SALERNO. Genoa managed to reverse the scoreline against Salernitana to win 2-1. It was Salernitana to strike first with an early goal of Agustín Martegani at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 13′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Albert Guðmundsson gave the win to Genoa in the 58′ minute with a penalty. Salernitana lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato with the collaboration of Mauro Vivenzi and Marco Ceccon. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 9.35 degrees Celsius or 48.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 11 Total 5
- 2 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 0
- 6 Shots blocked 0
- 123 Attack 80
- 46 Dangerous attack 35
- 116 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 15
- 0 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Salernitana was in firm control of the ball 60% while Genoa was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Salernitana was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Genoa succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Salernitana shot 11 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Genoa shot 5 times, 5 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Salernitana didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Genoa received 6 yellow cards (Morten Frendrup, Josep Martínez, Alessandro Vogliacco, Alessandro Vogliacco, Milan Badelj and Mattia Bani).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Salernitana stays with 12 points to sit in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Genoa will has 25 points like Monza to hold in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will host Roma on the 29th of January with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Roma (2 draws).
Genoa will host Lecce on the 28th of January with a 8-2 head to head record in favor of Genoa (3 draws).
Salernitana – Formation
Salernitana
82'
2'
Salernitana started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Filippo Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Guillermo Ochoa , Niccolò Pierozzi , Norbert Gyomber , Federico Fazio, Matteo Lovato , Domagoj Bradaric , Agustín Martegani , Giulio Maggiore , Toma Bašić , Loum Tchaouna , Antonio Candreva and Simy .
The home team had on the bench: Junior Sambia, Mateusz Legowski , Vincenzo Fiorillo, Flavius Daniliuc , Erik Botheim, Grigoris Kastanos , Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi , Dylan Bronn , Andres Sfait, Benoît Costil and Alessandro Zanoli .
Salernitana could not rely on the presence of Mateusz Legowski (injured).
Substitutions
Salernitana made 5 changes: Toma Bašić for Grigoris Kastanos (68′), Loum Tchaouna for Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (75′), Domagoj Bradaric for Mateusz Legowski (82′), Agustín Martegani for Flavius Daniliuc (83′) and Matteo Lovato for Alessandro Zanoli (75′).
Player of the match: Antonio Candreva
The player that probably impressed the most for Salernitana was Antonio Candreva.
His rating is with 43 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 13 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Genoa – Formation
Genoa
90'
Genoa started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Alberto Gilardino played with: Josep Martínez , Morten Frendrup , Mattia Bani , Alessandro Vogliacco , Stefano Sabelli, Johan Vásquez , Ruslan Malinovskyi , Milan Badelj , Kevin Strootman , Junior Messias, Djed Spence and Mateo Retegui , Albert Guðmundsson .
They had on the bench: Morten Thorsby , Nicola Leali, Caleb Ekuban , Daniele Sommariva, Seydou Fini, Christos Papadopoulos and Faroukou Cissé.
Substitutions
Genoa made 2 changes: Alessandro Vogliacco for Morten Thorsby (71′) and Kevin Strootman for Caleb Ekuban (87′).
Player of the match: Mattia Bani
The most impressive player for Genoa was Mattia Bani even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 34 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
