Napoli vs Bologna

7 March 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Daniele Chiffi

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Lorenzo Insigne 8’, 76’
Victor Osimhen 65’

Roberto Soriano 73’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Lorenzo Insigne put Napoli ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski. In the second half, Victor Osimhen made it 2-0 in the 65th minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski, Roberto Soriano pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 73rd minute, set up by Andreas Skov Olsen, and Insigne made it 3-1 in the 76th minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.22 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Bologna's 0.77 from 16.

Match stats

15 Shots 17

8 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.22 xG 0.77

1.22 Non-penalty xG 0.77

3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Napoli Bologna

Kick-off

Lorenzo Insigne
Assist: Piotr Zielinski

1-0

8’

Half-time1-0

Victor Osimhen
Assist: Piotr Zielinski

2-0

65’

73’

Roberto Soriano
Assist: Andreas Skov Olsen

2-1

Lorenzo Insigne

3-1

76’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Napoli

Kalidou Koulibaly
Mário Rui

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.

Napoli 1.22 xGBologna 0.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bologna attacking Napoli 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
David Ospina	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.08	1
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Faouzi Ghoulam	DEF	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego Demme	MID	90			0	0.00	0.19	2
Fabián	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	2
Matteo Politano	MID	90			3	0.23	0.09	2
Piotr Zielinski	MID	80		2	0	0.00	0.44	2
Lorenzo Insigne	MID	80	2		4	0.22	0.30	2
Dries Mertens	FWD	54			1	0.04	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	Sub	69			1	0.02	0.00	0
Victor Osimhen	Sub	36	1		2	0.65	0.00	0
Eljif Elmas	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mário Rui	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Skorupski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lorenzo De Silvestri	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.21	1
Danilo	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Adama Soumaoro	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Mbaye	DEF	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattias Svanberg	MID	77			3	0.12	0.01	1
Andrea Poli	MID	59			0	0.00	0.14	2
Andreas Skov Olsen	MID	77		1	3	0.06	0.10	2
Roberto Soriano	MID	90	1		2	0.11	0.00	0
Nicola Sansone	MID	66			0	0.00	0.02	2
Rodrigo Palacio	FWD	90			2	0.31	0.05	2
Nicolás Domínguez	Sub	31			2	0.06	0.00	0
Musa Barrow	Sub	24			2	0.07	0.01	1
Gary Medel	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Orsolini	Sub	13			1	0.04	0.00	0
Emanuel Vignato	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 64% Avg odds 1.50

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.44

Bologna win 15% Avg odds 6.48

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

Form going into the game

Napoli L W L W D

Bologna W D D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bologna 0-1 Napoli, 08 Nov 20 Next meeting: Napoli 3-0 Bologna, 28 Oct 21 All Napoli 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.