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Full time · Serie A · Sun 06 Sep 2026, 17:00 UTC

Bologna 22 Sassuolo

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What the chances were worth

Bologna
1.88
expected goals (xG)
Sassuolo
1.62
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–2; by chance quality the match ran 1.88–1.62.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Bologna
40%
Draw
30%
Sassuolo
30%

Before kick-off the model favoured Bologna to win (40%); it finished with the draw. A miss — it gave the actual result 30% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Little between them on chances created — the xG read 1.9–1.6, shots 21–15 with 5–6 on target. Bologna got into the box far more often (14 shots inside it to 9) and Bologna held 62% of the ball. A 2–2 draw the numbers agree with.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Bologna
Sassuolo
62%
Ball Possession
38%
21
Total Shots
15
5
Shots on Goal
6
7
Shots off Goal
1
9
Blocked Shots
8
14
Shots inside box
9
7
Shots outside box
6
10
Corner Kicks
7
0
Offsides
2
555
Total passes
358
519
Passes accurate
306
14
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Goalkeeper Saves
3
8
Free Kicks
14

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Bologna 4-2-3-1

  1. 1 Ł. Skorupski (G)
  2. 2 E. Holm (D)
  3. 3 A. Theate (D)
  4. 4 T. Pobega (M)
  5. 10 F. Bernardeschi (M)
  6. 14 T. Heggem (D)
  7. 19 L. Ferguson (M)
  8. 21 J. Odgaard (M)
  9. 23 R. Alhassane (D)
  10. 28 N. Cambiaghi (M)
  11. 91 R. Piccoli (F)

Bench: M. Amondarain, L. De Silvestri, A. Dovbyk, J. Enem, N. Zortea, M. Vitík, M. Pessina, N. Moro, Juan Miranda, S. Mbangula, E. Helland, M. Libra, U. Happonen

Sassuolo 4-3-3

  1. 3 J. Doig (D)
  2. 7 C. Volpato (F)
  3. 9 K. Bowie (F)
  4. 16 F. Leysen (D)
  5. 17 Vasilije Adžić (M)
  6. 18 N. Matić (M)
  7. 21 J. Idzes (D)
  8. 35 L. Lipani (M)
  9. 45 A. Laurienté (F)
  10. 46 S. Cinquegrano (D)
  11. 49 A. Murić (G)

Bench: S. Esposito, D. Berardi, B. Domínguez, A. Ghion, Rafael Obrador, C. Odenthal, N. Pierini, G. Satalino, I. Sulemana, K. Thorstvedt, S. Turati, I. Van der Brempt, L. Skjellerup, D. Ćaleta-Car

The market’s read

Bologna
49%
market implied · price 1.95 · opened 48%
Draw
27%
market implied · price 3.53 · opened 28%
Sassuolo
24%
market implied · price 4.01 · opened 24%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Bologna or draw1.2675.6%-0.6 pts
Double chance Sassuolo or draw1.8551.4%+0.4 pts
Double chance either team1.3073.0%+0.1 pts
Draw no bet — Bologna1.4066.1%-1.2 pts
Draw no bet — Sassuolo2.7333.9%+1.2 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2873.4%+2.3 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.9250.0%+3.0 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.1130.1%+3.5 pts
Both teams to score1.7353.6%+2.1 pts
Bologna over 1.5 team goals1.9548.4%+2.2 pts
Sassuolo over 1.5 team goals3.1829.6%+1.7 pts
Bologna clean sheet2.6235.5%-2.1 pts
Sassuolo clean sheet4.3321.7%-0.7 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.20 · 1-0 7.22 · 2-1 8.02 · 2-0 9.32 · 0-0 10.16

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-06 15:30 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
15 Mar 26Sassuolo0-1Bologna
28 Dec 25Bologna1-1Sassuolo