Cagliari 4-1 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 15 January 2017
Result
Cagliari 4-1 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 15 January 2017, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Cagliari 4-1 Genoa: match report
Cagliari beat Genoa 4-1 in Serie A on Sunday 15 January 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Giovanni Simeone opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Cagliari's goals came from Marco Borriello (39'), João Pedro (44'), Marco Borriello (59') and Diego Farias (64', penalty). Genoa scored through Giovanni Simeone (28').
Discipline: Cagliari received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Genoa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cagliari were 15th on 23 points from 19 and Genoa 12th on 23 points from 19. Cagliari went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Genoa 16th with 36.
Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Genoa in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Borriello of Cagliari (8.8), ahead of Diego Farias (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cagliari wins, 1 draw and 4 for Genoa.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Giovanni Simeone
- 33'Yellow card · Danilo Cataldi
- 39'Goal · Marco Borriello
- 44'Goal · João Pedro
- 49'Yellow card · Marco Capuano
- 52'Yellow card · João Pedro
- 59'Goal · Marco Borriello
- 60'Yellow card · Roberto Colombo
- 64'Penalty goal · Diego Farias
- 65'Yellow card · Diego Farias
- 76'Yellow card · Luca Rigoni
- 79'Second yellow · Marco Capuano
Head-to-head
Team news
Cagliari line-up (4-3-2-1)
Rafael, Mauricio Isla, Luca Ceppitelli, Marco Capuano, Nicola Murru, Daniele Dessena, João Pedro, Diego Farias, Nicolò Barella, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Marco Borriello
Genoa line-up (3-4-2-1)
Eugenio Lamanna, Armando Izzo, Nicolás Burdisso, Ezequiel Muñoz, Edenilson, Isaac Cofie, Diego Laxalt, Danilo Cataldi, Giovanni Simeone, Lucas Ocampos, Luca Rigoni