Empoli vs Bologna

26 September 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Piero Giacomelli

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

  • Kevin Bonifazi 1’ (og)
  • Andrea Pinamonti 31’
  • Nedim Bajrami 54’ (pen)
  • Samuele Ricci 90’
  • Musa Barrow 11’
  • Marko Arnautovic 76’

Match summary

Empoli saw off Bologna 4-2. Empoli led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Bonifazi's own goal put Empoli ahead in the first minute, Musa Barrow equalised from a corner in the 11th minute, set up by Andreas Skov Olsen, and Andrea Pinamonti put Empoli back in front in the 31st minute, set up by Petar Stojanovic. In the second half, Nedim Bajrami made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 54th minute, Marko Arnautovic pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 76th minute, set up by Lorenzo De Silvestri, and Samuele Ricci made it 4-2 in the 90th minute, set up by Leo Stulac.

Bologna can feel hard done by, creating 2.56 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Empoli's 1.48 from 15. Marko Arnautovic hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Bologna.

Match stats

Empoli Bologna
15 Shots 20
7 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 10
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.48 xG 2.50
0.72 Non-penalty xG 1.74
7 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Empoli Bologna
Kick-off
Kevin Bonifazi
Own goal1-0 (Empoli)
1’
11’
Musa Barrow
Assist: Andreas Skov Olsen1-1 (Bologna)
Andrea Pinamonti
Assist: Petar Stojanovic2-1 (Empoli)
31’
Half-time2-1
Nedim Bajrami
Penalty3-1 (Empoli)
54’
76’
Marko Arnautovic
Assist: Lorenzo De Silvestri3-2 (Bologna)
Samuele Ricci
Assist: Leo Stulac4-2 (Empoli)
90’
Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Empoli
  • Liam Henderson
  • Andrea Pinamonti
Bologna
  • Emanuel Vignato
  • 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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.48 2.56 1’ Kevin Bonifazi (Empoli) own goal, 1-0 1’ 11’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), 1-1 11’ 31’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), 2-1 31’ 54’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), 3-1 54’ 76’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), 3-2 76’ 90’ Samuele Ricci (Empoli), 4-2 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.48 2.56 1’ Kevin Bonifazi (Empoli) own goal, 1-0 Bonifazi 1’ 11’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), 1-1 Barrow 11’ 31’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), 2-1 Pinamonti 31’ 54’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), 3-1 Bajrami 54’ 76’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), 3-2 Arnautovic 76’ 90’ Samuele Ricci (Empoli), 4-2 Ricci 90’
Empoli 1.48 xGBologna 2.56 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bologna attacking Empoli attacking 
20’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, hit the woodwork 54’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 62’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.36 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 26’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 49’ Arthur Theate (Bologna), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 26’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 56’ Arthur Theate (Bologna), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 9’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 61’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 78’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 36’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 76’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 37’ Mattia Viti (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Simone Romagnoli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 5’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 8’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 70’ Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 60’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 59’ Arthur Theate (Bologna), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Samuele Ricci (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 11’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 41’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Petar Stojanovic (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 1’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), own goal 20’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, hit the woodwork 54’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 62’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.36 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 26’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 49’ Arthur Theate (Bologna), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 26’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 56’ Arthur Theate (Bologna), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 9’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 61’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 78’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 36’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 76’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 37’ Mattia Viti (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Simone Romagnoli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 8’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 70’ Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 60’ Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ Samuele Ricci (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 59’ Arthur Theate (Bologna), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 11’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 41’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Petar Stojanovic (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Nicola Sansone (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 1’ Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Guglielmo Vicario GK900 0.000.000
Petar Stojanovic DEF9011 0.020.082
Simone Romagnoli DEF901 0.060.081
Mattia Viti DEF901 0.060.000
Riccardo Marchizza DEF800 0.000.021
Samuele Ricci MID9011 0.040.000
Szymon Zurkowski MID901 0.050.000
Liam Henderson MID722 0.110.000
Nedim Bajrami MID8112 0.790.143
Andrea Pinamonti FWD8014 0.200.000
Federico Di Francesco FWD642 0.150.000
Filippo Bandinelli Sub260 0.000.051
Leo Stulac Sub1810 0.000.112
Sebastiano Luperto Sub100 0.000.000
Patrick Cutrone Sub100 0.000.000
Kristjan Asllani Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 35% Avg odds 2.71
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52
Bologna win 38% Avg odds 2.55

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

Form going into the game

Empoli LWLLW
Bologna WDWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bologna 3-1 Empoli, 27 Apr 19 Next meeting: Bologna 0-0 Empoli, 06 Feb 22  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.