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65% Ball Possession BOLOGNA and 35% Ball Possession UDINESE

  Bologna 1 – 1 Udinese

45+1′ Martín Payero              78′ Alexis Saelemaekers
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game
Bologna, 4th position with 62 points and a positive goal difference of +22
Udinese, 18th position with 28 points and a negative goal difference of -19

Bologna and Udinese ended the Serie A Week 34 game with a draw on Sunday 28 April 2024 at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium in Bologna, Italy.  Udinese in 18th place -3 from the trio, Empoli, Frosinone, and Verona. The Ciociari and Scaligeri have already played, a large victory for Frosinone, 3-0 against Salernitana, and a narrow defeat for Verona last night against Lazio. Bologna is close to the Champions League dream, just a few points missing and today’s match could be crucial. An Udinese team still hurt by the goal and defeat in the midweek mini recovery against Roma arrives to visit him. Friulians who are desperately looking for salvation points.

Udinese took the lead before ending the first half in the 45+1′. Martín Payero defeated Bologna goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner.

👉Bologna 0 – 1 Udinese, 45+1′ minute, ⚽️ goal by Martín Payero for @Udinese_1896 with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. https://t.co/eKNmk47Qax

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 28, 2024

Bologna equalized in the 78th minute. Alexis Saelemaekers defeated Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye with a right-footed shot to the high center.

👉 Bologna 1 – 1 Udinese, 78th minute, ⚽️. Goal by Alexis Saelemaekers equalized for @BolognaFC1909en with a right footed shot to the high center. https://t.co/XsgXyxRLEc

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 28, 2024

✅    Stats before the game: Bologna remained unbeaten in seven of the last eight Serie A matches against Udinese (W2, D5), however losing the most recent one, in the first leg of this championship (0-3 on 30 December 2023). The Friulians can win both seasonal matches against the Emilians in the competition for the first time since 2017/18. This is only the second match in the entire history of Serie A in which Bologna and Udinese face each other with a gap of more than 20 points in the standings (considered two points per game before 1994/95): the only precedent dates back to 18 April 1962 (+28 on that occasion for the rossoblù), with the match ending in a 1-1 draw. Bologna are unbeaten in five home games against Udinese in Serie A (2W, 3D), after having lost four of the previous six (1W, 1N); more generally, the rossoblù have scored at least one goal in 12 of the last 13 home games in the competition against the bianconeri (the only exception was 1 February 2014, a 2-0 away success for the Friulians). Udinese have drawn 10 of their last 16 away matches against Emilia-Romagna opponents in Serie A (3W, 3L), although in the most recent three there has only been a draw (1W, 1L): 1-1 in the 1st April at MAPEI against Sassuolo. Bologna have lost only one of their last 13 Serie A matches (9W, 3D), last March 9th against Inter – from the 21st matchday onwards, in fact, only the Nerazzurri (35) have collected more points than the Rossoblù (30 ) in the championship.

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📺 Click the video to watch Bologna 1 – 1 Udinese highlights on Sunday 28 April 2024

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👉First half. Bologna 0 – 1 Udinese

⚽️ Goals: 45+1′ Martín Payero

🟨 Booked: 42′ Kingsley Ehizibue (U)

Corners: Bologna 6, Udinese 0

✍ Ball Possession: 67% @BolognaFC1909en and 33% @Udinese_1896

✅ https://t.co/RXiEQcMon4@bolognafcusa https://t.co/KWn0YXIxHz

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 28, 2024

👉 Result Bologna 1 – 1 Udinese

⚽️ Goals: 45+1′ Martín Payero (U), 78′ Alexis Saelemaekers (B)

🟨 Booked: Bologna 1, Udinese 7

🟥 Red Card: 64′ Sam Beukema (B)

✍ Ball Possession: 65% @BolognaFC1909en and 35% @Udinese_1896

✅ https://t.co/RXiEQcMon4

@bolognafcusa https://t.co/knKVxKaPML

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 28, 2024

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2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 34

Bologna  1 – 1 Udinese
Sunday 28 April 2024
Renato Dall’Ara Arena
Bologna, Italy

15:00

Referee: SACCHI
Assistants: BINDONI – TEGONI
Fourth Official: MONALDI
VAR: VALERI
AVAR: MARINI

Goals: 45+1′ Martín Payero (U), 78′ Alexis Saelemaekers (B)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉Lineup BOLOGNA (4-1-4-1): Skorupski; Posch, Lucumi, Beukema, Kristiansen; Freuler; Ndoye, Aebischer, El Azzouzi, Saelemaekers; Zirkzee.

Subs: Ravaglia, Bagnolini, Ilic, Moro, Orsolini, Karlsson, Corazza, Castro, Lykogiannis, De Silvestri, Calafiori, Fabbian, Urbanski.

Coach: Thiago Motta

👉Lineup UDINESE (3-4-2-1): Okoye; Perez, Bijol, Kristensen; Ehizibue, Walace, Payero, Kamara; Samardzic, Pereyra; Lucca.

Subs: Mosca, Padelli, Festy, Zarraga, Success, Davis, Ferreira, Tikvic, Brenner, Kabasele, Zemura.

Coach: Fabio Cannavaro