GENOVA. Genoa and Torino didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Torino was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua with the support of Edoardo Raspollini and Claudio Barone. The 4th official was Ermanno Feliciani. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.29 degrees Celsius or 48.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Torino had a strong ball possession 58% while Genoa was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Torino was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 0 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Torino to win the match​.

Genoa shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Torino shot 6 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Genoa received 3 yellow cards (Ruslan Malinovskyi, Aarón Martín and Koni De Winter). Talking about the opposition, Torino received 3 yellow cards (Alessandro Buongiorno, Ivan Juric and Nikola Vlašić).

Standings

After this match, Genoa has 22 points to hold in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Torino will has 28 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away against Salernitana on the 21st of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Genoa (1 draw).

Torino will host Lazio on the 21st of January with a 14-6 head to head statistic in favor of Lazio (12 draws).

Genoa – Formation

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

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

The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Vogliacco (7.0), Kevin Strootman, Nicola Leali, Filip Jagiełło, Alan Matturro, Daniele Sommariva, Seydou Fini, Ridgeciano Haps (6.4), Pablo Galdames and Morten Frendrup (6.7).

Substitutions

Genoa made 4 changes: Aarón Martín for Ridgeciano Haps (82′), Junior Messias for Morten Frendrup (71′), Stefano Sabelli for Alessandro Vogliacco (87′) and Milan Badelj for Kevin Strootman (88′).

Player of the match: Johan Vásquez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Genoa was Johan Vásquez.

His rating is 7.3 with 40 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Torino – Formation

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

Ivan Juric played with: Vanja Milinković-Savić (8.5), Koffi Djidji  (7.1), Alessandro Buongiorno (8.4), Ricardo Rodríguez (7.3), Raoul Bellanova (7.5), Samuele Ricci (7.9), Ivan Ilić (6.4), Valentino Lazaro (6.8), Nikola Vlašić (6.6), Duván Zapata (6.7), Antonio Sanabria (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Adrien Tamèze (6.7), Luca Gemello, David Zima , Nemanja Radonjić, Pietro Pellegri (6.8), Saba Sazonov (6.6), Demba Seck , Mërgim Vojvoda (6.4), Vimoj Muntu Wa Mungu, Gvidas Gineitis and Mihai Popa.

Torino could not rely on the presence of Saba Sazonov (injured).

Substitutions

Torino made 4 changes: Duván Zapata for Pietro Pellegri (66′), Nikola Vlašić for Adrien Tamèze (61′), Koffi Djidji  for Saba Sazonov (84′) and Valentino Lazaro for Mërgim Vojvoda (84′).

Player of the match: Vanja Milinković-Savić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Torino was the goalkeeper: Vanja Milinković-Savić. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Monza – Inter – 1-5
• Hellas Verona – Empoli – 2-1
• Napoli – Salernitana – 2-1
• Genoa – Torino – 0-0