Sassuolo vs Bologna

28 October 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Antonio Giua

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Daniel Boloca 44’

Joshua Zirkzee 3’

Match summary

The points were shared as Sassuolo and Bologna drew 1-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Joshua Zirkzee put Bologna ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Michel Aebischer and Daniel Boloca equalised in the 44th minute, set up by Jeremy Toljan.

There was little between the sides on chances: Sassuolo created 0.86 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Bologna 0.83 from 9.

Match stats

17 Shots 9

6 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

0.86 xG 0.83

0.86 Non-penalty xG 0.83

8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Sassuolo Bologna

Kick-off

3’

Joshua Zirkzee
Assist: Michel Aebischer

0-1

Daniel Boloca
Assist: Jeremy Toljan

1-1

44’

Half-time1-1

Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Sassuolo

Domenico Berardi

Bologna

Charalampos Lykogiannis
Alexis Saelemaekers
Oussama El Azzouzi

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.

Sassuolo 0.86 xGBologna 0.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bologna attacking Sassuolo 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
Andrea Consigli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremy Toljan	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.02	1
Martin Erlic	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90			2	0.13	0.06	2
Matias Viña	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Daniel Boloca	MID	90	1		1	0.02	0.00	0
Kristian Thorstvedt	MID	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Domenico Berardi	MID	90			2	0.08	0.18	3
Nedim Bajrami	MID	73			2	0.16	0.08	2
Armand Lauriente	MID	73			2	0.06	0.07	1
Andrea Pinamonti	FWD	89			5	0.28	0.00	0
Uros Racic	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.05	1
Cristian Volpato	Sub	17			1	0.05	0.13	2
Emil Ceïde	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gregoire Defrel	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Pedersen	Sub	1			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	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Bonifazi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Calafiori	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Charalampos Lykogiannis	DEF	64			2	0.02	0.00	0
Remo Freuler	MID	90			0	0.00	0.33	3
Michel Aebischer	MID	70		1	0	0.00	0.28	1
Riccardo Orsolini	MID	90			3	0.30	0.02	1
Lewis Ferguson	MID	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Alexis Saelemaekers	MID	64			0	0.00	0.11	2
Joshua Zirkzee	FWD	90	1		2	0.35	0.00	0
Stefan Posch	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Kristiansen	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan Ndoye	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oussama El Azzouzi	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nikola Moro	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 37% Avg odds 2.59

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.46

Bologna win 35% Avg odds 2.72

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo W W L D L

Bologna D D W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sassuolo 1-1 Bologna, 08 May 23 Next meeting: Bologna 4-2 Sassuolo, 03 Feb 24 All Sassuolo 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.