Genoa 5-3 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 14 March 2010
Result
Genoa 5-3 Cagliari
Serie A · Sunday 14 March 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-2
Genoa 5-3 Cagliari: match report
Genoa defeated Cagliari 5-3 in Serie A on Sunday 14 March 2010. The half-time score was 4-2.
D. Dessena opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Genoa's goals came from Alberto Zapater (36', penalty), Rodrigo Palacio (39'), Giuseppe Sculli (42'), Marco Rossi (45') and Omar Milanetto (59'). Cagliari scored through D. Dessena (16'), Daniele Conti (41') and Alessandro Matri (55', penalty).
Discipline: Genoa received 3 yellow cards; Cagliari received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 9th on 39 points from 27 and Cagliari 8th on 39 points from 27. Genoa went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Cagliari 14th with 44.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Genoa wins, 0 draws and 2 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read D-L-W-L-W and Cagliari's D-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · D. Dessena
- 19'Yellow card · Daniele Conti
- 19'Yellow card · Marco Rossi
- 20'Yellow card · Andrea Cossu
- 25'Yellow card · Davide Astori
- 36'Penalty goal · Alberto Zapater
- 39'Goal · Rodrigo Palacio
- 41'Goal · Daniele Conti
- 42'Goal · Giuseppe Sculli
- 45'Goal · Marco Rossi
- 55'Yellow card · Salvatore Bocchetti
- 55'Penalty goal · Alessandro Matri
- 59'Goal · Omar Milanetto
- 86'Yellow card · Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-4-3)
Domenico Criscito, Sokratis, Emiliano Moretti, Salvatore Bocchetti, Marco Rossi, Alberto Zapater, Omar Milanetto, Raffaele Palladino, Giuseppe Sculli, Rodrigo Palacio, Marco Amelia
Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)
Federico Marchetti, Lorenzo Ariaudo, Davide Astori, Lino Marzorati, Alessandro Agostini, Daniele Dessena, Daniele Conti, Andrea Cossu, Davide Biondini, J. Larrivey, Alessandro Matri