Bologna vs SPAL

19 August 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Piero Giacomelli

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jasmin Kurtic 71’

Match summary

SPAL beat Bologna 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Jasmin Kurtic put SPAL ahead in the 71st minute, set up by Felipe.

Bologna can feel hard done by, creating 0.91 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to SPAL's 0.53 from 13. Bologna had a player sent off.

Match stats

Bologna SPAL
8 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 0
4 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0.91 xG 0.53
0.91 Non-penalty xG 0.53
3 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Bologna SPAL
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
71’
Jasmin Kurtic
Assist: Felipe0-1 (SPAL)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Ádám Nagy
  • Federico Mattiello
  • Erick Pulgar
SPAL
  • Felipe
  • Mohamed Fares

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 0.91 0.53 71’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), 0-1 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.91 0.53 71’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), 0-1 Kurtic 71’
Bologna 0.91 xGSPAL 0.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 SPAL attacking Bologna attacking 
12’ Federico Mattiello (Bologna), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 33’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 35’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+3’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 64’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+5’ Filip Helander (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 37’ Simone Missiroli (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 65’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 25’ Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ Mitchell Dijks (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 25’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ Filip Helander (Bologna), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Mirko Valdifiori (SPAL), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 45’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 12’ Federico Mattiello (Bologna), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 33’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 35’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+3’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 64’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+5’ Filip Helander (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 83’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Simone Missiroli (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 55’ Erick Pulgar (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 86’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 25’ Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ Mitchell Dijks (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 40’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Mirko Valdifiori (SPAL), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 45’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Filip Helander (Bologna), from a corner, 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
Filip Helander DEF902 0.090.000
Giancarlo Gonzalez DEF730 0.000.000
Federico Mattiello MID901 0.490.041
Mitchell Dijks MID901 0.020.000
Blerim Dzemaili MID902 0.060.011
Andrea Poli MID780 0.000.083
Erick Pulgar MID571 0.040.021
Rodrigo Palacio FWD901 0.020.101
Federico Santander FWD903 0.180.491
Ádám Nagy Sub330 0.000.000
Diego Falcinelli Sub170 0.000.000
Riccardo Orsolini Sub120 0.000.081

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 42% Bet365 odds 2.25
Draw 30% Bet365 odds 3.20
SPAL win 28% Bet365 odds 3.40

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

Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: SPAL 1-1 Bologna, 20 Jan 19  All Bologna vs SPAL 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.