Genoa conquers Cagliari 1-0 with a late goal scored by M. Badelj. HIGHLIGHTS

GENOVA. Genoa snatched a late win Cagliari 1-0 after M. Badelj scored just 1 goal (89').

April 25, 2022

GENOVA. Genoa snatched a late win Cagliari 1-0 after M. Badelj scored just 1 goal (89′). Genoa made the most of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Paolo Valeri assisted by Stefano Alassio and Domenico Rocca. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.1 degrees Celsius or 48.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.

Match Statistics

Genoa

1 - 0

Cagliari

56 Ball Possession 44

Shots

13 Total 12
2 On Target 2
11 Off Target 10
3 Shots blocked 2

122 Attack 119
54 Dangerous attack 32
99 Ball safe 114

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 3
3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

21 Total 18
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Genoa had a superior ball possession 56% while Cagliari was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Genoa was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Genoa won the match.

Genoa shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Cagliari shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Genoa received 3 yellow cards (M. Destro, S. Sturaro and M. Frendrup). On the opposite side, Cagliari received 2 yellow cards (Joao Pedro and A. Grassi).

Match Timeline

41'

46'

49'

Albert Gudmundsson- sub ->M. Portanova

59'

61'

71'

72'

Leonardo Pavoletti - sub ->K. Balde

77'

81'

82'

Nahitan Nández- sub ->R. Bellanova

82'

Morten Frendrup- Yellow

84'

Milan Badelj (goal)K. Yeboah

89'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Genoa will have 25 points like Salernitana to sit in the 18th place. On the other side, Cagliari will stay with 28 points to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away against Sampdoria on the 30th of April with a 12-9 head to head statistic in favor of Sampdoria (7 draws).

Cagliari will host Hellas Verona on the 30th of April with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Hellas Verona (3 draws).

Genoa – Formation

Genoa

Salvatore Sirigu 57.Italy

7.3

Mattia Bani 13.Italy

7.3

Leo Østigård 55.Norway

7.3

Johan Vásquez 15.Mexico

7.1

Morten Frendrup 32.Denmark

6.9

84'

Milan Badelj 47.Croatia

7.6

89'

S. Sturaro 27.Italy

6.9

81'

61'

Pablo Galdames 99.Chile

7.1

Nadiem Amiri 8.Germany

6.7

46'

Manolo Portanova 90.Italy

6.8

59'

Caleb Ekuban 20.Ghana

6.8

59'

Substitutes

Rok Vodišek 25.Slovenia

Adrian Semper 1.Croatia

Andrea Masiello 5.Italy

Silvan Hefti 36.Switzerland

Paolo Ghiglione 18.Italy

Riccardo Calafiori 16.Italy

Filippo Melegoni 10.Italy

6.6

59'

Hernani 33.Brazil

90'

Albert Gudmundsson 11.Iceland

6.4

59'

Mattia Destro 23.Italy

6.8

46'

49'

Kelvin Yeboah 45.Italy

7.0

81'

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

The manager Alexander Blessin decided to play with the following team: .

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

Substitutions

Genoa made 5 changes: N. Amiri for M. Destro (46′), M. Portanova for A. Gudmundsson (59′), C. Ekuban for F. Melegoni (59′), S. Sturaro for K. Yeboah (81′) and F. Melegoni for Hernani (90′).

Cagliari – Formation

Cagliari

Alessio Cragno 28.Italy

6.7

L. Ceppitelli 23.Italy

7.1

82'

Giorgio Altare 15.Italy

7.1

Andrea Carboni 44.Italy

6.7

Dalbert 29.Brazil

6.2

Raoul Bellanova 12.Italy

6.4

82'

Alberto Grassi 27.Italy

7.3

77'

71'

Răzvan Marin 8.Romania

7.1

Alessandro Deiola 14.Italy

6.4

JP Galvão 10.Italy

7.2

41'

Keita Baldé 9.Senegal

6.1

72'

Substitutes

Simone Aresti 1.Italy

Boris Radunović 31.Serbia

S. Walukiewicz 40.Poland

6.7

82'

Edoardo Goldaniga 3.Italy

Charalampos Lykogiannis 22.Greece

Gabriele Zappa 25.Italy

Marko Rog 6.Croatia

6.8

77'

Daniele Baselli 4.Italy

Kevin Strootman 16.Netherlands

Gastón Pereiro 20.Uruguay

Nahitan Nández 18.Uruguay

6.6

82'

Leonardo Pavoletti 30.Italy

6.8

72'

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

Walter Mazzarri played with: .

Substitutions

Cagliari made 4 changes: K. Balde for L. Pavoletti (72′), A. Grassi for M. Rog (77′), R. Bellanova for N. Nandez (82′) and L. Ceppitelli for S. Walukiewicz (82′).