Bologna vs Roma

17 December 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Marco Guida

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Nikola Moro 37’
  • Rasmus Kristensen 49’ (og)

Match summary

Bologna saw off Roma 2-0. Bologna led 1-0 at half-time.

Nikola Moro put Bologna ahead in the 37th minute, set up by Dan Ndoye and Kristensen's own goal made it 2-0 in the 49th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Bologna created 0.78 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Roma 0.57 from 8.

Match stats

Bologna Roma
8 Shots 8
2 Shots on Target 3
0 Corners 4
4 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.78 xG 0.57
0.78 Non-penalty xG 0.57
8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Bologna Roma
Kick-off
Nikola Moro
Assist: Dan Ndoye1-0 (Bologna)
37’
Half-time1-0
Rasmus Kristensen
Own goal2-0 (Bologna)
49’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Sam Beukema
  • Remo Freuler
  • Lewis Ferguson
  • Alexis Saelemaekers
Roma
  • Diego Llorente
  • Leandro Paredes
  • Lorenzo Pellegrini
  • Edoardo Bove

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.78 0.57 37’ Nikola Moro (Bologna), 1-0 37’ 49’ Rasmus Kristensen (Bologna) own goal, 2-0 49’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.78 0.57 37’ Nikola Moro (Bologna), 1-0 Moro 37’ 49’ Rasmus Kristensen (Bologna) own goal, 2-0 Kristensen 49’
Bologna 0.78 xGRoma 0.57 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Roma attacking Bologna attacking 
37’ Nikola Moro (Bologna), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 80’ Andrea Belotti (Roma), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 65’ Rasmus Kristensen (Roma), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 44’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 60’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 82’ Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 42’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 18’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 69’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 31’ Andrea Belotti (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 27’ Diego Llorente (Roma), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Rasmus Kristensen (Roma), own goal 37’ Nikola Moro (Bologna), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 80’ Andrea Belotti (Roma), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 65’ Rasmus Kristensen (Roma), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 44’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 60’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 82’ Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 42’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 18’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 69’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 31’ Andrea Belotti (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 27’ Diego Llorente (Roma), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Rasmus Kristensen (Roma), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Federico Ravaglia GK900 0.000.000
Stefan Posch DEF900 0.000.031
Riccardo Calafiori DEF900 0.000.000
Sam Beukema DEF590 0.000.000
Victor Kristiansen DEF760 0.000.000
Remo Freuler MID900 0.000.000
Nikola Moro MID7611 0.350.021
Dan Ndoye MID9012 0.120.442
Lewis Ferguson MID891 0.080.000
Alexis Saelemaekers MID890 0.000.081
Joshua Zirkzee FWD904 0.230.101
Jhon Lucumí Sub310 0.000.000
Charalampos Lykogiannis Sub140 0.000.000
Michel Aebischer Sub140 0.000.000
Giovanni Fabbian Sub10 0.000.000
Kacper Urbanski Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 39% Avg odds 2.47
Draw 33% Avg odds 2.89
Roma win 28% Avg odds 3.37

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

Form going into the game

Bologna WLWDW
Roma WDWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bologna 0-0 Roma, 14 May 23 Next meeting: Roma 1-3 Bologna, 22 Apr 24  All Bologna vs Roma 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.