Bologna vs Roma

13 December 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Gianpaolo Calvarese

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 1–5

  • Bryan Cristante 24’ (og)
  • Andrea Poli 5’ (og)
  • Edin Dzeko 10’
  • Lorenzo Pellegrini 15’
  • Jordan Veretout 35’
  • Henrikh Mkhitaryan 44’

Match summary

Roma won comfortably, 5-1 away at Bologna. Roma led 5-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Poli's own goal put Roma ahead in the 5th minute, Edin Dzeko made it 0-2 in the 10th minute, set up by Lorenzo Pellegrini, Lorenzo Pellegrini made it 0-3 in the 15th minute, set up by Leonardo Spinazzola, Cristante's own goal pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 24th minute, Jordan Veretout made it 1-4 in the 35th minute, set up by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan made it 1-5 in the 44th minute, set up by Rick Karsdorp.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 4.04 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Bologna's 0.35 from 7.

Match stats

Bologna Roma
4 Shots 13
1 Shots on Target 8
1 Corners 5
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.35 xG 4.04
0.35 Non-penalty xG 4.04
7 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Bologna Roma
Kick-off
5’
Andrea Poli
Own goal0-1 (Roma)
10’
Edin Dzeko
Assist: Lorenzo Pellegrini0-2 (Roma)
15’
Lorenzo Pellegrini
Assist: Leonardo Spinazzola0-3 (Roma)
Bryan Cristante
Own goal1-3 (Bologna)
24’
35’
Jordan Veretout
Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan1-4 (Roma)
44’
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Assist: Rick Karsdorp1-5 (Roma)
Half-time1-5
Full-time1-5

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Emanuel Vignato
  • Roberto Soriano
  • Nicolás Domínguez
  • Andri Fannar Baldursson
Roma
  • Ibañez
  • Jordan Veretout

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.35 4.04 5’ Andrea Poli (Roma) own goal, 0-1 5’ 10’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 0-2 10’ 15’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), 0-3 15’ 24’ Bryan Cristante (Bologna) own goal, 1-3 24’ 35’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), 1-4 35’ 44’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), 1-5 44’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.35 4.04 5’ Andrea Poli (Roma) own goal, 0-1 Poli 5’ 10’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 0-2 Dzeko 10’ 15’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), 0-3 Pellegrini 15’ 24’ Bryan Cristante (Bologna) own goal, 1-3 Cristante 24’ 35’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), 1-4 Veretout 35’ 44’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), 1-5 Mkhitaryan 44’
Bologna 0.35 xGRoma 4.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Roma attacking Bologna attacking 
44’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 23’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), from a corner, 0.47 xG, off target 13’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 35’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 15’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 10’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 25’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 83’ Borja Mayoral (Roma), open play, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 88’ Borja Mayoral (Roma), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 88’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 75’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 22’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 40’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 52’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 88’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Chris Smalling (Roma), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 84’ Andri Fannar Baldursson (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 5’ Andrea Poli (Bologna), own goal 24’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), own goal 44’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 23’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), from a corner, 0.47 xG, off target 13’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 35’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 15’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 10’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 25’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 83’ Borja Mayoral (Roma), open play, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 88’ Borja Mayoral (Roma), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 88’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 75’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 22’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 40’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 52’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 36’ Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 88’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Chris Smalling (Roma), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 84’ Andri Fannar Baldursson (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 5’ Andrea Poli (Bologna), own goal 24’ Bryan Cristante (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
Lorenzo De Silvestri DEF900 0.000.031
Danilo DEF900 0.000.000
Takehiro Tomiyasu DEF901 0.070.000
Ibrahima Mbaye DEF480 0.000.000
Andrea Poli MID480 0.000.000
Mattias Svanberg MID481 0.020.000
Emanuel Vignato MID800 0.000.000
Roberto Soriano MID710 0.000.081
Musa Barrow MID901 0.080.132
Rodrigo Palacio FWD902 0.140.021
Nehuén Paz Sub420 0.000.000
Nicolás Domínguez Sub421 0.010.000
Gary Medel Sub420 0.000.000
Andri Fannar Baldursson Sub191 0.030.000
Mattia Pagliuca Sub100 0.000.011

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 24% Avg odds 3.93
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.13
Roma win 53% Avg odds 1.81

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Roma 2-3 Bologna, 07 Feb 20 Next meeting: Roma 1-0 Bologna, 11 Apr 21  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.