Bologna 1-1 Empoli — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Italy - Serie A, 31 Aug 2024

📅31/08/2024 · 🕒19:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
51%
1.72
Draw
24%
3.45
Away
25%
4.75
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
48%
1.67
Over 2.5
52%
2.1
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
2.06
No
50%
1.68
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
26%
2.66
2-3 Goals
42%
1.77
4-5 Goals
24%
4.41
6+ Goals
8%
22.7
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
26%
2.21
1/2
5%
34.5
1/X
5%
15.8
X/1
15%
3.74
X/2
7%
9.9
X/X
14%
4.36
2/1 EV+ ✗
10%
27.5
2/2
13%
8.57
2/X
5%
16.85
Value flag · 2/1 at 27.5 — our 10% vs market 1.5%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
51%
Home Win
55%
-4.1pp
24%
Draw
26%
-2.7pp
25%
Away Win
19%
+6.8pp
48%
Under 2.5
56%
-8.5pp
52%
Over 2.5
44%
+8.4pp
50%
BTTS Yes
44%
+5.3pp
50%
BTTS No
56%
-5.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Bologna EU Bookmakers 58%
Head to Head
AWAY Empoli EU Bookmakers 21%
+6% / +8% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +2% / -4%
1.73/0.91 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.04/1.52
+13% / +14% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +7% / +9%
51% Ball Possession 49%
15 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
396 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 344 · 78%
25.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.6
18.6 Crosses 16.9
2.0 Yellow Cards 2.5
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Bologna
2W-1D-3L
AWAY Empoli
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
2.01 xG 1.29
64% Ball Possession 36%
18 Total Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
442 Passes 205
84% Pass Accuracy 72%
26 Box Touches 20
20 Crosses 19
2 Yellow Cards 3
15.03.2024 Empoli Empoli 0-1 HT 0-0 Bologna Bologna İTA
01.10.2023 Bologna Bologna 3-0 HT 1-0 Empoli Empoli İTA
04.05.2023 Empoli Empoli 3-1 HT 2-0 Bologna Bologna İTA
17.09.2022 Bologna Bologna 0-1 HT 0-0 Empoli Empoli İTA
06.02.2022 Bologna Bologna 0-0 HT 0-0 Empoli Empoli İTA
26.09.2021 Empoli Empoli 4-2 HT 2-1 Bologna Bologna İTA
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Bologna
1-1
AWAY Empoli
1.36 xG 0.97
68% Ball Possession 32%
14 Total Shots 3
3 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 3
509 Passes 199
85% Pass Accuracy 71%
25 Box Touches 7
27 Crosses 11
0 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Bologna vs Empoli
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Bologna and Empoli couldn't be separated, finishing 1-1.

Our pre-match lean was Bologna at 51%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 52% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Bologna had 68% of the ball to Empoli's 32%, shots finished 14-3, expected goals 1.36 to 0.97.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Empoli led the recent series with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Bologna and 1.33 for Empoli.

What was the final score of Bologna vs Empoli?

Bologna 1-1 Empoli in the Italy - Serie A on 31/08/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Bologna vs Empoli?

Before kick-off our model rated a Bologna win the most likely single outcome at about 51%, with the full match-result split Bologna 51%, draw 24%, Empoli 25%. The final score 1-1 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Bologna) ✗ Over 2.5
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