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 · Empoli · Serie A predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Liberato CacaceEmpoli
  • 21'Goal · Riccardo OrsoliniBologna · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Sebastian WalukiewiczEmpoli
  • 44'Yellow card · Tommaso CorazzaBologna
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Filippo RanocchiaEmpoli
  • 58'Yellow card · Oussama El AzzouziBologna
  • 66'Goal · Riccardo OrsoliniBologna · 2-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Matteo CancellieriEmpoli
  • 90+2'Goal · Riccardo OrsoliniBologna · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bologna 1, draws 3, Empoli 6.

Team news

Unavailable

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