Sassuolo vs Bologna

22 December 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Fabbri

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Riccardo Orsolini 36’
  • Aaron Hickey 44’
  • Federico Santander 90+4’

Match summary

Bologna won comfortably, 3-0 away at Sassuolo. Bologna led 2-0 at half-time.

Riccardo Orsolini put Bologna ahead in the 36th minute, set up by Nicolás Domínguez, Aaron Hickey made it 0-2 from a corner in the 44th minute, set up by Andreas Skov Olsen, and Federico Santander made it 0-3 in stoppage time, set up by Emanuel Vignato.

The chances backed that up: Bologna created 1.49 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Sassuolo's 0.78 from 13.

Match stats

Sassuolo Bologna
13 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.78 xG 1.49
0.78 Non-penalty xG 1.49
8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Sassuolo Bologna
Kick-off
36’
Riccardo Orsolini
Assist: Nicolás Domínguez0-1 (Bologna)
44’
Aaron Hickey
Assist: Andreas Skov Olsen0-2 (Bologna)
Half-time0-2
90+4’
Federico Santander
Assist: Emanuel Vignato0-3 (Bologna)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Sassuolo
  • Francesco Magnanelli
Bologna
  • Nicolás Domínguez
  • Mattias Svanberg
  • Federico Santander

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.78 1.49 36’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 0-1 36’ 44’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), 0-2 44’ 90+4’ Federico Santander (Bologna), 0-3 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.78 1.49 36’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), 0-1 Orsolini 36’ 44’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), 0-2 Hickey 44’ 90+4’ Federico Santander (Bologna), 0-3 Santander 90+4’
Sassuolo 0.78 xGBologna 1.49 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bologna attacking Sassuolo attacking 
90+4’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 60’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 89’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 15’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 90+1’ Emanuel Vignato (Bologna), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 86’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 7’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 57’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 9’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 36’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 55’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 44’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 68’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 50’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+4’ Federico Santander (Bologna), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 60’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 89’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 15’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 86’ Musa Barrow (Bologna), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 90+1’ Emanuel Vignato (Bologna), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 7’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 57’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 9’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 36’ Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 55’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 44’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 68’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Roberto Soriano (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Aaron Hickey (Bologna), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gianluca Pegolo GK900 0.000.000
Mert Müldür DEF460 0.000.111
Gianmarco Ferrari DEF900 0.000.000
Kaan Ayhan DEF900 0.000.000
Rogerio DEF870 0.000.073
Davide Frattesi MID902 0.080.301
Maxime Lopez MID880 0.000.000
Domenico Berardi MID903 0.090.112
Hamed Junior Traore MID630 0.000.000
Jeremie Boga MID460 0.000.071
Gianluca Scamacca FWD907 0.600.011
Jeremy Toljan Sub440 0.000.000
Giacomo Raspadori Sub441 0.010.011
Gregoire Defrel Sub270 0.000.031
Georgios Kyriakopoulos Sub30 0.000.000
Francesco Magnanelli Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 46% Avg odds 2.11
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.66
Bologna win 28% Avg odds 3.38

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo WDDWD
Bologna WWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sassuolo 1-1 Bologna, 20 Feb 21 Next meeting: Bologna 1-3 Sassuolo, 15 May 22  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.