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 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.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Luca Rossettini
- 16'Goal · Musa Barrow
- 22'Goal · Bryan Cristante
- 42'Yellow card · Timothy Castagne
- 71'Yellow card · Remo Freuler
- 74'Goal · Josip Ilicic
- 80'Yellow card · Mattia Caldara
- 81'Goal · Miguel Veloso
Head-to-head
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