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 · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Marco SauCagliari
  • 53'Goal · Gianluca LapadulaGenoa · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Luca CeppitelliCagliari
  • 57'Yellow card · Marco AndreolliCagliari
  • 62'Penalty goal · Nicolò BarellaCagliari · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Pedro PereiraGenoa
  • 90'Goal · Iuri MedeirosGenoa · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Davide BiraschiGenoa
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Leandro CastánCagliari
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Leandro CastánCagliari

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genoa 5, draws 1, Cagliari 4.

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