FIRENZE. Fiorentina crushes Genoa 6-0 with goals of A. Odriozola (15′), G. Bonaventura (34′), C. Biraghi (42′), D. Vlahovic (51′), C. Biraghi (69′) and L. Torreira (77′). Fiorentina was truly superior in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
D. Vlahovic squandered a penalty (11′) for Fiorentina.
The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Fabio Maresca with the assistance of Gamal Mokhtar and Davide Miele. The 4th official was Antonio Di Martino. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 74 Ball Possession 26
Shots
- 20 Total 3
- 10 On Target 0
- 10 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 143 Attack 53
- 81 Dangerous attack 18
- 87 Ball safe 76
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 0
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Fiorentina had a superior ball possession 73% while Genoa was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fiorentina was more aggressive with 81 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match.
Fiorentina shot 20 times, 10 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Genoa shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Fiorentina received 1 yellow card (L. Torreira). On the opposite side, Genoa received 3 yellow cards (R. Calafiori, M. Portanova and S. Sturaro).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Fiorentina will have 35 points like Roma and Lazio to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Genoa will stay with 12 points to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away against Cagliari on the 23rd of January with a 15-8 head to head stats in favor of Fiorentina (8 draws).
Genoa will host Udinese on the 22nd of January with a 10-9 head to head record in favor of Udinese (10 draws).
Fiorentina – Formation
Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Pietro Terracciano
, Álvaro Odriozola , Nikola Milenković , Igor Júlio , Cristiano Biraghi , Giacomo Bonaventura , Lucas Torreira , Youssef Maleh , Nicolás González , Dušan Vlahović and Riccardo Saponara .The home team had on the bench: Matija Nastasić, Lorenzo Venuti, Erick Pulgar
, Alfred Duncan , Bartłomiej Drągowski, Krzysztof Piątek, Riccardo Sottil, Gaetano Castrovilli, José Callejón , Aleksandr Kokorin, Jonathan Ikoné and Aleksa Terzić .Substitutions
Fiorentina made 5 changes: C. Biraghi for A. Terzic (70′), N. Gonzalez for J. Callejon (70′), G. Bonaventura for A. Duncan (70′), R. Saponara for J. Ikone (70′) and L. Torreira for E. Pulgar (80′).
Best player: Cristiano Biraghi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Cristiano Biraghi.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 66 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 4 crosses.Genoa – Formation
Genoa started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Andriy Shevchenko played with: Salvatore Sirigu
, Silvan Hefti , Leo Østigård , Zinho Vanheusden , Riccardo Calafiori , Stefano Sturaro , Milan Badelj , Pablo Galdames , Manolo Portanova , Nicolò Rovella and Kelvin Yeboah , Mattia Destro .The following players were sitting on the bench: Mattia Bani
, Filippo Melegoni , Felipe Caicedo , Goran Pandev, Andrea Cambiaso, Federico Marchetti, Aleksander Buksa , Andrea Masiello, Lorenzo Andrenacci and Caleb Ekuban .Substitutions
Genoa made 5 changes: R. Calafiori for M. Bani (46′), S. Sturaro for C. Ekuban (46′), M. Portanova for F. Melegoni (46′), K. Yeboah for F. Caicedo (67′) and M. Destro for A. Buksa (80′).
Best player: Salvatore Sirigu
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Genoa was the goalkeeper: Salvatore Sirigu. His rating is 6.83. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.