GENOVA. Genoa beats Udinese with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Retegui (36′) and a goal from M. Bani (40′). Genoa was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau who was helped by Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Genoa had a superior ball possession 65% while Udinese was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Genoa was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Genoa won the match​.

Genoa shot 19 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Udinese shot 5 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Genoa received 1 yellow card (Koni De Winter). Talking about the opposition, Udinese received 3 yellow cards (Festy Ebosele, Lautaro Giannetti and Thomas Kristensen).

Standings

After this contest, Genoa has 33 points to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Udinese will stays with 23 points like Frosinone to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away against Inter on the 3rd of March with a 21-5 head to head record in favor of Inter (8 draws).

Udinese will host Salernitana on the 3rd of March with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Salernitana (2 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: Josep Martínez (7.7), Koni De Winter (7.7), Mattia Bani (8.2), Johan Vásquez (8.1), Stefano Sabelli (7.0), Junior Messias (7.0), Milan Badelj (7.3), Morten Frendrup (7.5), Aarón Martín (7.7), Mateo Retegui (7.9) and Albert Guðmundsson (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Vitinha, Morten Thorsby, Emil Bohinen , Kevin Strootman, Alessandro Vogliacco (7.0), Nicola Leali, Ruslan Malinovskyi (6.4), Caleb Ekuban (6.8), Giorgio Cittadini, Daniele Sommariva, Ridgeciano Haps and Djed Spence (6.8).

Substitutions

Genoa made 5 changes: Mateo Retegui for Caleb Ekuban (79′), Milan Badelj for Kevin Strootman (87′), Junior Messias for Ruslan Malinovskyi (78′), Stefano Sabelli for Djed Spence (78′) and Johan Vásquez for Alessandro Vogliacco (54′).

Player of the match: Mattia Bani​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Genoa was Mattia Bani.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 78 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 5.

Udinese – Formation

Udinese started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Gabriele Cioffi played with: Maduka Okoye (6.7), Nehuén Pérez (6.8), Lautaro Giannetti (7.0), Thomas Kristensen (5.6), Kingsley Ehizibue (6.8), Sandi Lovrić (7.3), Walace (7.3), Lazar Samardžić (6.4), Jordan Zemura (6.8), Florian Thauvin (6.4) and Lorenzo Lucca (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Marco Silvestri, Festy Ebosele (6.8), Oier Zarraga (6.8), Isaac Success, Keinan Davis (6.6), Hassane Kamara (7.0), João Ferreira (6.8), Antonio Tikvić, Brenner, Christian Kabasele, Martín Payero and Daniele Padelli.

Substitutions

Udinese made 5 changes: Florian Thauvin for Keinan Davis (78′), Kingsley Ehizibue for Festy Ebosele (46′), Sandi Lovrić for Oier Zarraga (86′), Jordan Zemura for Hassane Kamara (54′) and Lazar Samardžić for João Ferreira (54′).

Player of the match: Sandi Lovrić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Udinese was Sandi Lovrić.

His rating is 7.3 with 26 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sassuolo – Empoli – 2-3
• Salernitana – Monza – 0-2
• Genoa – Udinese – 2-0