Genoa 2-3 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Genoa 2-3 Napoli
Serie A · Saturday 7 February 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Genoa 2-3 Napoli: match report
Genoa were beaten by Napoli 2-3 in Serie A on Saturday 7 February 2026. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Ruslan Malinovskyi opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Genoa's goals came from Ruslan Malinovskyi (3', penalty) and Lorenzo Colombo (57'). Napoli scored through Rasmus Højlund (20'), Scott McTominay (21') and Rasmus Højlund (90+5', penalty).
Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Genoa were 14th on 23 points from 23 and Napoli 3rd on 46 points from 23. Genoa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Napoli 2nd with 76.
Genoa lined up in a 3-5-2 and Napoli in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rasmus Højlund of Napoli (8.3), ahead of Ruslan Malinovskyi (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Genoa win, 3 draws and 6 for Napoli.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Alex Meret
- 3'Penalty goal · Ruslan Malinovskyi
- 20'Goal · Rasmus Højlund
- 21'Goal · Scott McTominay
- 50'Yellow card · Johan Vásquez
- 57'Goal · Lorenzo Colombo
- 59'Yellow card · Juan Jesus
- 76'Second yellow · Juan Jesus
- 82'Yellow card · Alessandro Marcandalli
- 90+2'Yellow card · Leonardo Spinazzola
- 90+5'Penalty goal · Rasmus Højlund
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-5-2)
Justin Bijlow, Alessandro Marcandalli, Leo Østigård, Johan Vásquez, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Morten Frendrup, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Aarón Martín, Vitinha, Lorenzo Colombo
Napoli line-up (3-4-2-1)
Alex Meret, Amir Rrahmani, Alessandro Buongiorno, Juan Jesus, Miguel Gutiérrez, Stanislav Lobotka, Scott McTominay, Leonardo Spinazzola, Antonio Vergara, Eljif Elmas, Rasmus Højlund