Serie A

Napoli 3-2 Bologna

Napoli vs Bologna finished 3-2 in Serie A. Key event: 3' Andrea Poli (assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 27.7%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 6-1-1. Home form: L W W W W; Away form: L D D D L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

NAP 3 - 2 Finished

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

Your time 29 Dec 2018, 17:00 Venue time 29 Dec 2018, 18:00 CET

Match preview 2 facts

Home form L W W W W 12 pts, goals 8-2, 1.60 scored/match, 0.40 conceded/match

Away form L D D D L 3 pts, goals 1-4, 0.20 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Shot map 27 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.

Napoli 17 shots · 1.87 xG · 3 goals

Bologna 10 shots · 0.74 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 41 events

3' shot Andrea Poli BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 27.7%

6' shot Rodrigo Palacio BOL xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.7%, 70.9%

10' shot Simone Verdi NAP xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.2%, 61.6%

11' shot Andrea Poli BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.6%, 44.5%

11' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Raúl Albiol · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 52.4%

14' shot Dries Mertens NAP xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 43.5%

15' shot Arkadiusz Milik NAP assist Dries Mertens · xG 0.43 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.1%, 46.4%

24' shot Dries Mertens NAP xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.1%, 64.8%

24' Yellow Erick Pulgar BOL Yellow card

28' shot Federico Santander BOL assist Mitchell Dijks · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.6%, 61.4%

31' shot Arkadiusz Milik NAP assist Faouzi Ghoulam · xG 0.14 · From Corner · location 96.3%, 46.6%

32' shot Arkadiusz Milik NAP assist Simone Verdi · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 91.4%, 53.3%

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36' shot Federico Santander BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio · xG 0.06 · Set Piece · location 91.2%, 50.3%

37' shot Kevin Malcuit NAP assist Dries Mertens · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.9%, 27%

37' Goal Federico Santander BOL assist Rodrigo Palacio

42' Sub Diego Falcinelli BOL on for Federico Santander · Injury substitution

46' shot Dries Mertens NAP xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 72.5%, 62.9%

46' Yellow Sebastien De Maio BOL Yellow card

49' shot José Callejón NAP xG 0.53 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 95.9%, 57.1%

50' shot Arkadiusz Milik NAP assist Kevin Malcuit · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 92.7%, 54.2%

51' Goal Arkadiusz Milik NAP assist Kévin Malcuit

52' shot Diego Falcinelli BOL assist Erick Pulgar · xG 0.07 · From Corner · location 92.5%, 42.4%

54' shot Rodrigo Palacio BOL assist Federico Mattiello · xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 90.7%, 49.4%

58' Sub Fabián Ruiz NAP on for Simone Verdi

61' shot José Callejón NAP assist Dries Mertens · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.4%, 50%

65' shot Arkadiusz Milik NAP assist Fabián · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.8%, 69.1%

68' Sub Mário Rui NAP on for Faouzi Ghoulam

71' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Arkadiusz Milik · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 58.7%

71' Sub Ádám Nagy BOL on for Mattias Svanberg

79' shot Danilo BOL assist Erick Pulgar · xG 0.31 · Set Piece · location 90.7%, 50.5%

79' Sub Riccardo Orsolini BOL on for Andrea Poli

80' Goal Danilo BOL assist Erick Pulgar

80' Yellow Kévin Malcuit NAP Yellow card

82' shot Mário Rui NAP assist Fabián · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 72.6%

83' Sub Adam Ounas NAP on for José Callejón

87' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Fabián · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.8%, 68.6%

88' Goal Dries Mertens NAP assist Fabián Ruiz

89' shot Fabián NAP assist Adam Ounas · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.6%, 55.8%

90+4' Yellow Allan NAP Yellow card

90' shot Danilo BOL assist Riccardo Orsolini · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 96.7%, 62%

91' shot Rodrigo Palacio BOL xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 85.8%, 50%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 6-3-3

