Bologna vs Sampdoria

20 April 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Maurizio Mariani

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Lorenzo Tonelli 54’ (og)
  • Erick Pulgar 69’
  • Riccardo Orsolini 83’

Match summary

Bologna won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Sampdoria. It was goalless at half-time.

Tonelli's own goal put Bologna ahead in the 54th minute, Erick Pulgar made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 69th minute, and Riccardo Orsolini made it 3-0 in the 83rd minute, set up by Ladislav Krejci.

The chances backed that up: Bologna created 1.01 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Sampdoria's 0.64 from 11.

Match stats

Bologna Sampdoria
12 Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.00 xG 0.64
1.00 Non-penalty xG 0.64
4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Bologna Sampdoria
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Lorenzo Tonelli
Own goal1-0 (Bologna)
54’
Erick Pulgar2-0 (Bologna)
69’
Riccardo Orsolini
Assist: Ladislav Krejci3-0 (Bologna)
83’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Riccardo Orsolini
  • Roberto Soriano
Sampdoria
  • Jacopo Sala
  • Joachim Andersen
  • Lorenzo Tonelli
  • Nicola Murru

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.01 0.64 54’ Lorenzo Tonelli (Bologna) own goal, 1-0 54’ 69’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), 2-0 69’ 83’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 3-0 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.01 0.64 54’ Lorenzo Tonelli (Bologna) own goal, 1-0 Tonelli 54’ 69’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), 2-0 Pulgar 69’ 83’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 3-0 Orsolini 83’
Bologna 1.01 xGSampdoria 0.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sampdoria attacking Bologna attacking 
42’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 25’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 21’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 73’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 71’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 46’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 20’ Danilo (Bologna), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 69’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, goal 9’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 13’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Nicola Murru (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Joachim Andersen (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 54’ Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria), own goal 42’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 25’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 21’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 73’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 71’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 46’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 54’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 20’ Danilo (Bologna), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 12’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 69’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, goal 9’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 13’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Joachim Andersen (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Nicola Murru (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 54’ Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria), own goal
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Skorupski GK900 0.000.000
Ibrahima Mbaye DEF900 0.000.000
Lyanco DEF900 0.000.000
Danilo DEF891 0.060.000
Ladislav Krejci DEF9010 0.000.442
Erick Pulgar MID9012 0.100.104
Blerim Dzemaili MID772 0.030.000
Riccardo Orsolini MID9013 0.110.000
Roberto Soriano MID872 0.690.021
Nicola Sansone MID901 0.010.000
Rodrigo Palacio FWD900 0.000.000
Andrea Poli Sub130 0.000.000
Godfred Donsah Sub30 0.000.000
Filip Helander Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 43% Bet365 odds 2.20
Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30
Sampdoria win 28% Bet365 odds 3.40

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

Form going into the game

Bologna WWLWD
Sampdoria WWLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sampdoria 4-1 Bologna, 01 Dec 18 Next meeting: Bologna 2-1 Sampdoria, 27 Oct 19  All Bologna vs Sampdoria 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.