1	0.02	0.56	2
Dries Mertens	Sub	26	1		1	0.51	0.10	2
José Callejón	Sub	25			1	0.05	0.00	0
Gianluca Gaetano	Sub	5			1	0.02	0.10	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 23% Bet365 odds 4.20

Draw 23% Bet365 odds 4.20

Napoli win 54% Bet365 odds 1.75

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

Form going into the game

Bologna W W L W D

Napoli L W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Napoli 3-2 Bologna, 29 Dec 18 Next meeting: Napoli 1-2 Bologna, 01 Dec 19 All Bologna vs Napoli 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.