Serie A

Bologna 2-3 Empoli

Bologna vs Empoli finished 2-3 in Serie A. Key event: 0 Riccardo Saponara (assist Manuel Pucciarelli · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.9%, 49.1%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 3-4-1. Home form: W W L D W; Away form: W W W D L. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 2.43 / 3.10 / 3.10; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

BOL 2 - 3 Finished

EMP

Competition Serie A Season 2015/2016 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 19 Dec 2015, 23:45 Venue time 20 Dec 2015, 00:45 CET

Match context 4 facts

Home form W W L D W 10 pts, goals 8-6, 1.60 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Away form W W W D L 10 pts, goals 8-5, 1.60 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Bologna · season record 6 W · 1 D · 9 L 2015/2016: 16 recorded matches, goals 17–21; before 19 Dec 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Empoli · season record 7 W · 3 D · 6 L 2015/2016: 16 recorded matches, goals 20–20; before 19 Dec 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 30 shots · 5 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Bologna 13 shots · 1.26 xG · 2 goals

Empoli 17 shots · 1.95 xG · 3 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Bologna160 plotted of 406 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Empoli160 plotted of 307 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Bologna249 exact passer-recipient links

ROS CRI MAS MOU DON OIK GAS DES MIR BRI FAL MAN

ROSLuca Rossettini29 passes
CRILorenzo Crisetig17 passes
MASAdam Masina31 passes
MOUAnthony Mounier20 passes
DONGodfred Donsah14 passes
OIKMarios Oikonomou30 passes
GASDaniele Gastaldello31 passes
DESMattia Destro9 passes
MIRAntonio Mirante19 passes
BRIFranco Brienza41 passes
FALFilippo Falco6 passes
MANMatteo Mancosu2 passes

Empoli165 exact passer-recipient links

ZIE LAU COS CRO SAP MAC PUC ZAM BÜC TON LIV

ZIEPiotr Zieliński27 passes
LAUVincent Laurini18 passes
COSAndrea Costa18 passes
CRODaniele Croce1 passes
SAPRiccardo Saponara21 passes
MACMassimo Maccarone7 passes
PUCManuel Pucciarelli23 passes
ZAMMarco Zambelli4 passes
BÜCMarcel Büchel19 passes
TONLorenzo Tonelli26 passes
LIVMarko Livaja1 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Bologna406 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Empoli307 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 28 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

BolognaEmpoli

0–5′2–98
5–10′0–100
10–15′0–100
15–20′0–100
20–25′32–68
25–30′7–93
30–35′0–100
35–40′1–99
40–45′0–100
50–55′65–35
55–60′29–71
60–65′100–0
65–70′42–58
70–75′100–0
75–80′100–0
80–85′73–27
85–90′100–0
90–95′99–1

Timeline 57 events

0 shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Manuel Pucciarelli · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.9%, 49.1%

2' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.1%, 62.9%

6' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80%, 70.6%

7' shot Piotr Zielinski EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.1%, 55.7%

13' shot Anthony Mounier BOL assist Franco Brienza · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 75.8%, 56.3%

14' shot Marcel Büchel EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 61.8%

15' shot Mário Rui Silva Duarte EMP Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02

15' shot Mário Rui EMP xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 74.9%, 57.9%

18' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Marcel Büchel · xG 0.46 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.9%, 55.3%

23' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.6%, 57.3%

24' Goal Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Riccardo Saponara

27' shot Luca Rossettini BOL assist Franco Brienza · xG 0.47 · Set Piece · location 93.9%, 50.4%

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28' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92%, 31.4%

30' shot Mattia Destro BOL assist Saphir Taïder · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.4%, 52%

32' shot Marcel Büchel EMP xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.3%, 56.4%

33' Yellow Andrea Costa EMP Yellow Card

34' Yellow Andrea Costa EMP

35' shot Franco Brienza BOL xG 0.17 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 81.7%, 52%

36' Goal Franco Brienza BOL assist Mattia Destro

38' shot Luca Rossettini BOL assist Franco Brienza · xG 0.02 · Set Piece · location 88.8%, 51.5%

41' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.31 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.6%, 57.3%

44' shot Mattia Destro BOL xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.6%, 46.6%

45' Goal Mattia Destro BOL

47' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Manuel Pucciarelli · xG 0.58 · Open Play · location 95.3%, 52.8%

49' shot Saphir Sliti Taïder BOL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.11

49' shot Saphir Taïder BOL assist Anthony Mounier · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.8%, 34.2%

