Genoa vs Bologna

9 January 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Daniele Doveri

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Miha Zajc 44’
  • Mattia Destro 55’

Match summary

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

Miha Zajc put Genoa ahead in the 44th minute and Mattia Destro made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue.

There was little between the sides on chances: Genoa created 1.07 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Bologna 1.04 from 14.

Match stats

Genoa Bologna
9 Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.05 xG 1.04
1.05 Non-penalty xG 1.04
4 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Genoa Bologna
Kick-off
Miha Zajc1-0 (Genoa)
44’
Half-time1-0
Mattia Destro
Assist: Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue2-0 (Genoa)
55’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Genoa
  • Ivan Radovanovic
  • Paolo Ghiglione

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.07 1.04 44’ Miha Zajc (Genoa), 1-0 44’ 55’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), 2-0 55’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.07 1.04 44’ Miha Zajc (Genoa), 1-0 Zajc 44’ 55’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), 2-0 Destro 55’
Genoa 1.07 xGBologna 1.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bologna attacking Genoa attacking 
88’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), set piece, 0.60 xG, off target 55’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 44’ Miha Zajc (Genoa), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 44’ Davide Zappacosta (Genoa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 1’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 33’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 13’ Miha Zajc (Genoa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 52’ Mattia Bani (Genoa), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+2’ Paolo Ghiglione (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 39’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 67’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Andreas Skov Olsen (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 10’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Valon Behrami (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 19’ Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 73’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 14’ Emanuel Vignato (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 88’ Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), set piece, 0.60 xG, off target 55’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 44’ Miha Zajc (Genoa), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 44’ Davide Zappacosta (Genoa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 1’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 13’ Miha Zajc (Genoa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 33’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 52’ Mattia Bani (Genoa), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+2’ Paolo Ghiglione (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 63’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 67’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Andreas Skov Olsen (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 10’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Valon Behrami (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 19’ Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 14’ Emanuel Vignato (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 73’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mattia Perin GK900 0.000.000
Andrea Masiello DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia Bani DEF901 0.060.162
Ivan Radovanovic DEF900 0.000.000
Davide Zappacosta MID901 0.130.000
Domenico Criscito MID461 0.030.000
Milan Badelj MID900 0.000.061
Miha Zajc MID9012 0.230.061
Valon Behrami MID461 0.020.000
Mattia Destro FWD8612 0.480.000
Eldor Shomurodov FWD811 0.060.243
Paolo Ghiglione Sub441 0.060.000
Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue Sub2810 0.000.381
Lukas Lerager Sub160 0.000.000
Marko Pjaca Sub90 0.000.000
Filippo Melegoni Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 33% Avg odds 2.90
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.32
Bologna win 38% Avg odds 2.48

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

Form going into the game

Genoa DLWDL
Bologna DDDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bologna 0-3 Genoa, 15 Feb 20 Next meeting: Bologna 0-2 Genoa, 12 May 21  All Genoa 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.