Cagliari vs Bologna

30 October 2019 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Juan Luca Sacchi

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

João Pedro 48’, 83’
Giovanni Simeone 72’

Federico Santander 23’ (pen)
Robin Olsen 90+1’ (og)

Match summary

Cagliari came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Bologna. Bologna led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Federico Santander put Bologna ahead from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute. In the second half, João Pedro equalised in the 48th minute, set up by Luca Pellegrini, Giovanni Simeone put Cagliari in front in the 72nd minute, set up by Radja Nainggolan, Pedro made it 3-1 in the 83rd minute, and Olsen's own goal pulled one back to make it 3-2 from a corner in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Cagliari created 1.35 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Bologna 1.18 from 10.

Match stats

12 Shots 6

5 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.35 xG 1.18

1.35 Non-penalty xG 0.42

8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Cagliari Bologna

Kick-off

23’

Federico Santander
Penalty

0-1

Half-time0-1

João Pedro
Assist: Luca Pellegrini

1-1

48’

Giovanni Simeone
Assist: Radja Nainggolan

2-1

72’

João Pedro

3-1

83’

90+1’

Robin Olsen
Own goal

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Cagliari

Luca Pellegrini
Luca Cigarini

Bologna

Riccardo Orsolini

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.

Cagliari 1.35 xGBologna 1.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bologna attacking Cagliari 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
Robin Olsen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paolo Faragò	DEF	90			1	0.38	0.02	1
Ragnar Klavan	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Fabio Pisacane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Pellegrini	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.15	2
Marko Rog	MID	90			0	0.00	0.08	2
Luca Cigarini	MID	72			0	0.00	0.05	1
Nahitan Nández	MID	66			0	0.00	0.04	1
Radja Nainggolan	MID	83		1	2	0.05	0.41	2
Giovanni Simeone	FWD	90	1		5	0.50	0.38	1
João Pedro	FWD	90	2		4	0.27	0.00	0
Lucas Castro	Sub	24			1	0.12	0.00	0
Christian Oliva	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Artur Ionita	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.12	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Skorupski	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Mbaye	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattia Bani	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefano Denswil	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ladislav Krejci	DEF	90		1	0.07	0.00	0
Jerdy Schouten	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Blerim Dzemaili	MID	90		2	0.03	0.01	1
Riccardo Orsolini	MID	71		3	0.22	0.07	1
Roberto Soriano	MID	83		0	0.00	0.13	3
Nicola Sansone	MID	90		2	0.07	0.02	1
Federico Santander	FWD	61	1	2	0.78	0.00	0
Rodrigo Palacio	Sub	29		0	0.00	0.00	0
Andreas Skov Olsen	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattias Svanberg	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cagliari win 36% Avg odds 2.62

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.35

Bologna win 35% Avg odds 2.73

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

Form going into the game

Cagliari W D D W D

Bologna D L D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bologna 2-0 Cagliari, 10 Mar 19 Next meeting: Bologna 1-1 Cagliari, 01 Jul 20 All Cagliari vs Bologna 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.