Genoa 3-0 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Monday 12 January 2026

Result

Genoa 3-0 Cagliari

Serie A · Monday 12 January 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Genoa · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Genoa 3-0 Cagliari: match report

Genoa won against Cagliari 3-0 in Serie A on Monday 12 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Lorenzo Colombo opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Genoa's goals came from Lorenzo Colombo (7'), Morten Frendrup (75') and Leo Østigård (78'). Cagliari did not score.

Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards; Cagliari received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Genoa were 17th on 16 points from 19 and Cagliari 15th on 19 points from 19. Genoa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Cagliari 14th with 43.

Genoa lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cagliari in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sebastiano Esposito of Cagliari (8.3), ahead of Leo Østigård (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Genoa wins, 3 draws and 1 for Cagliari.

Going into the match Genoa's last five read D-D-L-L-L and Cagliari's D-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Lorenzo ColomboGenoa · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Juan RodríguezCagliari
  • 30'Yellow card · Morten FrendrupGenoa
  • 42'Yellow card · Adam ObertCagliari
  • 52'Yellow card · Patrizio MasiniGenoa
  • 54'Yellow card · Luca MazzitelliCagliari
  • 58'Yellow card · Michel AdopoCagliari
  • 71'Yellow card · Sebastiano LupertoCagliari
  • 75'Goal · Morten FrendrupGenoa · 2-0
  • 78'Goal · Leo ØstigårdGenoa · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genoa 6, draws 3, Cagliari 1.

Team news

Genoa line-up (3-5-2)

Nicola Leali, Alessandro Marcandalli, Leo Østigård, Johan Vásquez, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Morten Frendrup, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Aarón Martín, Vitinha, Lorenzo Colombo

Cagliari line-up (4-3-3)

Elia Caprile, Marco Palestra, Sebastiano Luperto, Juan Rodríguez, Adam Obert, Michel Adopo, Matteo Prati, Luca Mazzitelli, Zito Luvumbo, Semih Kılıçsoy, Sebastiano Esposito