ROMA. Genoa beats Lazio 1-0 after M. Retegui scored just 1 goal (16′). Lazio was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (70%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Monday and it started at 4:45 am local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli assisted by Marcello Rossi and Salvatore Affatato. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.99 degrees Celsius or 69.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lazio was in firm control of the ball 70% while Genoa was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lazio had a more offensive attitude with 101 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Genoa succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Lazio shot 16 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Genoa shot 5 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Lazio received 4 yellow cards (Mattia Zaccagni, Luca Pellegrini, Ciro Immobile and Danilo Cataldi). On the opposite side, Genoa received 2 yellow cards (Ruslan Malinovskyi and Morten Frendrup).

Standings

After playing this match, Lazio stays with 0 points to occupy the 18th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Genoa has 3 points (11th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Lazio will play away against Juventus on the 16th of September with a 26-6 head to head stats in favor of Juventus (10 draws).

Genoa will host Napoli on the 16th of September with a 17-7 head to head record in favor of Napoli (8 draws).

Lazio – Formation

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

The manager Maurizio Sarri decided to play with the following team: Sashko Pandev, Ivan Provedel (7.0), Manuel Lazzari (7.7), Nicolò Casale (7.7), Alessio Romagnoli (7.1), Adam Marušić (7.0), Daichi Kamada (6.6), Danilo Cataldi (7.0), Luis Alberto (7.5), Felipe Anderson (6.4), Ciro Immobile (6.7) and Mattia Zaccagni (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Luca Pellegrini (6.4), Patric, Matías Vecino (6.8), Gustav Isaksen (6.7), Valentin Castellanos (6.7), Elseid Hysaj, Toma Bašić, Marius Adamonis, Luigi Sepe, Mario Gila Fuentes, Alessio Furlanetto, Nicolò Rovella and Saná Fernandes.

Substitutions

Lazio made 4 changes: Danilo Cataldi for Valentin Castellanos (79′), Adam Marušić for Luca Pellegrini (66′), Felipe Anderson for Gustav Isaksen (66′) and Daichi Kamada for Matías Vecino (66′).

Best player: Mattia Zaccagni​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lazio was Mattia Zaccagni.

His rating is (7.8) with 46 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.

Genoa – Formation

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

Alberto Gilardino played with: Davide Biraschi, Josep Martínez (7.8), Stefano Sabelli (6.4), Mattia Bani (7.7), Radu Drăguşin (7.1), Johan Vásquez (7.5), Morten Frendrup (7.0), Milan Badelj (7.1), Kevin Strootman (7.1), Ruslan Malinovskyi (6.6), Albert Guðmundsson (7.5) and Mateo Retegui (7.3).

They had on the bench: Koni De Winter, Mattia Aramu, Nicola Leali, Caleb Ekuban (6.4), Filip Jagiełło, Silvan Hefti (6.6), George Pușcaș, Daniele Sommariva, Seydou Fini, Morten Thorsby (6.7) and Aarón Martín.

Substitutions

Genoa made 5 changes: Kevin Strootman for Morten Thorsby (70′), Stefano Sabelli for Aarón Martín (85′), Mateo Retegui for Caleb Ekuban (70′), Ruslan Malinovskyi for Silvan Hefti (70′) and Albert Guðmundsson for Filip Jagiełło (90′).

Best player: Josep Martínez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Genoa was the goalkeeper: Josep Martínez. His rating is 7.75. He performed 1 save.

Results of the day

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

• Napoli – Sassuolo – 2-0
• Lazio – Genoa – 0-1
• Juventus – Bologna – 1-1
• Fiorentina – Lecce – 2-2