Serie A

Empoli 2-1 Bologna

Empoli vs Bologna finished 2-1 in Serie A. Key event: 4' Ladislav Krejci (assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.6%, 66.9%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 3-3-2. Home form: D W W L L; Away form: L D D L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

EMP 2 - 1 Finished

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Competition Serie A Season 2018/2019 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 09 Dec 2018, 14:00 Venue time 09 Dec 2018, 15:00 CET

Match preview 2 facts

Home form D W W L L 7 pts, goals 9-12, 1.80 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Away form L D D L D 3 pts, goals 6-10, 1.20 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Shot map 34 shots · 3 goals

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

Empoli 12 shots · 2.81 xG · 2 goals

Bologna 22 shots · 2.08 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 47 events

4' shot Ladislav Krejci BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.6%, 66.9%

9' shot Francesco Caputo EMP assist Antonio La Gumina · xG 0.29 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94%, 34%

10' Goal Francesco Caputo 1–0 EMP assist Antonio La Gumina

13' shot Rodrigo Palacio BOL assist Ladislav Krejci · xG 0.21 · Open Play · location 90.1%, 54.6%

23' Yellow Andrea Poli BOL Yellow card

31' shot Riccardo Orsolini BOL assist Ladislav Krejci · xG 0.02 · Open Play · location 93.9%, 38.8%

33' shot Francesco Caputo EMP xG 0.09 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 91.2%, 59.4%

35' Yellow Frédéric Veseli EMP Yellow card

38' shot Ádám Nagy BOL assist Federico Mattiello · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.2%, 40.4%

40' shot Andrea Poli BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.7 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.5%, 52.8%

41' Goal Andrea Poli 1–1 BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio

43' shot Riccardo Orsolini BOL assist Federico Santander · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.1%, 48.7%

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45+3' Yellow Leonardo Capezzi EMP Yellow card

47' shot Francesco Caputo EMP xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.7%, 69.4%

48' shot Federico Santander BOL assist Federico Mattiello · xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 90.9%, 48.7%

50' shot Hamed Junior Traore EMP assist Rade Krunic · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72%, 48.4%

55' Sub Miha Zajc EMP on for Hamed Junior Traorè

58' shot Federico Santander BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 89.1%, 50.6%

61' shot Francesco Caputo EMP assist Giovanni Di Lorenzo · xG 0.13 · Open Play · location 93.3%, 44.8%

63' shot Federico Santander BOL assist Ádám Nagy · xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 89.7%, 41.5%

68' Sub Mattias Svanberg BOL on for Andrea Poli

69' shot Frederic Veseli EMP xG 0.54 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 95.2%, 43.1%

70' shot Mattias Svanberg BOL assist Federico Mattiello · xG 0.02 · Open Play · location 86.7%, 54.3%

71' shot Manuel Pasqual EMP assist Francesco Caputo · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.4%, 65.2%

71' Sub Blerim Džemaili BOL on for Riccardo Orsolini

75' Sub Joel Untersee EMP on for Manuel Pasqual · Injury substitution

77' shot Federico Santander BOL assist Federico Mattiello · xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 90.2%, 54%

79' shot Miha Zajc EMP assist Rade Krunic · xG 0.47 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.8%, 53.4%

79' shot Antonio La Gumina EMP assist Miha Zajc · xG 0.92 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 97.9%, 50.9%

80' Goal Antonio La Gumina 2–1EMP assist Miha Zajc

81' shot Federico Santander BOL xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.5%, 45.4%

81' Sub Diego Falcinelli BOL on for Giancarlo González

82' Sub Afriyie Acquah EMP on for Antonio La Gumina

83' shot Blerim Dzemaili BOL assist Federico Santander · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.5%, 47.4%

83' shot Mattias Svanberg BOL assist Federico Mattiello · xG 0.32 · Open Play · location 93%, 51.5%

85' shot Domenico Maietta EMP assist Rade Krunic · xG 0.1 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90.7%, 45.4%

86' shot Blerim Dzemaili BOL xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.8%, 37.7%

87' shot Diego Falcinelli BOL assist Federico Santander · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.8%, 42.5%

