Napoli vs Bologna

29 December 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Gianpaolo Calvarese

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Arkadiusz Milik 16’, 51’
Dries Mertens 88’

Federico Santander 37’
Danilo 80’

Match summary

Napoli saw off Bologna 3-2, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Arkadiusz Milik put Napoli ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Dries Mertens and Federico Santander equalised with a header in the 37th minute, set up by Rodrigo Palacio. In the second half, Milik put Napoli back in front with a header in the 51st minute, set up by Kevin Malcuit, Danilo equalised with a header in the 80th minute, set up by Erick Pulgar, and Dries Mertens won it in the 88th minute, set up by Fabián.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.87 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Bologna's 0.74 from 10.

Match stats

14 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.87 xG 0.74

1.87 Non-penalty xG 0.74

7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Napoli Bologna

Kick-off

Arkadiusz Milik
Assist: Dries Mertens

1-0

16’

37’

Federico Santander
Assist: Rodrigo Palacio

1-1

Half-time1-1

Arkadiusz Milik
Assist: Kevin Malcuit

2-1

51’

80’

Danilo
Assist: Erick Pulgar

2-2

Dries Mertens
Assist: Fabián

3-2

88’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Napoli

Kevin Malcuit
Allan

Bologna

Sebastien De Maio
Erick Pulgar

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 1.87 xGBologna 0.74 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
Alex Meret	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Malcuit	DEF	90		1	1	0.04	0.06	1
Nikola Maksimovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Faouzi Ghoulam	DEF	71			0	0.00	0.14	1
José Callejón	MID	86			2	0.56	0.00	0
Allan	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Piotr Zielinski	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Simone Verdi	MID	61			1	0.01	0.06	1
Dries Mertens	FWD	90	1	1	6	0.36	0.50	3
Arkadiusz Milik	FWD	90	2		5	0.76	0.11	1
Fabián	Sub	29		1	1	0.12	0.12	3
Mário Rui	Sub	19			1	0.02	0.00	0
Adam Ounas	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.12	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Skorupski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danilo	DEF	90	1		2	0.33	0.00	0
Sebastien De Maio	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Filip Helander	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Mattiello	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Mitchell Dijks	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Erick Pulgar	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.38	2
Andrea Poli	MID	82			2	0.12	0.00	0
Mattias Svanberg	MID	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rodrigo Palacio	FWD	90		1	3	0.10	0.18	3
Federico Santander	FWD	41	1		2	0.13	0.00	0
Diego Falcinelli	Sub	49			1	0.07	0.00	0
Ádám Nagy	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Orsolini	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.01	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 74% Bet365 odds 1.28

Draw 17% Bet365 odds 5.50

Bologna win 9% Bet365 odds 10.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Napoli W W W W L

Bologna L L D D L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.