Fiorentina 3-1 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 16 March 2008
Result
Fiorentina 3-1 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 16 March 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Fiorentina 3-1 Genoa: match report
Fiorentina beat Genoa 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 16 March 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Mario Santana opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Mario Santana (19'), Adrian Mutu (30') and Giampaolo Pazzini (56'). Genoa scored through Matías Masiero Balas (83').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards; Genoa received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 4th on 47 points from 27 and Genoa 9th on 35 points from 27. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Genoa 10th with 48.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Genoa in a 3-4-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fiorentina wins, 1 draw and 0 for Genoa.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Genoa's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Mario Santana
- 29'Yellow card · Alessandro Lucarelli
- 30'Goal · Adrian Mutu
- 40'Yellow card · Massimo Gobbi
- 45'Yellow card · Papa Waigo
- 56'Goal · Giampaolo Pazzini
- 68'Yellow card · Abdoulay Konko
- 80'Yellow card · Marco Borriello
- 83'Goal · Matías Masiero Balas
- 84'Yellow card · Julío de León Dailey
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (4-4-1-1)
Sébastien Frey, Per Billeskov Krøldrup, Alessandro Gamberini, Massimo Gobbi, Tomás Ujfalusi, Riccardo Montolivo, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Mario Santana, Giampaolo Pazzini, Adrian Mutu, Fabio Liverani
Genoa expected line-up (3-4-3)
Alessio Scarpi, Abdoulay Konko, Fabiano Lima, Domenico Criscito, Gaetano De Rosa, Alessandro Lucarelli, Cesare Bovo, Julío de León Dailey, Omar Milanetto, Marco Borriello, Giuseppe Sculli