GENOVA. Sampdoria beat Genoa 3-1 thanks to M. Gabbiadini who scored in the 7th and 67th minute. Sampdoria was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with M. Gabbiadini (7′), F. Caputo (49′) and M. Gabbiadini (67′). Genoa reduced the distance with a goal (78′) by M. Destro, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the support of Stefano Liberti and Filippo Bercigli. The 4th official was Daniele Minelli. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0 degrees Celsius or 31.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Genoa was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Sampdoria that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Genoa had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Sampdoria was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Genoa shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sampdoria shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Genoa received 2 yellow cards (P. Ghiglione and S. Sturaro). Regarding the opposition, Sampdoria received 2 yellow cards (M. Thorsby and J. Chabot).

Standings

After this match, Genoa will stay with 10 points like Cagliari to sit in the 19th place. On the other side, Sampdoria will have 18 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away against Lazio on the 17th of December with a 13-11 head to head stats in favor of Lazio (5 draws).

Sampdoria will host Venezia on the 19th of December with a 0-0 head to head.

Genoa – Formation

Genoa started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Andriy Shevchenko decided to play with the following team: Salvatore Sirigu (6.3), Zinho Vanheusden (7.1), Andrea Masiello (6.4), Domenico Criscito (6.6), Paolo Ghiglione (7.7), Stefano Sturaro (6.6), Milan Badelj (7.0), Hernani (7.1), Andrea Cambiaso (6.8), Goran Pandev (6.1) and Caleb Ekuban (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Mattia Bani, Johan Vásquez (6.1), Mattia Destro (7.4), Abdoulaye Touré, Davide Biraschi, Pablo Galdames, Valon Behrami, Federico Marchetti, Adrian Šemper, Yayah Kallon (6.2), Stefano Sabelli and Manolo Portanova (7.1).

Substitutions

Genoa made 4 changes: C. Ekuban for M. Destro (57′), A. Masiello for J. Vasquez (57′), Hernani for M. Portanova (73′) and Z. Vanheusden for Y. Kallon (85′).

Best player: Paolo Ghiglione​

The player that probably impressed the most for Genoa was Paolo Ghiglione.

His rating is (7.7) with 40 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 10 crosses.

Sampdoria – Formation

Sampdoria started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Roberto D\’Aversa played with: Emil Audero (6.6), Bartosz Bereszyński (6.9), Maya Yoshida (7.2), Omar Colley (6.6), Tommaso Augello (6.6), Antonio Candreva (7.4), Albin Ekdal (7.2), Adrien Silva (6.7), Morten Thorsby (6.1), Francesco Caputo (8.1) and Manolo Gabbiadini (8.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Julian Chabot (6.5), Nicola Ravaglia, Valerio Verre (6.5), K. Askildsen, F. Depaoli, Wladimiro Falcone, Gerard Yepes, R. Ciervo, A. Ferrari, N. Murru, F. Quagliarella and Radu Drăguşin (6.6).

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 4 changes: B. Bereszynski for R. Dragusin (68′), M. Gabbiadini for V. Verre (68′), M. Thorsby for J. Chabot (76′) and A. Candreva for K. Askildsen (90′).

Best player: Manolo Gabbiadini​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sampdoria was Manolo Gabbiadini.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 21 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Genoa – Sampdoria – 1-3