Spezia vs Bologna

4 September 2022 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Antonio Giua

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Simone Bastoni 45+2’
Jerdy Schouten 54’ (og)

Marko Arnautovic 6’, 64’

Match summary

The points were shared as Spezia and Bologna drew 2-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marko Arnautovic put Bologna ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Gary Medel and Simone Bastoni equalised in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Schouten's own goal put Spezia in front with a header in the 54th minute and Arnautovic equalised in the 64th minute, set up by Roberto Soriano.

There was little between the sides on chances: Spezia created 1.08 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots, Bologna 1.02 from 13.

Match stats

15 Shots 13

5 Shots on Target 6

7 Corners 2

4 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.06 xG 1.02

1.06 Non-penalty xG 1.02

10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Spezia Bologna

Kick-off

6’

Marko Arnautovic
Assist: Gary Medel

0-1

Simone Bastoni1-1

45+2’

Half-time1-1

Jerdy Schouten
Own goal2-1

54’

64’

Marko Arnautovic
Assist: Roberto Soriano

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Spezia

Dimitris Nikolaou
Emil Holm
Simone Bastoni
Jacopo Sala

Bologna

Joshua Zirkzee

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.

Spezia 1.08 xGBologna 1.02 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bologna attacking Spezia attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bartlomiej Dragowski	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Petko Hristov	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dimitris Nikolaou	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.07	1
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	90		1	0.06	0.00	0
Emil Holm	MID	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Arkadiusz Reca	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mehdi Bourabia	MID	90		2	0.03	0.00	0
Simone Bastoni	MID	82	1	3	0.09	0.19	3
Viktor Kovalenko	MID	70		2	0.18	0.19	4
M'Bala Nzola	FWD	90		4	0.56	0.03	1
Emmanuel Gyasi	FWD	90		2	0.14	0.05	1
Kevin Agudelo	Sub	20		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mikael Ellertsson	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacopo Sala	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Sanca	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
Gary Medel	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.46	1
Jhon Lucumí	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Adama Soumaoro	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lorenzo De Silvestri	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jerdy Schouten	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Nikola Moro	MID	52			0	0.00	0.00	0
Charalampos Lykogiannis	MID	82			0	0.00	0.01	1
Musa Barrow	MID	68			3	0.05	0.00	0
Marko Arnautovic	FWD	90	2		2	0.76	0.06	3
Riccardo Orsolini	FWD	68			2	0.04	0.00	0
Nicolás Domínguez	Sub	38			2	0.04	0.05	3
Roberto Soriano	Sub	22		1	0	0.00	0.40	3
Joshua Zirkzee	Sub	22			1	0.05	0.00	0
Andrea Cambiaso	Sub	8			1	0.01	0.00	0
Nicola Sansone	Sub	1			1	0.04	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 31% Avg odds 3.14

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.25

Bologna win 40% Avg odds 2.40

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

Form going into the game

Spezia L W L D L

Bologna W L D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bologna 2-1 Spezia, 21 Feb 22 Next meeting: Bologna 2-0 Spezia, 27 Jan 23 All Spezia 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.

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