GENOVA. Juventus and Genoa draw 1-1. F. Chiesa scored the first goal (28′) for Juventus. A. Guðmundsson settled the score (48′). Juventus was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

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 Davide Massa assisted by Valerio Colarossi and Gamal Mokhtar. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.98 degrees Celsius or 53.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Juventus had a strong ball possession 56% while Genoa was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Genoa was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Genoa to win the match​.

Genoa shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Juventus shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Genoa received 2 yellow cards (Ruslan Malinovskyi and Milan Badelj). Regarding the opposition, Juventus received 4 yellow cards (Danilo, Arkadiusz Milik, Weston McKennie and Massimiliano Allegri).

Standings

After this encounter, Genoa has 16 points to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, Juventus will has 37 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away with Sassuolo on the 23rd of December with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Sassuolo (5 draws).

Juventus will play away against Frosinone on the 23rd of December with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Juventus (1 draw).

Genoa – Formation

Genoa adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Alberto Gilardino decided to play with the following team: Josep Martínez (7.0), Stefano Sabelli (6.3), Radu Drăgușin (6.8), Mattia Bani (7.0), Koni De Winter (7.1), Johan Vásquez (7.0), Ruslan Malinovskyi (7.3), Milan Badelj (6.4), Morten Frendrup (7.0), Junior Messias (7.0) and Albert Guðmundsson (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Caleb Ekuban (7.3), Morten Thorsby, Aarón Martín, Alessandro Vogliacco (6.7), Nicola Leali, Filip Jagiełło, Berkan Kutlu, Alan Matturro, Silvan Hefti, George Pușcaș, Daniele Sommariva, Seydou Fini, Pablo Galdames and Ridgeciano Haps.

Genoa could not rely on the presence of Ridgeciano Haps (injured).

Substitutions

Genoa made 4 changes: Johan Vásquez for Caleb Ekuban (46′), Stefano Sabelli for Alessandro Vogliacco (84′), Junior Messias for Ridgeciano Haps (90′) and Junior Messias for Ridgeciano Haps (90′).

Player of the match: Albert Guðmundsson​

The most impressive player for Genoa was Albert Guðmundsson.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 33 passes (68% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 10 crosses.

Juventus – Formation

Also Juventus adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Massimiliano Allegri played with: Adrien Rabiot, Wojciech Szczesny (6.7), Federico Gatti (7.0), Bremer (7.0), Danilo (7.5), Andrea Cambiaso (6.8), Weston McKennie (7.0), Manuel Locatelli (6.7), Fabio Miretti (6.8), Filip Kostić (7.0) and Dušan Vlahović (7.0), Federico Chiesa (8.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alex Sandro, Dean Huijsen, Arkadiusz Milik (6.4), Kenan Yıldız, Samuel Iling (6.3), Timothy Weah  (6.8), Carlo Pinsoglio, Daniele Rugani, Mattia Perin, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia and Joseph Nonge Boende.

Substitutions

Juventus made 3 changes: Dušan Vlahović for Arkadiusz Milik (68′), Filip Kostić for Timothy Weah  (68′) and Fabio Miretti for Samuel Iling (74′).

Player of the match: Federico Chiesa​

The player that probably impressed the most for Juventus was Federico Chiesa.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 15 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Genoa – Juventus – 1-1