Cagliari 3-0 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 8 January 2012

Result

Cagliari 3-0 Genoa

Serie A · Sunday 8 January 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Cagliari · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Cagliari 3-0 Genoa: match report

Cagliari defeated Genoa 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday 8 January 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joaquín Larrivey opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Cagliari's goals came from Joaquín Larrivey (13', penalty), V. Ibarbo (56') and an own goal by Andreas Granqvist (72'). Genoa did not score.

Discipline: Cagliari received 2 yellow cards; Genoa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cagliari were 16th on 18 points from 16 and Genoa 11th on 21 points from 16. Cagliari went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Genoa 17th with 42.

Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Genoa in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cagliari wins, 0 draws and 5 for Genoa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Penalty goal · Joaquín LarriveyCagliari · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Andreas GranqvistGenoa
  • 45'Yellow card · Alessandro AgostiniCagliari
  • 51'Yellow card · Albin EkdalCagliari
  • 56'Goal · V. IbarboCagliari · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Kevin ConstantGenoa
  • 66'Red card · Emiliano MorettiGenoa
  • 72'Own goal · Andreas GranqvistCagliari · 3-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Dario DainelliGenoa

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Cagliari 3, draws 0, Genoa 5.

Team news

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

Michael Agazzi, Davide Astori, Francesco Pisano, Michele Canini, Alessandro Agostini, Radja Nainggolan, Andrea Cossu, Albin Ekdal, Daniele Dessena, J. Larrivey, Víctor Ibarbo

Genoa line-up (4-3-3)

Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Andreas Granqvist, Emiliano Moretti, Marco Rossi, Felipe Seymour, Giandomenico Mesto, Kevin Constant, Juraj Kucka, Bosko Jankovic, Alberto Gilardino