TORINO. Torino conquered Genoa. Torino took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino stadium in Torino on Friday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Piero Giacomelli who had the assistance of Alessandro Lo Cicero and Damiano Di Iorio. The 4th official was Francesco Meraviglia. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Torino had a strong ball possession 59% while Genoa was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Torino was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Torino won the match.
Torino shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Genoa shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Torino received 2 yellow cards (D. Praet and T. Pobega). Talking about the opposition, Genoa received 3 yellow cards (Y. Kallon, M. Fares and J. Vasquez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Torino will have 11 points to move down in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Genoa will stay with 6 points like Sampdoria and Cagliari to move up in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Torino will play away against Milan on the 26th of October with a 12-2 head to head in favor of Milan (13 draws).
Genoa will play away agasint Spezia on the 26th of October with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Genoa (1 draw).
Torino – Formation
Torino
72'
88'
31'
Torino started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Ivan Juric decided to play with the following team: Vanja Milinković-Savić , Koffi Djidji , Bremer , Alessandro Buongiorno , Wilfried Singo , Saša Lukić , Tommaso Pobega , Cristian Ansaldi , Karol Linetty , Josip Brekalo and Antonio Sanabria .
The home team had on the bench: Mergim Vojvoda , Ola Aina , Tomás Rincón, Ben Lhassine Kone, Etrit Berisha, Simone Zaza, Dennis Praet , Magnus Warming, David Zima, Armando Izzo, Andrea Belotti and Ricardo Rodríguez.
Torino could not rely on the presence of O. Aina (injured).
Substitutions
Torino made 4 changes: W. Singo for M. Vojvoda (59′), K. Linetty for D. Praet (59′), A. Sanabria for A. Belotti (59′) and C. Ansaldi for O. Aina (72′).
Best player: Antonio Sanabria
The player that probably impressed the most for Torino was Antonio Sanabria.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.
Genoa – Formation
Genoa
Genoa started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Talking about the opposition, Davide Ballardini played with: Salvatore Sirigu , Paolo Ghiglione , Johan Vásquez , Domenico Criscito , Mohamed Fares , Caleb Ekuban , Nicolò Rovella , Abdoulaye Touré , Andrea Cambiaso , Stefano Sturaro and Mattia Destro .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Valon Behrami , Yayah Kallon , Filippo Melegoni, Andrea Masiello, Stefano Sabelli, Davide Biraschi, Pablo Galdames , Federico Marchetti, Adrian Šemper, Goran Pandev , Milan Badelj and Felipe Caicedo .
Substitutions
Genoa made 5 changes: A. Toure for P. Galdames (46′), P. Ghiglione for Y. Kallon (46′), C. Ekuban for F. Caicedo (61′), S. Sturaro for V. Behrami (68′) and M. Destro for G. Pandev (80′).
Best player: Felipe Caicedo
The player that probably impressed the most for Genoa was Felipe Caicedo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (64% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 61′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
