Bologna 3-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 27 April 2019

Result

Bologna 3-1 Empoli

Serie A · Saturday 27 April 2019, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Bologna · Empoli · Serie A predictions

Bologna 3-1 Empoli: match report

Bologna won against Empoli 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday 27 April 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

M. Pajač opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bologna's goals came from Roberto Soriano (51'), Riccardo Orsolini (82') and Nicola Sansone (90+5'). Empoli scored through M. Pajač (17').

Discipline: Bologna received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bologna were 15th on 34 points from 33 and Empoli 18th on 29 points from 33. Bologna went on to finish that season 10th with 44 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.

Bologna lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Empoli in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicola Sansone of Bologna (9.6), ahead of Roberto Soriano (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bologna wins, 2 draws and 3 for Empoli.

Going into the match Bologna's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Empoli's L-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · M. PajačEmpoli
  • 17'Goal · M. PajačEmpoli · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Ibrahima MbayeBologna
  • 35'Yellow card · Riccardo OrsoliniBologna
  • 51'Goal · Roberto SorianoBologna · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Rade KrunicEmpoli
  • 78'Yellow card · Roberto SorianoBologna
  • 82'Goal · Riccardo OrsoliniBologna · 2-1
  • 90+5'Goal · Nicola SansoneBologna · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bologna 0, draws 2, Empoli 3.

Team news

Bologna line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukasz Skorupski, Ibrahima Mbaye, Danilo, Lyanco, Mitchell Dijks, Erick Pulgar, Blerim Džemaili, Riccardo Orsolini, Roberto Soriano, Nicola Sansone, Rodrigo Palacio

Empoli line-up (3-1-4-2)

Bartłomiej Drągowski, Frédéric Veseli, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Jacob Rasmussen, Ismaël Bennacer, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Hamed Traoré, Rade Krunic, Marko Pajac, Diego Farias, Francesco Caputo