Benevento 2-0 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 20 December 2020

Result

Benevento 2-0 Genoa

Serie A · Sunday 20 December 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Benevento · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Benevento 2-0 Genoa: match report

Benevento beat Genoa 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 20 December 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Roberto Insigne opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Benevento's goals came from Roberto Insigne (57') and Marco Sau (89', penalty). Genoa did not score.

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

Going into the game Benevento were 14th on 12 points from 12 and Genoa 19th on 7 points from 12. Benevento went on to finish that season 18th with 33 points, and Genoa 11th with 42.

Benevento lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Genoa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gaetano Letizia of Benevento (8.0), ahead of Përparim Hetemaj (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benevento win, 0 draws and 1 for Genoa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Mattia BaniGenoa
  • 43'Yellow card · Gianluca CaprariBenevento
  • 57'Goal · Roberto InsigneBenevento · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Edoardo GoldanigaGenoa
  • 88'Yellow card · Andrea MasielloGenoa
  • 89'Penalty goal · Marco SauBenevento · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Benevento 1, draws 0, Genoa 1.

Team news

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

Lorenzo Montipò, Gaetano Letizia, Alessandro Tuia, Kamil Glik, Federico Barba, Përparim Hetemaj, Artur Ioniță, Riccardo Improta, Roberto Insigne, Gianluca Caprari, Gianluca Lapadula

Genoa line-up (4-4-2)

Mattia Perin, Edoardo Goldaniga, Mattia Bani, Andrea Masiello, Lennart Czyborra, Paolo Ghiglione, Stefano Sturaro, Lukas Lerager, Marko Pjaca, Eldor Shomurodov, Mattia Destro