Fiorentina vs Bologna

12 November 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Fabio Maresca

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Giacomo Bonaventura 17’
  • Nicolás González 48’ (pen)
  • Joshua Zirkzee 33’ (pen)

Match summary

Fiorentina beat Bologna 2-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Giacomo Bonaventura put Fiorentina ahead in the 17th minute, set up by M'Bala Nzola, Joshua Zirkzee equalised from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute, and Nicolás González won it from the penalty spot in the 48th minute.

Bologna can feel hard done by, creating 2.31 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Fiorentina's 1.57 from 12.

Match stats

Fiorentina Bologna
12 Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 4
0 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.57 xG 2.31
0.81 Non-penalty xG 1.55
8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Fiorentina Bologna
Kick-off
Giacomo Bonaventura
Assist: M'Bala Nzola1-0 (Fiorentina)
17’
33’
Joshua Zirkzee
Penalty1-1 (Bologna)
Half-time1-1
Nicolás González
Penalty2-1 (Fiorentina)
48’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Fiorentina
  • Giacomo Bonaventura
  • Luca Ranieri
Bologna
  • Michel Aebischer
  • Alexis Saelemaekers

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 1.57 2.31 17’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), 1-0 17’ 33’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), 1-1 33’ 48’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 2-1 48’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.57 2.31 17’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), 1-0 Bonaventura 17’ 33’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), 1-1 Zirkzee 33’ 48’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 2-1 González 48’
Fiorentina 1.57 xGBologna 2.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bologna attacking Fiorentina attacking 
33’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+1’ Sydney van Hooijdonk (Bologna), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 41’ Alexis Saelemaekers (Bologna), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 82’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 39’ Alexis Saelemaekers (Bologna), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 17’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 51’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 75’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 66’ Remo Freuler (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Fabiano Parisi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 59’ Alexis Saelemaekers (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 7’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 28’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 20’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 80’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 33’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+1’ Sydney van Hooijdonk (Bologna), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 41’ Alexis Saelemaekers (Bologna), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 82’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 39’ Alexis Saelemaekers (Bologna), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 17’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 51’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 75’ Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Fabiano Parisi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Remo Freuler (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 89’ Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 59’ Alexis Saelemaekers (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Dan Ndoye (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 28’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 7’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 20’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 10’ Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 80’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Pietro Terracciano GK900 0.000.000
Fabiano Parisi DEF511 0.060.000
Lucas Martínez Quarta DEF900 0.000.000
Nikola Milenkovic DEF900 0.000.051
Cristiano Biraghi DEF901 0.020.091
Alfred Duncan MID901 0.010.000
Arthur MID830 0.000.043
Nicolás González MID9015 1.300.071
Giacomo Bonaventura MID9011 0.090.021
Christian Kouamé MID901 0.020.381
M'Bala Nzola FWD5110 0.000.152
Jonathan Ikone Sub392 0.080.000
Luca Ranieri Sub390 0.000.000
Maxime Lopez Sub70 0.000.000
Yerry Mina Sub10 0.000.000
Pietro Comuzzo Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Fiorentina win 47% Avg odds 2.03
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41
Bologna win 25% Avg odds 3.87

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

Form going into the game

Fiorentina WWLLL
Bologna WDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Fiorentina 1-2 Bologna, 05 Feb 23 Next meeting: Bologna 2-0 Fiorentina, 14 Feb 24  All Fiorentina 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.