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40% Ball Possession BOLOGNA and 60% Ball Possession SAMPDORIA
Bologna 2 – 0 Sampdoria
45′ Simone Verdi
50′ Mattia Destro

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 10th position with 6 points and a goal difference of 0
Bologna, 13th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Mission accomplished for Bologna winning their third game this season after defeating Sampdoria at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium.    It was a duel as both had 6 points each before the match.   For Bologna, it means getting away from the relegation zone.

Bologna opening the score in the 45th minute just before ending the first half.  It is forward Simone Verdi to score defeating Sampdoria goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano with a right footed shot in the top right corner.   The assist is by Ladislav Krejci with a cross.   It’s the 3rd goal of the season by Verdi.

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Bologna delighting their fans at the Dall’Ara Stadium leading against Sampdoria.  Far from Sampdoria reacting, it is Bologna to increase the score.  In the 50th minute, forward Mattia Destro running fast to arrive on time  to get the pass by Ladislav Krejci with a cross.  There you see Destro smacking a right footed shot defeating goalkeeper Viviano in the center.  Destro immediately celebrating with fans with the shirt of of his teammate goalkeeper Antonio Mirante for solidarity.

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Sampdoria in deep trouble!!!!  Referee Calvarese giving a direct red card to Sampdoria midfielder Edgar Barreto after his foul on Bologna midfielder Ádám Nagy.

Bologna ending the game with 10 players just in extra time when Referee Calvarese gave a red card to forward Federico Di Francesco in the 92nd minute after a foul on Sampdoria midfielder Karol Linetty.

• There are 88 precedents in Serie A between Bologna and Sampdooria.  Stats for games at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium showing Bologna with 19 wins, 18 draws, and Sampdoria with 7 wins.  Bologna scoring 67 goals and Sampdoria 46 goals.  In the overall, Bologna with 30 wins, 30 draws, and Sampdori with 28 wins.

Here is BOLOGNA official starting lineup by coach Roberto Donadoni:

BOLOGNA (4-3-3): Da Costa; Torosidis, Gastaldello, Maietta, Masina; Džemaili, Nagy, Taider; Verdi, Destro, Krejčí.

Here is SAMPDORIA official starting lineup by coach Marco Giampaolo:

SAMPDORIA: Viviano; Pereira, Silvestre, Škriniar, Regini; Linetty, Torreira, Barreto; Praet; Muriel, Quagliarella.

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Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of BOLOGNA: Simone Verdi with 2 goals

Top scorer of SAMPDORIA: Quagliarella and Muriel with 2 goals each

Stats. Here are the last 3 games of BOLOGNA: 1 win, 2 lost

Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA: 1 win, 2 lost

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2016 – 2017 Italian Serie A Week 5

Bologna 2 – 0 Sampdoria
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Bologna, Italy

18:30

Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: DOBOSZ – TOLFO
Fourth Official: GAVA
ADD1: MARESCA
ADD2: ILLUZZI

Goals: 45′ Simone Verdi (B.), 50′ Mattia Destro (B.)

Official lineups – formations:

BOLOGNA (4-3-3): Da Costa; Torosidis, Gastaldello, Maietta, Masina; Džemaili, Nagy, Taider; Verdi, Destro, Krejčí.

Subs: Ravaglia, Sarr, Helander, Mbaye, Morleo, Oikonomou, Donsah, Pulgar, Rizzo, Floccari, Mounier, Di Francesco.

Coach.: Roberto Donadoni.

SAMPDORIA: Viviano; Pereira, Silvestre, Škriniar, Regini; Linetty, Torreira, Barreto; Praet; Muriel, Quagliarella.

Subs: Puggioni, Krapikas, Dodô, Amuzie, Krajnc, Cigarini, Đuričić, Eramo, Fernandes, Palombo, Budimir, Schick.

Coach.: Marco Giampaolo.