Bologna vs Napoli, 2020-21 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AOsimhen header gives Napoli 1-0 win over Bologna
A goal from record signing Victor Osimhen and two late saves by goalkeeper David Ospina gave Napoli a 1-0 win over Bologna.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli).
- 1': Roberto Soriano (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Attempt missed. Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 4': Attempt saved. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tiemoué Bakayoko.
- 5': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna).
- 9': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Bologna).
- 9': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Offside, Bologna. Takehiro Tomiyasu tries a through ball, but Rodrigo Palacio is caught offside.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Roberto Soriano (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
- 12': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Bologna).
- 12': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Danilo.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nicolás Domínguez.
- 17': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 19': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 21': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 23': Goal! Bologna 0, Napoli 1. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
- 25': Foul by Lorenzo De Silvestri (Bologna).
- 25': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna).
- 25': Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 26': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 26': Jerdy Schouten (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Danilo (Bologna).
- 27': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Danilo (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 31': Roberto Soriano (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 32': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Tiemoué Bakayoko.
- 33': Offside, Bologna. Lukasz Skorupski tries a through ball, but Rodrigo Palacio is caught offside.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
- 40': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 40': Stefano Denswil (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Bologna).
- 43': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Bologna 0, Napoli 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Bologna 0, Napoli 1.
- 46': Offside, Bologna. Jerdy Schouten tries a through ball, but Rodrigo Palacio is caught offside.
- 49': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Stefano Denswil.
- 49': Hand ball by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
- 49': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 51': VAR Decision: No Goal Bologna 0-1 Napoli.
- 55': Attempt missed. Jerdy Schouten (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo Palacio.
- 56': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 56': Stefano Denswil (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riccardo Orsolini.
- 60': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Musa Barrow.
- 60': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross following a corner.
- 61': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
- 61': Foul by Jerdy Schouten (Bologna).
- 61': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 61': Jerdy Schouten (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 62': Substitution, Bologna. Mattias Svanberg replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
- 63': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 64': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Danilo.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
- 66': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Takehiro Tomiyasu.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
- 68': Hand ball by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
- 69': Attempt blocked. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 69': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Danilo.
- 70': Substitution, Bologna. Emanuel Vignato replaces Stefano Denswil.
- 71': Foul by Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna).
- 71': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Attempt saved. Musa Barrow (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emanuel Vignato.
- 76': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
- 76': Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Dries Mertens.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 78': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Kostas Manolas.
- 79': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by David Ospina.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
- 81': Offside, Bologna. Takehiro Tomiyasu tries a through ball, but Rodrigo Palacio is caught offside.
- 82': Foul by Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli).
- 82': Mattias Svanberg (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
- 83': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
- 83': Offside, Bologna. Takehiro Tomiyasu tries a through ball, but Rodrigo Palacio is caught offside.
- 86': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
- 86': Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Attempt saved. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roberto Soriano.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 86': Attempt missed. Mattias Svanberg (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 88': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Jerdy Schouten (Bologna).
- 89': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Bologna).
- 89': Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 90': Musa Barrow (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Jerdy Schouten (Bologna).
- 90': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Danilo (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Andrea Petagna (Napoli).
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Rodrigo Palacio (Bologna) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
- 90'+2': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Tiemoué Bakayoko.
- 90'+4': Offside, Bologna. Lukasz Skorupski tries a through ball, but Rodrigo Palacio is caught offside.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Bologna 0, Napoli 1.
- 0': Match ends, Bologna 0, Napoli 1.
Statistics
 NAP |
BOL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 12 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 6 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 52.4 | Possession | 47.6 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 412 | Accurate Passes | 366 |
| 495 | Passes | 448 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 22 | Crosses | 18 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 49 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 9 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 13 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 14 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 19 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Renato Dall'Ara
Location: Bologna, Italy
Venue: Renato Dall'Ara
Location: Bologna, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 31 | +45 | 72 |
| 2 | Napoli | 31 | +17 | 65 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 31 | +23 | 63 |
| 4 | Como | 31 | +31 | 58 |
Line-Ups
Bologna (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 28 | Lukasz Skorupski (GK) |
| 23 | Danilo  |
| 14 | Takehiro Tomiyasu |
| 4 | Stefano Denswil |
| 29 | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
| 21 | Roberto Soriano |
| 30 | Jerdy Schouten |
| 8 | Nicolás Domínguez |
| 24 | Rodrigo Palacio |
| 99 | Musa Barrow |
| 7 | Riccardo Orsolini |
Napoli (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | David Ospina (GK) |
| 26 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| 44 | Kostas Manolas |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 14 | Dries Mertens |
| 5 | Tiemoué Bakayoko |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 9 | Victor Osimhen |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 11 | Hirving Lozano |
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