Genoa 2-1 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Tuesday 3 April 2018
Result
Genoa 2-1 Cagliari
Serie A · Tuesday 3 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Genoa 2-1 Cagliari: match report
Genoa defeated Cagliari 2-1 in Serie A on Tuesday 3 April 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gianluca Lapadula opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Genoa's goals came from Gianluca Lapadula (53') and Iuri Medeiros (90'). Cagliari scored through Nicolò Barella (62', penalty).
Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards; Cagliari received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 13th on 31 points from 29 and Cagliari 14th on 29 points from 29. Genoa went on to finish that season 12th with 41 points, and Cagliari 16th with 39.
Genoa lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Cagliari in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Iuri Medeiros of Genoa (8.4), ahead of Gianluca Lapadula (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Genoa wins, 1 draw and 4 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read D-L-L-L-W and Cagliari's L-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Marco Sau
- 53'Goal · Gianluca Lapadula
- 56'Yellow card · Luca Ceppitelli
- 57'Yellow card · Marco Andreolli
- 62'Penalty goal · Nicolò Barella
- 83'Yellow card · Pedro Pereira
- 90'Goal · Iuri Medeiros
- 90+4'Yellow card · Davide Biraschi
- 90+5'Yellow card · Leandro Castán
- 90+5'Yellow card · Leandro Castán
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-5-1-1)
Mattia Perin, Luca Rossettini, Davide Biraschi, Ervin Zukanović, Isaac Cofie, Aleandro Rosi, Daniel Bessa, O. Hiljemark, Diego Laxalt, Gianluca Lapadula, Iuri Medeiros
Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)
Alessio Cragno, Marco Andreolli, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Daniele Dessena, Paolo Faragò, Nicolò Barella, Artur Ioniță, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Marco Sau, Leonardo Pavoletti