Empoli vs Bologna

4 May 2023 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Federico La Penna

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Jhon Lucumí 1’ (og)
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro 45+1’
Nicolò Cambiaghi 68’

Riccardo Orsolini 88’ (pen)

Match summary

Empoli won 3-1 at home to Bologna. Empoli led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Lucumí's own goal put Empoli ahead in the first minute and Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Razvan Marin. In the second half, Nicolò Cambiaghi made it 3-0 in the 68th minute, set up by Razvan Marin and Riccardo Orsolini pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 88th minute.

Bologna can feel hard done by, creating 1.84 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Empoli's 1.46 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 18

3 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.46 xG 1.83

1.46 Non-penalty xG 1.07

4 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Empoli Bologna

Kick-off

Jhon Lucumí
Own goal1-0

1’

Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro
Assist: Razvan Marin2-0

45+1’

Half-time2-0

Nicolò Cambiaghi
Assist: Razvan Marin3-0

68’

88’

Riccardo Orsolini
Penalty

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Empoli

Fabiano Parisi
Filippo Bandinelli
Liam Henderson

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.

Empoli 1.46 xGBologna 1.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bologna attacking Empoli 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
Guglielmo Vicario	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyronne Ebuehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastiano Luperto	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Sebastian Walukiewicz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabiano Parisi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alberto Grassi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Razvan Marin	MID	82		2	1	0.01	0.99	3
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro	MID	82	1		2	0.67	0.00	0
Tommaso Baldanzi	MID	70			4	0.19	0.00	0
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90			1	0.07	0.13	2
Nicolò Cambiaghi	FWD	90	1		2	0.40	0.04	1
Liam Henderson	Sub	20			1	0.04	0.00	0
Filippo Bandinelli	Sub	8			1	0.01	0.00	0
Petar Stojanovic	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marko Pjaca	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattia Destro	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Skorupski	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Posch	DEF	90		2	0.14	0.00	0
Jhon Lucumí	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.04	1
Adama Soumaoro	DEF	37		0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrea Cambiaso	DEF	81		0	0.00	0.06	2
Jerdy Schouten	MID	90		1	0.05	0.04	1
Michel Aebischer	MID	81		0	0.00	0.01	1
Nikola Moro	MID	58		2	0.07	0.00	0
Riccardo Orsolini	FWD	90	1	7	1.20	0.31	2
Musa Barrow	FWD	58		0	0.00	0.26	1
Nicolás Domínguez	FWD	90		3	0.06	0.05	1
Kevin Bonifazi	Sub	53		0	0.00	0.01	1
Joshua Zirkzee	Sub	32		1	0.02	0.00	0
Lewis Ferguson	Sub	32		1	0.26	0.00	0
Niklas Pyyhtia	Sub	9		1	0.05	0.10	1
Charalampos Lykogiannis	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.04	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 35% Avg odds 2.76

Draw 31% Avg odds 3.10

Bologna win 34% Avg odds 2.79

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

Form going into the game

Empoli W D L L L

Bologna W W D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bologna 0-1 Empoli, 17 Sep 22 Next meeting: Bologna 3-0 Empoli, 01 Oct 23 All Empoli 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.

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