Bologna vs Empoli, 2021-22 Italian Serie A

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Bologna are hosting Empoli at Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Offside, Bologna. Arthur Theate tries a through ball, but Marko Arnautovic is caught offside.
2': Foul by Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna).
2': Mattia Viti (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Bologna).
3': Kristjan Asllani (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Bologna).
5': Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Petar Stojanovic (Empoli).
6': Roberto Soriano (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Attempt saved. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filippo Bandinelli with a cross.
8': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Lukasz Skorupski.
9': Attempt missed. Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Fabiano Parisi.
10': Attempt saved. Liam Henderson (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kristjan Asllani.
12': Attempt blocked. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roberto Soriano.
12': Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Bologna).
12': Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Offside, Empoli. Fabiano Parisi tries a through ball, but Filippo Bandinelli is caught offside.
15': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli).
15': Gary Medel (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Nedim Bajrami (Empoli).
19': Mattias Svanberg (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
22': Foul by Simone Romagnoli (Empoli).
22': Marko Arnautovic (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Mattia Viti (Empoli).
22': Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) wins a free kick on the right wing.
23': Foul by Jerdy Schouten (Bologna).
23': Liam Henderson (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Jerdy Schouten (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Attempt blocked. Kristjan Asllani (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Henderson.
25': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
25': Mattias Svanberg (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Attempt saved. Roberto Soriano (Bologna) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic with a headed pass.
28': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Fabiano Parisi.
30': Attempt saved. Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Guglielmo Vicario.
31': Foul by Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli).
31': Mattias Svanberg (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Kristjan Asllani (Empoli).
31': Roberto Soriano (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': Kristjan Asllani (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32': Attempt missed. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
33': Attempt missed. Liam Henderson (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
35': Marko Arnautovic (Bologna) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Lorenzo De Silvestri.
36': Offside, Bologna. Marko Arnautovic tries a through ball, but Riccardo Orsolini is caught offside.
37': Attempt missed. Marko Arnautovic (Bologna) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Riccardo Orsolini with a cross.
38': Attempt missed. Nedim Bajrami (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
39': Foul by Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli).
39': Lorenzo De Silvestri (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
40': Lorenzo De Silvestri (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
40': Attempt missed. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jerdy Schouten with a headed pass.
43': Attempt missed. Nedim Bajrami (Empoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic with a through ball.
44': Foul by Mattias Svanberg (Bologna).
44': Kristjan Asllani (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': First Half ends, Bologna 0, Empoli 0.
45': Second Half begins Bologna 0, Empoli 0.
46': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Emanuel Vignato.
48': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Bologna).
48': Nedim Bajrami (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Adama Soumaoro (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
50': Offside, Bologna. Emanuel Vignato tries a through ball, but Marko Arnautovic is caught offside.
51': Adama Soumaoro (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
52': Attempt missed. Jerdy Schouten (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
55': Foul by Mattia Viti (Empoli).
55': Marko Arnautovic (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Attempt blocked. Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
56': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Adama Soumaoro.
59': Foul by Fabiano Parisi (Empoli).
59': Lorenzo De Silvestri (Bologna) wins a free kick on the right wing.
59': Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Substitution, Empoli. Valerio Verre replaces Liam Henderson.
61': Substitution, Empoli. Marco Benassi replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
65': Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Adama Soumaoro (Bologna).
67': Attempt blocked. Valerio Verre (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Benassi.
67': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Arthur Theate.
68': Attempt missed. Valerio Verre (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
69': Substitution, Bologna. Musa Barrow replaces Roberto Soriano.
69': Substitution, Bologna. Denso Kasius replaces Lorenzo De Silvestri.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Federico Di Francesco replaces Nedim Bajrami.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Liberato Cacace replaces Fabiano Parisi.
71': Denso Kasius (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Liberato Cacace (Empoli).
73': Attempt blocked. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
73': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Petar Stojanovic.
74': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Simone Romagnoli.
75': Attempt saved. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrea Pinamonti.
76': Federico Di Francesco (Empoli) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Szymon Zurkowski.
76': Offside, Bologna. Gary Medel tries a through ball, but Marko Arnautovic is caught offside.
77': Offside, Bologna. Musa Barrow tries a through ball, but Riccardo Orsolini is caught offside.
80': Substitution, Bologna. Nicola Sansone replaces Riccardo Orsolini.
80': Substitution, Bologna. Michel Aebischer replaces Mattias Svanberg because of an injury.
82': Foul by Michel Aebischer (Bologna).
82': Liberato Cacace (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Attempt blocked. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
83': Attempt blocked. Denso Kasius (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michel Aebischer.
86': Attempt missed. Nicola Sansone (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Denso Kasius.
86': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marco Benassi with a through ball.
87': Substitution, Bologna. Mitchell Dijks replaces Emanuel Vignato.
87': Substitution, Empoli. Andrea La Mantia replaces Andrea Pinamonti.
88': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Adama Soumaoro.
89': Denso Kasius (Bologna) wins a free kick on the right wing.
89': Foul by Liberato Cacace (Empoli).
90': Liberato Cacace (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Foul by Nicola Sansone (Bologna).
90'+1': Kristjan Asllani (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Mitchell Dijks (Bologna) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
90'+4': Attempt saved. Denso Kasius (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Bologna 0, Empoli 0.
0': Match ends, Bologna 0, Empoli 0.

Statistics

EMP		BOL
15	Fouls	10
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	5
5	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	4
39.8	Possession	60.2
15	SHOTS	12
4	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
243	Accurate Passes	423
334	Passes	514
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	3
15	Crosses	18
0.2	Cross %	0.2
47	Long Balls	64
19	Accurate Long Balls	40
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
4	Blocked Shots	3
4	Effective Tackles	7
6	Tackles	15
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
9	Interceptions	14
24	Effective Clearances	17
24	Clearances	17

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Renato Dall'Ara
Location: Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 10,349

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	27	+43	67
2	AC Milan	27	+23	57
3	Napoli	28	+14	56
4	AS Roma	27	+18	51

Full Table

Line-Ups

Bologna (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
28	Lukasz Skorupski (GK)
17	Gary Medel
6	Arthur Theate
5	Adama Soumaoro
30	Jerdy Schouten
32	Mattias Svanberg
21	Roberto Soriano
55	Emanuel Vignato
29	Lorenzo De Silvestri
9	Marko Arnautovic
7	Riccardo Orsolini

Bologna Substitutes:

Niklas Pyyhtia, Marco Molla, Luis Binks, Diego Falcinelli, Mitchell Dijks, Nicola Sansone, Denso Kasius, Michel Aebischer, Kevin Bonifazi, Francesco Bardi, Musa Barrow.

Empoli (4-3-2-1)

No.	Name
13	Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
42	Mattia Viti
6	Simone Romagnoli
65	Fabiano Parisi
30	Petar Stojanovic
23	Kristjan Asllani
25	Filippo Bandinelli
27	Szymon Zurkowski
99	Andrea Pinamonti
8	Liam Henderson
10	Nedim Bajrami

Empoli Substitutes:

Samir Ujkani, Marco Benassi, Andrea La Mantia, Leo Stulac, Federico Di Francesco, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Lorenzo Tonelli, Liberato Cacace, Valerio Verre, Adrian Ismajli, Jacopo Furlan, Patrick Cutrone.

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