Bologna 3-0 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 1 October 2023
Result
Bologna 3-0 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 1 October 2023, 10:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bologna 3-0 Empoli: match report
Bologna defeated Empoli 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday 1 October 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Riccardo Orsolini opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Bologna's goals came from Riccardo Orsolini (21'), Riccardo Orsolini (66') and Riccardo Orsolini (90+2'). Empoli did not score.
Discipline: Bologna received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bologna were 12th on 7 points from 6 and Empoli 19th on 3 points from 6. Bologna went on to finish that season 5th with 68 points, and Empoli 16th with 36.
Bologna lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Riccardo Orsolini of Bologna (10.0), ahead of Lukasz Skorupski (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bologna win, 3 draws and 6 for Empoli.
Going into the match Bologna's last five read D-D-D-W-D and Empoli's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Liberato Cacace
- 21'Goal · Riccardo Orsolini
- 39'Yellow card · Sebastian Walukiewicz
- 44'Yellow card · Tommaso Corazza
- 45+3'Yellow card · Filippo Ranocchia
- 58'Yellow card · Oussama El Azzouzi
- 66'Goal · Riccardo Orsolini
- 81'Yellow card · Matteo Cancellieri
- 90+2'Goal · Riccardo Orsolini
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bologna line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Skorupski, Tommaso Corazza, Sam Beukema, Riccardo Calafiori, Victor Kristiansen, Nikola Moro, Remo Freuler, Riccardo Orsolini, Lewis Ferguson, Dan Ndoye, Joshua Zirkzee
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Etrit Berisha, Tyronne Ebuehi, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Sebastiano Luperto, Liberato Cacace, Răzvan Marin, Filippo Ranocchia, Youssef Maleh, Tommaso Baldanzi, Francesco Caputo, Nicolò Cambiaghi