49' Goal Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Manuel Pucciarelli

54' Yellow Vincent Laurini EMP Yellow Card

55' Sub Filippo Falco BOL on for Lorenzo Crisetig · Tactical

56' Yellow Łukasz Skorupski EMP Yellow Card

57' Yellow Lukasz Skorupski EMP

60' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.9%, 29.6%

61' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Manuel Pucciarelli · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.2%, 65.3%

64' Yellow Mário Rui Silva Duarte EMP Yellow Card

65' Yellow Mário Rui EMP

67' Sub Marko Livaja EMP on for Massimo Maccarone · Tactical

68' shot Mário Rui Silva Duarte EMP Open Play · Saved · xG 0.05

68' shot Mário Rui EMP assist Leandro Paredes · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 67%

69' shot Saphir Sliti Taïder BOL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

69' shot Saphir Taïder BOL xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 75.8%, 39.4%

71' Sub Erick Antonio Pulgar Farfán BOL on for Godfred Donsah · Tactical

73' Yellow Erick Antonio Pulgar Farfán BOL Yellow Card

74' Yellow Erick Pulgar BOL

75' shot Anthony Mounier BOL assist Erick Pulgar · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.4%, 36.4%

77' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.2%, 55.9%

78' Sub Marco Zambelli EMP on for Vincent Laurini · Tactical

79' shot Saphir Sliti Taïder BOL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02

79' shot Mattia Destro BOL assist Luca Rossettini · xG 0.22 · From Corner · location 95.2%, 49.6%

79' shot Saphir Taïder BOL assist Anthony Mounier · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 82.1%, 16.9%

83' shot Adam Masina BOL assist Mattia Destro · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 57.4%

84' Sub Matteo Mancosu BOL on for Anthony Mounier · Tactical

84' Sub Daniele Croce EMP on for Piotr Zieliński · Tactical

86' Yellow Saphir Sliti Taïder BOL Yellow Card

87' shot Marcel Büchel EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.9%, 64.2%

88' Yellow Saphir Taïder BOL

90+4' shot Saphir Sliti Taïder BOL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.08

94' shot Saphir Taïder BOL assist Matteo Mancosu · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.4%, 52.9%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 3-5-4

Empoli leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 25 Jan 2025 · Empoli vs Bologna · 1 - 1.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

25 Jan 2025

Empoli 1 - 1 Bologna

31 Aug 2024

Bologna 1 - 1 Empoli

15 Mar 2024

Empoli 0 - 1 Bologna

01 Oct 2023

Bologna 3 - 0 Empoli

04 May 2023

Empoli 3 - 1 Bologna

17 Sep 2022

Bologna 0 - 1 Empoli

06 Feb 2022

Bologna 0 - 0 Empoli

26 Sep 2021

Empoli 4 - 2 Bologna

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27 Apr 2019

Bologna 3 - 1 Empoli

09 Dec 2018

Empoli 2 - 1 Bologna

07 May 2017

Empoli 3 - 1 Bologna

11 Dec 2016

Bologna 0 - 0 Empoli

Team statistics 8 metrics

1.26 Expected Goals 1.95

39% 60%

13 Total Shots 17

43% 56%

53% Ball Possession 47%

53% 47%

5 Shots on Goal 9

35% 64%

16 Fouls 16

50% 50%

9 Corner Kicks 6

60% 40%

Possession over time 4 recorded checkpoints · Exact checkpoints

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7 Shots off target 5

19 Crosses 5

Lineups

Bologna

13 L Luca Rossettini RIGHT BACK

25 A Adam Masina LEFT BACK

83 A Antonio Mirante GK

6 L Lorenzo Crisetig CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

10 M Mattia Destro CENTER FORWARD

30 G Godfred Donsah LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

8 S Saphir Sliti Taïder RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

2 M Marios Oikonomou RIGHT CENTER BACK

28 D Daniele Gastaldello LEFT CENTER BACK

26 A Anthony Mounier RIGHT WING

23 F Franco Brienza LEFT WING

Empoli

17 P Piotr Zieliński RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

20 M Manuel Pucciarelli RIGHT CENTER FORWARD

5 R Riccardo Saponara CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

21 M Mário Rui Silva Duarte LEFT BACK

2 V Vincent Laurini RIGHT BACK

26 L Lorenzo Tonelli RIGHT CENTER BACK

77 M Marcel Büchel LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

15 A Andrea Costa LEFT CENTER BACK

28 Ł Łukasz Skorupski GK

32 L Leandro Daniel Paredes CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

7 M Massimo Maccarone LEFT CENTER FORWARD

Historical 1X2 odds

Home / Draw / Away2.43 / 3.10 / 3.10

Bookmaker samples7