GENOVA. Genoa and Venezia didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Genoa was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%)​.

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani who was helped by Fabrizio Lombardo and Dario Cecconi. The 4th official was Marco Piccinini. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Genoa had a superior ball possession 63% while Venezia was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Genoa was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Genoa to win the match​.

Genoa shot 19 times, 4 on target, 15 off target. On the opposite side, Venezia shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Genoa received 1 yellow card (D. Biraschi). On the opposite side, Venezia received 3 yellow cards (M. Caldara, P. Mazzocchi and M. Aramu).

Standings

After playing this contest, Genoa will have 8 points like Spezia to stay in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Venezia will have 9 points like Sampdoria to stay in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away against Empoli on the 5th of November with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Empoli (4 draws).

Venezia will host Roma on the 7th of November with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Genoa – Formation

Genoa started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Davide Ballardini decided to play with the following team: Salvatore Sirigu (7.1), Andrea Cambiaso (6.4), Davide Biraschi (6.7), Johan Vásquez (6.4), Domenico Criscito (7.7), Stefano Sturaro (6.4), Milan Badelj (6.8), Nicolò Rovella (7.3), Pablo Galdames (6.5), Mattia Destro (7.0) and Goran Pandev (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Abdoulaye Touré (6.8), Filippo Melegoni, Adrian Šemper, Felipe Caicedo (6.6), Federico Marchetti, Andrea Masiello, Yayah Kallon (6.5), Aleksander Buksa (6.2), Manolo Portanova, Stefano Sabelli and Caleb Ekuban (6.8).

Genoa could not rely on the presence of C. Ekuban (injured).

Substitutions

Genoa made 5 changes: G. Pandev for F. Caicedo (46′), M. Destro for C. Ekuban (56′), S. Sturaro for Y. Kallon (64′), P. Galdames for A. Toure (64′) and C. Ekuban for A. Buksa (85′).

Best player: Domenico Criscito​

The player that probably impressed the most for Genoa was Domenico Criscito.

His rating is (7.7) with 58 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.

Venezia – Formation

Venezia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Talking about the opposition, Paolo Zanetti played with: Sergio Romero (7.6), Pasquale Mazzocchi (6.4), Mattia Caldara (7.8), Pietro Ceccaroni (7.1), Ridgeciano Haps (7.2), Domen Črnigoj (6.5), Gianluca Busio (7.3), Tanner Tessmann (6.8), David Okereke (7.2), Thomas Henry (6.7) and Mattia Aramu (6.8).

They had on the bench: Arnór Sigurðsson, Sofian Kiyine (6.8), Francesco Forte (6.7), David Schnegg, Tyronne Ebuehi (7.1), Cristian Molinaro (7.0), Dor Peretz (6.8), Niki Mäenpää, Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason, Michael Svoboda, Marco Modolo and Daan Heymans.

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: P. Mazzocchi for T. Ebuehi (46′), D. Crnigoj for S. Kiyine (69′), M. Aramu for D. Peretz (77′), R. Haps for C. Molinaro (84′) and T. Henry for F. Forte (84′).

Best player: Mattia Caldara​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Venezia was Mattia Caldara.

His rating is (7.8) with 26 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Fiorentina – Spezia – 3-0
• Genoa – Venezia – 0-0
• Inter – Udinese – 2-0
• Roma – Milan – 1-2
• Salernitana – Napoli – 0-1
• Sassuolo – Empoli – 1-2