Bologna vs Roma

23 September 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Davide Massa

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Federico Mattiello 36’
  • Federico Santander 59’

Match summary

Bologna beat Roma 2-0. Bologna led 1-0 at half-time.

Federico Mattiello put Bologna ahead in the 36th minute, set up by Sebastien De Maio and Federico Santander made it 2-0 in the 59th minute, set up by Diego Falcinelli.

Roma can feel hard done by, creating 3.26 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Bologna's 0.89 from 11.

Match stats

Bologna Roma
7 Shots 20
2 Shots on Target 9
1 Corners 10
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.89 xG 3.20
0.89 Non-penalty xG 3.20
2 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Bologna Roma
Kick-off
Federico Mattiello
Assist: Sebastien De Maio1-0 (Bologna)
36’
Half-time1-0
Federico Santander
Assist: Diego Falcinelli2-0 (Bologna)
59’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Sebastien De Maio
  • Ibrahima Mbaye
Roma
  • Federico Fazio
  • Lorenzo Pellegrini
  • Bryan Cristante
  • Daniele De Rossi

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.89 3.26 36’ Federico Mattiello (Bologna), 1-0 36’ 59’ Federico Santander (Bologna), 2-0 59’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.89 3.26 36’ Federico Mattiello (Bologna), 1-0 Mattiello 36’ 59’ Federico Santander (Bologna), 2-0 Santander 59’
Bologna 0.89 xGRoma 3.26 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Roma attacking Bologna attacking 
72’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.92 xG, saved 46’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 42’ Federico Fazio (Roma), from a corner, 0.40 xG, saved 59’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 29’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 42’ Federico Fazio (Roma), from a corner, 0.29 xG, saved 71’ Orji Okwonkwo (Bologna), open play, 0.20 xG, off target 66’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 10’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 66’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 69’ Javier Pastore (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 77’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+2’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 33’ Federico Santander (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Orji Okwonkwo (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 72’ Diego Perotti (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+4’ Kostas Manolas (Roma), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Kostas Manolas (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 19’ Diego Perotti (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 78’ Orji Okwonkwo (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Federico Mattiello (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 26’ Federico Fazio (Roma), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Federico Fazio (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Federico Mattiello (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 39’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Ádám Nagy (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ Diego Perotti (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 64’ Ádám Nagy (Bologna), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 67’ Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 72’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.92 xG, saved 46’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 59’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 42’ Federico Fazio (Roma), from a corner, 0.40 xG, saved 29’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 42’ Federico Fazio (Roma), from a corner, 0.29 xG, saved 71’ Orji Okwonkwo (Bologna), open play, 0.20 xG, off target 66’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 10’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 66’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 77’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Javier Pastore (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+2’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 33’ Federico Santander (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 72’ Diego Perotti (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Orji Okwonkwo (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+4’ Kostas Manolas (Roma), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Kostas Manolas (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 19’ Diego Perotti (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 78’ Orji Okwonkwo (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Federico Mattiello (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 26’ Federico Fazio (Roma), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Federico Mattiello (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 39’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Federico Fazio (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Ádám Nagy (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Ádám Nagy (Bologna), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 62’ Diego Perotti (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 67’ Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Skorupski GK900 0.000.000
Danilo DEF900 0.000.000
Sebastien De Maio DEF9010 0.000.021
Arturo Calabresi DEF900 0.000.021
Federico Mattiello MID9012 0.050.001
Ladislav Krejci MID900 0.000.041
Ádám Nagy MID902 0.030.201
Blerim Dzemaili MID901 0.020.051
Mattias Svanberg MID620 0.000.000
Federico Santander FWD8313 0.500.000
Diego Falcinelli FWD6910 0.000.411
Ibrahima Mbaye Sub280 0.000.000
Orji Okwonkwo Sub213 0.290.000
Mattia Destro Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 17% Bet365 odds 5.50
Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.75
Roma win 57% Bet365 odds 1.66

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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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.