Bologna vs Sassuolo

18 October 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Daniele Doveri

Full time 3 – 4

Half-time: 2–1

Roberto Soriano 9’
Mattias Svanberg 39’
Riccardo Orsolini 60’

Domenico Berardi 18’
Filip Djuricic 64’
Francesco Caputo 70’
Takehiro Tomiyasu 77’ (og)

Match summary

Sassuolo came back from 2 goals down to win 4-3 away at Bologna. Bologna led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Roberto Soriano put Bologna ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Rodrigo Palacio, Domenico Berardi equalised in the 18th minute, set up by Vlad Chiriches, and Mattias Svanberg put Bologna back in front in the 39th minute, set up by Roberto Soriano. In the second half, Riccardo Orsolini made it 3-1 in the 60th minute, Filip Djuricic pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 64th minute, set up by Francesco Caputo, Francesco Caputo equalised with a header in the 70th minute, and Tomiyasu's own goal won it in the 77th minute.

The chances backed that up: Sassuolo created 3.24 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Bologna's 1.45 from 14.

Match stats

11 Shots 20

7 Shots on Target 12

7 Corners 11

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.45 xG 3.24

1.45 Non-penalty xG 3.24

6 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Bologna Sassuolo

Kick-off

Roberto Soriano
Assist: Rodrigo Palacio

1-0

9’

18’

Domenico Berardi
Assist: Vlad Chiriches

1-1

Mattias Svanberg
Assist: Roberto Soriano

2-1

39’

Half-time2-1

Riccardo Orsolini

3-1

60’

64’

Filip Djuricic
Assist: Francesco Caputo

3-2

70’

Francesco Caputo

3-3

77’

Takehiro Tomiyasu
Own goal

3-4

Full-time3-4

Bookings

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

Bologna

Mattias Svanberg
Ibrahima Mbaye

Sassuolo

Manuel Locatelli

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 1.45 xGSassuolo 3.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sassuolo 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
Lorenzo De Silvestri	DEF	67			1	0.12	0.00	0
Danilo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	90			1	0.13	0.15	2
Aaron Hickey	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Orsolini	MID	90	1		1	0.08	0.04	1
Jerdy Schouten	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Mattias Svanberg	MID	67	1		2	0.29	0.05	1
Musa Barrow	MID	78			3	0.15	0.04	1
Roberto Soriano	FWD	90	1	1	1	0.44	0.46	3
Rodrigo Palacio	FWD	78		1	3	0.14	0.53	3
Nicolás Domínguez	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Mbaye	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicola Sansone	Sub	12			1	0.08	0.00	0
Federico Santander	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andrea Consigli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mert Müldür	DEF	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90			3	0.43	0.01	1
Vlad Chiriches	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.07	2
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	DEF	90			4	0.16	0.47	2
Manuel Locatelli	MID	90			0	0.00	1.01	4
Mehdi Bourabia	MID	63			0	0.00	0.02	1
Domenico Berardi	MID	90	1		5	0.27	0.20	3
Filip Djuricic	MID	83	1		5	0.86	0.35	5
Hamed Junior Traore	MID	63			1	0.06	0.00	0
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.66	0.35	2
Maxime Lopez	Sub	27			1	0.09	0.08	1
Giacomo Raspadori	Sub	27			2	0.65	0.06	1
Kaan Ayhan	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Obiang	Sub	7			1	0.06	0.00	0
Federico Peluso	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 39% Avg odds 2.46

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53

Sassuolo win 34% Avg odds 2.80

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

Form going into the game

Bologna L D L W L

Sassuolo W L D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bologna 1-2 Sassuolo, 08 Jul 20 Next meeting: Sassuolo 1-1 Bologna, 20 Feb 21 All Bologna vs Sassuolo 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.