Cagliari 2-3 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 15 October 2017
Result
Cagliari 2-3 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 15 October 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Cagliari 2-3 Genoa: match report
Cagliari lost to Genoa 2-3 in Serie A on Sunday 15 October 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.
Andrey Galabinov opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Cagliari's goals came from Leonardo Pavoletti (48') and João Pedro (79', penalty). Genoa scored through Andrey Galabinov (8'), A. Taarabt (35') and Luca Rigoni (75').
Discipline: Cagliari received 2 yellow cards; Genoa received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Cagliari were 14th on 6 points from 7 and Genoa 19th on 2 points from 7. Cagliari went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Genoa 12th with 41.
Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Genoa in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adel Taarabt of Genoa (9.0), ahead of Luca Rigoni (8.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cagliari wins, 1 draw and 4 for Genoa.
Going into the match Cagliari's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Genoa's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Andrey Galabinov
- 20'Yellow card · Nicolò Barella
- 33'Yellow card · Leonardo Pavoletti
- 35'Goal · A. Taarabt
- 48'Goal · Leonardo Pavoletti
- 75'Goal · Luca Rigoni
- 79'Penalty goal · João Pedro
Head-to-head
Team news
Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alessio Cragno, Gregory van der Wiel, Filippo Romagna, Fabio Pisacane, Simone Padoin, Onur Cinel, João Pedro, Nicolò Barella, Artur Ioniță, Diego Farias, Leonardo Pavoletti
Genoa line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mattia Perin, Armando Izzo, Luca Rossettini, Ervin Zukanović, Andrea Bertolacci, Aleandro Rosi, Miguel Veloso, Diego Laxalt, Adel Taarabt, Andrey Gălăbinov, Luca Rigoni