GENOVA. Genoa manages to recover against Sassuolo with 2 goals from G. Scamacca from a goal on the 20′ and a goal on the 17′. Sassuolo 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 Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Chiffi who had the assistance of Luca Mondin and Marco Della Croce. The 4th official was Gianpiero Miele. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.6 degrees Celsius or 60.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sassuolo was in firm control of the ball 58% while Genoa was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Genoa was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Genoa to win the match.
Genoa shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Sassuolo shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target.
Cards
Genoa received 3 yellow cards (S. Sturaro, M. Destro and D. Biraschi). On the opposite side, Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards (D. Frattesi, V. Chiriches, J. Toljan and A. Harroui).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Genoa will have 6 points like Sampdoria and Cagliari to stay in the 17th place. On the other side, Sassuolo will have 8 points like Torino and Hellas Verona to stay in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away with Torino on the 22nd of October with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of Torino (8 draws).
Sassuolo will host Venezia on the 23rd of October with a 0-0 head to head.
Genoa – Formation
Genoa
51'
35'
90'
Genoa started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Davide Ballardini decided to play with the following team: Salvatore Sirigu , Davide Biraschi , Johan Vásquez , Domenico Criscito , Stefano Sabelli , Abdoulaye Touré , Milan Badelj , Nicolò Rovella , Mohamed Fares , Mattia Destro and Goran Pandev .
The home team had on the bench: Yayah Kallon , Manolo Portanova, Filippo Melegoni, Andrea Cambiaso , Andrea Masiello, Federico Marchetti, Paolo Ghiglione, Valon Behrami , Stefano Sturaro, Caleb Ekuban , Adrian Šemper and Felipe Caicedo .
Genoa could not rely on the presence of A. Cambiaso (injured).
Substitutions
Genoa made 5 changes: S. Sabelli for C. Ekuban (32′), M. Badelj for Y. Kallon (46′), D. Biraschi for A. Cambiaso (51′), A. Toure for V. Behrami (76′) and G. Pandev for F. Caicedo (76′).
Best player: Johan Vásquez
The player that probably impressed the most for Genoa was Johan Vásquez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
Sassuolo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Alessio Dionisi played with: Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Vlad Chiricheş , Gian Marco Ferrari , Rogério , Davide Frattesi , Maxime López , Domenico Berardi , Filip Đuričić , Giacomo Raspadori and Gianluca Scamacca .
These were the players on the bench: Francesco Magnanelli, Matheus Henrique, Giacomo Satalino, Mert Müldür, Gianluca Pegolo, Abdou Harroui , Edoardo Goldaniga, Federico Peluso, Grégoire Defrel and Giorgos Kyriakopoulos .
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: G. Raspadori for A. Harroui (61′), G. Scamacca for G. Defrel (74′), F. Djuricic for G. Kyriakopoulos (74′), M. Lopez for E. Goldaniga (90′) and D. Berardi for F. Magnanelli (90′).
Best player: Gianluca Scamacca
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sassuolo was Gianluca Scamacca.
His rating is with 2 goals, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Cagliari – Sampdoria – 3-1
- Empoli – Atalanta – 1-4
- Genoa – Sassuolo – 2-2
- Juventus – Roma – 1-0
- Napoli – Torino – 1-0
- Udinese – Bologna – 1-1