Napoli leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 3 losses, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 13 Sep 2026 · Napoli vs Bologna · 1 - 0.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

13 Sep 2026

Napoli 1 - 0 Bologna

11 May 2026

Napoli 2 - 3 Bologna

22 Dec 2025

Napoli 2 - 0 Bologna

09 Nov 2025

Bologna 2 - 0 Napoli

07 Apr 2025

Bologna 1 - 1 Napoli

25 Aug 2024

Napoli 3 - 0 Bologna

11 May 2024

Napoli 0 - 2 Bologna

24 Sep 2023

Bologna 0 - 0 Napoli

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28 May 2023

Bologna 2 - 2 Napoli

16 Oct 2022

Napoli 3 - 2 Bologna

17 Jan 2022

Bologna 0 - 2 Napoli

28 Oct 2021

Napoli 3 - 0 Bologna

Team statistics 17 metrics

64% Ball Possession 36%

64% 36%

1.87 Expected Goals 0.74

71% 28%

17 Total Shots 10

63% 37%

7 Shots on Goal 4

63% 36%

6 Corner Kicks 5

54% 45%

15 Fouls 10

60% 40%

2 Yellow Cards 2

50% 50%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 4

33% 66%

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5 Blocked shots 0

2 Offsides 1

10 Free kicks 15

5 Shots off target 6

15 Throw-ins 19

7 Goal kicks 6

2 Total saves 4

1 Hit woodwork 0

10 Shots inside box 9

Lineups

28 Łukasz Skorupski GK 4 Sebastien De Maio DEF 23 Danilo DEF 18 Filip Helander DEF 14 Federico Mattiello MID 16 Andrea Poli MID 5 Erick Pulgar MID 32 Mattias Svanberg MID 35 Mitchell Dijks MID 24 Rodrigo Palacio FWD 9 Federico Santander FWD 1 Alex Meret GK 2 Kévin Malcuit DEF 33 Raúl Albiol DEF 19 Nikola Maksimović DEF 31 Faouzi Ghoulam DEF 7 José Callejón MID 20 Piotr Zieliński MID 5 Allan MID 9 Simone Verdi MID 14 Dries Mertens FWD 99 Arkadiusz Milik FWD

Bologna

3-5-2 · Manager Filippo Inzaghi

28 Ł Łukasz Skorupski GK

4 S Sebastien De Maio DEF

23 D Danilo DEF

18 F Filip Helander DEF

14 F Federico Mattiello MID

16 A Andrea Poli · Captain MID

5 E Erick Pulgar MID

32 M Mattias Svanberg MID

35 M Mitchell Dijks MID

24 R Rodrigo Palacio FWD

9 F Federico Santander FWD

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91 D Diego Falcinelli FWD

8 Á Ádám Nagy MID

7 R Riccardo Orsolini FWD

1 A Angelo Da Costa GK

3 G Giancarlo González DEF

15 I Ibrahima Mbaye DEF

33 A Arturo Calabresi DEF

11 L Ladislav Krejčí MID

31 B Blerim Džemaili MID

17 G Godfred Donsah MID

22 M Mattia Destro FWD

30 O Orji Okwonkwo FWD

Napoli

4-4-2 · Manager Carlo Ancelotti

1 A Alex Meret GK

2 K Kévin Malcuit DEF

33 R Raúl Albiol DEF

19 N Nikola Maksimović DEF

31 F Faouzi Ghoulam DEF

7 J José Callejón · Captain MID

20 P Piotr Zieliński MID

5 A Allan MID

9 S Simone Verdi MID

14 D Dries Mertens FWD

99 A Arkadiusz Milik FWD

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8 F Fabián Ruiz MID

6 M Mário Rui DEF

11 A Adam Ounas MID

25 D David Ospina GK

27 O Orestis Karnezis GK

23 E Elseid Hysaj DEF

13 S Sebastiano Luperto DEF

30 M Marko Rog MID

42 A Amadou Diawara MID

34 A Amin Younes FWD