Empoli 4-2 Bologna: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 26 September 2021

Result

Empoli 4-2 Bologna

Serie A · Sunday 26 September 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Empoli 4-2 Bologna: match report

Empoli defeated Bologna 4-2 in Serie A on Sunday 26 September 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Empoli's goals came from an own goal by Kevin Bonifazi (1'), Andrea Pinamonti (31'), Nedim Bajrami (54', penalty) and Samuele Ricci (90'). Bologna scored through Musa Barrow (11') and Marko Arnautovic (76').

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

Going into the game Empoli were 12th on 6 points from 5 and Bologna 9th on 8 points from 5. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Bologna 13th with 46.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bologna in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Samuele Ricci of Empoli (7.8), level with Lorenzo De Silvestri (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bologna.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

1'Own goal · Kevin BonifaziEmpoli · 1-0
11'Goal · Musa BarrowBologna · 1-1
20'Missed penalty · Marko ArnautovicBologna
24'Yellow card · E. VignatoBologna
31'Goal · Andrea PinamontiEmpoli · 2-1
34'Yellow card · Liam HendersonEmpoli
54'Penalty goal · Nedim BajramiEmpoli · 3-1
67'Yellow card · Andrea PinamontiEmpoli
76'Goal · Marko ArnautovicBologna · 3-2
90'Goal · Samuele RicciEmpoli · 4-2
90+4'Yellow card · Riccardo OrsoliniBologna

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Empoli 3, draws 2, Bologna 1.

Bologna 3-1 EmpoliSerie A · 27 Apr 2019
Empoli 2-1 BolognaSerie A · 9 Dec 2018
Empoli 3-1 BolognaSerie A · 7 May 2017
Bologna 0-0 EmpoliSerie A · 11 Dec 2016
Empoli 0-0 BolognaSerie A · 1 May 2016
Bologna 2-3 EmpoliSerie A · 19 Dec 2015

Team news

Unavailable

Ardian IsmajliEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Jerdy SchoutenBologna · injury (Muscle Fatigue)
Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli · injury (Knee Problems)
Riccardo FiamozziEmpoli · injury (Muscular problems)
Kingsley MichaelBologna · injury (Biceps femoris muscle injury)
Valerio VerreEmpoli · injury (Muscular problems)
Omar KhailotiBologna · injury (Meniscal Injury)

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Simone Romagnoli, Mattia Viti, Riccardo Marchizza, Liam Henderson, Samuele Ricci, Szymon Żurkowski, Nedim Bajrami, Federico Di Francesco, Andrea Pinamonti

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

Lukasz Skorupski, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Gary Medel, Kevin Bonifazi, Aaron Hickey, Nicolás Domínguez, Emanuel Vignato, Andreas Skov Olsen, Roberto Soriano, Musa Barrow, Marko Arnautovic