Empoli FC vs Bologna FC 1909, Serie A 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Empoli FC vs Bologna FC 1909 — Serie A at Stadio Carlo Castellani.
- Empoli FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Bologna FC 1909 38 games · 56 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Federico La Penna
- Assistant 1 Ciro Carbone
- Assistant 2 Federico Fontani (Italy)
21 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 4.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Internazionale Milano 38 87 2 SSC Napoli 38 76 3 AS Roma 38 73 4 Como 1907 38 71 5 AC Milan 38 70 6 Juventus FC 38 69 7 Atalanta BC 38 59 8 Bologna FC 1909 38 56 9 SS Lazio 38 54 10 Udinese Calcio 38 50 11 US Sassuolo Calcio 38 49 12 Torino FC 38 45 13 Parma Calcio 1913 38 45 14 Cagliari Calcio 38 43 15 ACF Fiorentina 38 42 16 Genoa CFC 38 41 17 US Lecce 38 38 18 US Cremonese 38 34 19 Hellas Verona FC 38 21 20 AC Pisa 1909 38 18 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Jan Bologna FC 1909 H 1–1 D 19 Jan FC Internazionale Milano A 1–3 L 11 Jan US Lecce H 1–3 L 04 Jan Venezia FC A 1–1 D 28 Dec Genoa CFC H 1–2 L 22 Dec Atalanta BC A 2–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Jan Empoli FC A 1–1 D 21 Jan Borussia Dortmund H 2–1 W 18 Jan AC Monza H 3–1 W 15 Jan FC Internazionale Milano A 2–2 D 12 Jan AS Roma H 2–2 D 30 Dec Hellas Verona FC H 2–3 L Key Stats
61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history32% Clean Sheets
Bologna FC 1909 this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Bologna FC 19090-152/216-303/131-452/246-60–/261-75–/176+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Bologna FC 1909Riccardo Orsolini 8 G 1 A Santiago Castro 7 G 2 A Jens Odgaard 5 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Stadio Carlo Castellani. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It looks surprising Bologna FC 1909 does not make any changes. Devis Vasquez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 10' It’s high time Vincenzo Italiano made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Giuseppe Pezzella made 453 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 20' Dan Ndoye has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 41 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 24' What a strike from Lorenzo Colombo! The score is 1-0.
- 29' Empoli FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 34' The travelling Bologna FC 1909 supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 36' It’s gonna be a card for Liam Henderson.
- 40' That looks like a foul for a card for Alberto Grassi.
- 44' What a strike from Benjamin Dominguez! The score is 1-1.
- 46' Time for substitution for Bologna FC 1909. Thijs Dallinga is replaced by Santiago Castro.
- 51' It looks like no one’s ball. Bologna FC 1909 is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 56' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Empoli FC that had 379 games and scored 229 goals.
- 58' Youssef Maleh is replacing Liam Henderson for the Empoli FC side.
- 63' Samuel Iling-Junior needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 68' Bologna FC 1909 is showing some good football. However, Bologna FC 1909 are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 72' Empoli FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Faustino Anjorin is hanging Alberto Grassi on the field on 72 minute.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for Giovanni Fabbian. He replaces Jens Odgaard on 74 minute.
- 76' Bologna FC 1909 manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Juan Miranda is hanging Babis Lykogiannis on the field on 76 minute.
- 78' Giuseppe Pezzella was booked on 78.
- 82' It is a substitution in Empoli FC team. Giuseppe Pezzella is replaced by Liberato Cacace on 82 minute.
- 83' Empoli FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mattia De Sciglio is hanging Lorenzo Colombo on the field on 83 minute.
- 84' The Bologna FC 1909 manager makes a substitution. Benjamin Dominguez departs to be replaced by Samuel Iling-Junior.
- 89' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Empoli FC Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
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Liam Henderson ↓ Youssef Maleh 58'
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- 5
- 34
- 99
- 21
- 29
- 10
- 23
- 11
- 2
Bench
- 1
- 7
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22
Mattia De Sciglio ↑ 83'
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13
Liberato Cacace ↑ 82'
- 27
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Faustino Anjorin ↑ 72'
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93
Youssef Maleh ↑ 58'
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- 35
- 31
- 90
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- 36
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Coach Roberto D'AversaBologna FC 1909 Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Jens Odgaard ↓ Giovanni Fabbian 74'
- 31
- 26
- 24
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Nikola Moro ↓ Lewis Ferguson 74'
- 11
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- 30
Bench
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33
Juan Miranda ↑ 76'
- 29
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Lewis Ferguson ↑ 74'
- 28
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- 18
- 34
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Santiago Castro ↑ 46'
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- 23
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Samuel Iling-Junior ↑ 84'
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80
Giovanni Fabbian ↑ 74'
Coach Vincenzo Italiano -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Riccardo Orsolini 6 Marko Arnautovic 2 Giovanni Fabbian 2 Nicola Sansone 1 Filippo Bandinelli 1 Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro 1 Roberto Soriano 1 Jhon Lucumi 1 Head to Head
Empoli FC Form
Bologna FC 1909 Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.23 Empoli FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.33 Bologna FC 1909 xGI would bet for: Empoli FC or Bologna FC 1909 70%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.56Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Empoli FC or Draw 63%Draw or Bologna FC 1909 66%Empoli FC or Bologna FC 1909 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 9.8%0 – 1 9.2%1 – 0 8.4%1 – 2 8.1%2 – 1 7.5%0 – 2 6.7%2 – 0 5.7%2 – 2 5.1%1 – 3 3.6%3 – 1 3.1%0 – 3 2.9%Asian Handicap — Empoli FC
Handicap Empoli FC covers Push Bologna FC 1909 covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 18% 67% -0.5 33% — 67% +0.5 62% — 38% +1 62% 20% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 11% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Empoli FC keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Bologna FC 1909 keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.