Genoa 2-3 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 25 October 2017

Result

Genoa 2-3 Napoli

Serie A · Wednesday 25 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

Genoa · Napoli · Serie A predictions

Genoa 2-3 Napoli: match report

Genoa lost to Napoli 2-3 in Serie A on Wednesday 25 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.

A. Taarabt opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Genoa's goals came from A. Taarabt (4') and Armando Izzo (76'). Napoli scored through Dries Mertens (14'), Dries Mertens (30') and an own goal by Ervin Zukanovic (60').

Discipline: Genoa received 1 yellow card; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Genoa were 14th on 6 points from 9 and Napoli 2nd on 25 points from 9. Genoa went on to finish that season 12th with 41 points, and Napoli 2nd with 91.

Genoa lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.9), ahead of Lorenzo Insigne (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Genoa wins, 4 draws and 6 for Napoli.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · A. TaarabtGenoa · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 1-1
  • 30'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 1-2
  • 60'Own goal · Ervin ZukanovicNapoli · 1-3
  • 74'Yellow card · Ervin ZukanovicGenoa
  • 76'Goal · Armando IzzoGenoa · 2-3
  • 86'Yellow card · Marko RogNapoli

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genoa 0, draws 4, Napoli 6.

Team news

Genoa line-up (3-4-2-1)

Mattia Perin, Armando Izzo, Luca Rossettini, Ervin Zukanović, Andrea Bertolacci, Darko Lazović, Miguel Veloso, Diego Laxalt, Adel Taarabt, Andrey Gălăbinov, Luca Rigoni

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Vlad Chiricheș, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Marek Hamšík, Piotr Zielinski, Amadou Diawara, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne