GENOVA. Fiorentina beat Genoa to win 2-1. A penalty from D. Criscito was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Fiorentina to strike first with a goal of R. Saponara at the 60′. Then G. Bonaventura scored again for Fiorentina in the 89′ minute with a goal. Eventually, D. Criscito reduced the distance for Genoa with a penalty. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Its vastly superior ball possession (65%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli who was helped by Filippo Meli and Valerio Colarossi. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19 degrees Celsius or 66.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Genoa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1). On the other side, Fiorentina adopted a aggressive formation (4-3-3).
Genoa – Formation
The manager Davide Ballardini decided to play with the following team: Salvatore Sirigu
, Andrea Cambiaso , Zinho Vanheusden , Nikola Maksimović , Domenico Criscito , Abdoulaye Touré , Milan Badelj , Filippo Melegoni , Nicolò Rovella , Mohamed Fares and Mattia Destro .The home team had on the bench: Goran Pandev
, Yayah Kallon , Flavio Bianchi, Johan Vásquez, Davide Biraschi , Hernani , Adrian Šemper, Valon Behrami , Mattia Bani, Federico Marchetti, Manolo Portanova and Paolo Ghiglione.Best player: Domenico Criscito
The player that probably impressed the most for Genoa was Domenico Criscito.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 30 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.Fiorentina – Formation
On the other side, Vincenzo Italiano played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski
, Álvaro Odriozola , Lucas Martínez Quarta , Igor Júlio , Cristiano Biraghi , Giacomo Bonaventura , Erick Pulgar , Gaetano Castrovilli , José Callejón , Dušan Vlahović and Nicolás González .They had on the bench: Matija Nastasić, Alfred Duncan
, Youssef Maleh, Pietro Terracciano, Marco Benassi , Aleksandr Kokorin , Aleksa Terzić, Nikola Milenković, Riccardo Saponara , Lucas Torreira and Sofyan Amrabat .Fiorentina could not rely on the presence of A. Duncan (injured) and S. Amrabat (injured).
Best player: Giacomo Bonaventura
The player that probably impressed the most for Fiorentina was Giacomo Bonaventura.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 44 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.Match Statistics
- ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
- 9 Total 15
- 3 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 10
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 58 Attack 129
- 21 Dangerous attack 65
- 59 Ball safe 69
- 1 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 11
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 15
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Fiorentina was in firm control of the ball 65% while Genoa was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Fiorentina was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the encounter.
Genoa shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Fiorentina shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Genoa received 4 yellow cards (A. Toure, D. Criscito, Z. Vanheusden and V. Behrami). On the other side, Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards (A. Odriozola, C. Biraghi, L. Martinez Quarta and A. Kokorin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Genoa will stay with 3 points like Empoli, Hellas Verona and Venezia to stay in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Fiorentina will have 9 points like Roma to stay in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away with Bologna on the 21st of September with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of Genoa (7 draws).
Fiorentina will host Inter on the 21st of September with a 21-7 head to head stats in favor of Inter (8 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Genoa – Fiorentina – 1-2
- Inter – Bologna – 6-1
- Salernitana – Atalanta – 0-1