87' Yellow Blerim Džemaili BOL Yellow card

88' shot Francesco Caputo EMP xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.6%, 41.5%

90' shot Federico Mattiello BOL xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 71.9%, 50.1%

91' shot Miha Zajc EMP assist Ivan Provedel · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.6%, 52%

92' shot Federico Santander BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 88.3%, 47.5%

92' shot Federico Santander BOL xG 0.08 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 88.9%, 56.5%

93' shot Danilo BOL assist Filip Helander · xG 0.04 · From Corner · location 90.2%, 54%

93' shot Danilo BOL assist Federico Santander · xG 0.06 · From Corner · location 89.9%, 46.4%

93' shot Federico Santander BOL xG 0.13 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 97.9%, 55.7%

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

Empoli leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 4 wins, 3 losses, 5 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

07 May 2017

Empoli 3 - 1 Bologna

11 Dec 2016

Bologna 0 - 0 Empoli

01 May 2016

Empoli 0 - 0 Bologna

Team statistics 17 metrics

41% Ball Possession 59%

41% 59%

2.37 Expected Goals 2.08

53% 46%

12 Total Shots 22

35% 64%

4 Shots on Goal 8

33% 66%

4 Corner Kicks 8

33% 66%

6 Fouls 8

42% 57%

2 Yellow Cards 2

50% 50%

6 Goalkeeper Saves 2

75% 25%

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3 Blocked shots 6

1 Offsides 3

7 Free kicks 5

5 Shots off target 8

18 Throw-ins 24

7 Goal kicks 10

6 Total saves 2

0 Hit woodwork 0

10 Shots inside box 16

Lineups

28 Łukasz Skorupski GK 3 Giancarlo González DEF 23 Danilo DEF 18 Filip Helander DEF 14 Federico Mattiello MID 7 Riccardo Orsolini MID 8 Ádám Nagy MID 16 Andrea Poli MID 11 Ladislav Krejčí MID 9 Federico Santander FWD 24 Rodrigo Palacio FWD 1 Ivan Provedel GK 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF 5 Frédéric Veseli DEF 26 Matías Silvestre DEF 22 Domenico Maietta DEF 23 Manuel Pasqual DEF 33 Rade Krunić MID 10 Ismaël Bennacer MID 8 Hamed Junior Traorè MID 20 Antonio La Gumina FWD 11 Francesco Caputo FWD

Bologna

3-5-2 · Manager Filippo Inzaghi

28 Ł Łukasz Skorupski GK

3 G Giancarlo González DEF

23 D Danilo DEF

18 F Filip Helander DEF

14 F Federico Mattiello MID

7 R Riccardo Orsolini MID

8 Á Ádám Nagy MID

16 A Andrea Poli · Captain MID

11 L Ladislav Krejčí MID

9 F Federico Santander FWD

24 R Rodrigo Palacio FWD

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32 M Mattias Svanberg MID

31 B Blerim Džemaili MID

91 D Diego Falcinelli FWD

1 A Angelo Da Costa GK

29 A Antonio Santurro GK

35 M Mitchell Dijks DEF

15 I Ibrahima Mbaye DEF

4 S Sebastien De Maio DEF

6 N Nehuén Paz DEF

5 E Erick Pulgar MID

22 M Mattia Destro FWD

30 O Orji Okwonkwo FWD

Empoli

5-3-2 · Manager Giuseppe Iachini

1 I Ivan Provedel GK

2 G Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF

5 F Frédéric Veseli DEF

26 M Matías Silvestre DEF

22 D Domenico Maietta DEF

23 M Manuel Pasqual · Captain DEF

33 R Rade Krunić MID

10 I Ismaël Bennacer MID

8 H Hamed Junior Traorè MID

20 A Antonio La Gumina FWD

11 F Francesco Caputo FWD

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6 M Miha Zajc MID

27 J Joel Untersee DEF

18 A Afriyie Acquah MID

21 P Pietro Terracciano GK

32 J Jacob Rasmussen DEF

29 M Michał Marcjanik DEF

28 L Leonardo Capezzi MID

4 M Matteo Brighi MID

48 S Salih Uçan MID

7 L Levan Mchedlidze FWD

9 A Alejandro Rodríguez FWD

66 S Samuel Mráz FWD