Bologna vs Spezia

18 April 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Marco Piccinini

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Riccardo Orsolini 12’ (pen)
  • Musa Barrow 18’
  • Mattias Svanberg 54’, 60’
  • Ardian Ismajli 34’

Match summary

Bologna won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Spezia. Bologna led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Riccardo Orsolini put Bologna ahead from the penalty spot in the 12th minute, Musa Barrow made it 2-0 in the 18th minute, set up by Jerdy Schouten, and Ardian Ismajli pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 34th minute, set up by Simone Bastoni. In the second half, Mattias Svanberg made it 3-1 from a corner in the 54th minute, set up by Danilo and Svanberg made it 4-1 with a header in the 60th minute, set up by Musa Barrow.

The chances backed that up: Bologna created 3.14 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Spezia's 0.53 from 8.

Match stats

Bologna Spezia
10 Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 8
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.13 xG 0.53
2.37 Non-penalty xG 0.53
3 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Bologna Spezia
Kick-off
Riccardo Orsolini
Penalty1-0 (Bologna)
12’
Musa Barrow
Assist: Jerdy Schouten2-0 (Bologna)
18’
34’
Ardian Ismajli
Assist: Simone Bastoni2-1 (Spezia)
Half-time2-1
Mattias Svanberg
Assist: Danilo3-1 (Bologna)
54’
Mattias Svanberg
Assist: Musa Barrow4-1 (Bologna)
60’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Bologna
  • Adama Soumaoro
Spezia
  • Simone Bastoni

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 3.14 0.53 12’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 1-0 12’ 18’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), 2-0 18’ 34’ Ardian Ismajli (Spezia), 2-1 34’ 54’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), 3-1 54’ 60’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), 4-1 60’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.14 0.53 12’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 1-0 Orsolini 12’ 18’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), 2-0 Barrow 18’ 34’ Ardian Ismajli (Spezia), 2-1 Ismajli 34’ 54’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), 3-1 Svanberg 54’ 60’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), 4-1 Svanberg 60’
Bologna 3.14 xGSpezia 0.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Spezia attacking Bologna attacking 
12’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), from a corner, 0.64 xG, goal 18’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 60’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), from a corner, 0.46 xG, goal 37’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), set piece, 0.43 xG, hit the woodwork 22’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 64’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 34’ Ardian Ismajli (Spezia), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 3’ Danilo (Bologna), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 10’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+1’ Luca Vignali (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 73’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 54’ Danilo (Bologna), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 35’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 12’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), from a corner, 0.64 xG, goal 18’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 60’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), from a corner, 0.46 xG, goal 37’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), set piece, 0.43 xG, hit the woodwork 22’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 64’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 34’ Ardian Ismajli (Spezia), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 3’ Danilo (Bologna), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 10’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+1’ Luca Vignali (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 73’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 54’ Danilo (Bologna), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 35’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Skorupski GK900 0.000.000
Lorenzo De Silvestri DEF820 0.000.000
Danilo DEF9012 0.070.641
Adama Soumaoro DEF900 0.000.000
Mitchell Dijks DEF880 0.000.000
Jerdy Schouten MID9010 0.000.521
Mattias Svanberg MID6723 1.130.562
Riccardo Orsolini MID6713 0.950.000
Roberto Soriano MID821 0.020.000
Musa Barrow MID90112 0.950.461
Rodrigo Palacio FWD900 0.000.000
Nicolás Domínguez Sub230 0.000.021
Andreas Skov Olsen Sub230 0.000.000
Nicola Sansone Sub80 0.000.000
Ibrahima Mbaye Sub80 0.000.000
Valentin Antov Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bologna win 50% Avg odds 1.92
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.76
Spezia win 25% Avg odds 3.83

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

Form going into the game

Bologna LWWLL
Spezia DLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Spezia 2-2 Bologna, 16 Dec 20 Next meeting: Spezia 0-1 Bologna, 28 Nov 21  All Bologna vs Spezia 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.