Atalanta 3-1 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 29 April 2018

Result

Atalanta 3-1 Genoa

Serie A · Sunday 29 April 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Atalanta · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Atalanta 3-1 Genoa: match report

Atalanta defeated Genoa 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 29 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Musa Barrow opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Atalanta's goals came from Musa Barrow (16'), Bryan Cristante (22') and Josip Ilicic (74'). Genoa scored through Miguel Veloso (81').

Discipline: Atalanta received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Atalanta were 6th on 55 points from 34 and Genoa 11th on 41 points from 34. Atalanta went on to finish that season 7th with 60 points, and Genoa 12th with 41.

Atalanta lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Genoa in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josip Ilicic of Atalanta (7.8), level with O. Hiljemark (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Atalanta wins, 3 draws and 3 for Genoa.

Going into the match Atalanta's last five read W-W-D-D-L and Genoa's W-L-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Luca RossettiniGenoa
  • 16'Goal · Musa BarrowAtalanta · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Bryan CristanteAtalanta · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Timothy CastagneAtalanta
  • 71'Yellow card · Remo FreulerAtalanta
  • 74'Goal · Josip IlicicAtalanta · 3-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Mattia CaldaraAtalanta
  • 81'Goal · Miguel VelosoGenoa · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Atalanta 4, draws 3, Genoa 3.

Team news

Atalanta line-up (3-4-2-1)

Etrit Berisha, Rafael Tolói, Andrea Masiello, Mattia Caldara, Robin Gosens, Remo Freuler, Marten de Roon, Timothy Castagne, Bryan Cristante, Papu Gómez, Musa Barrow

Genoa line-up (3-5-2)

Mattia Perin, Luca Rossettini, Davide Biraschi, Ervin Zukanović, Andrea Bertolacci, Francesco Migliore, Darko Lazović, Daniel Bessa, O. Hiljemark, Gianluca Lapadula, Iuri Medeiros