Genoa 2-3 Sampdoria: result and report
Serie A · Tuesday 5 January 2016
Result
Genoa 2-3 Sampdoria
Serie A · Tuesday 5 January 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Genoa 2-3 Sampdoria: match report
Genoa were beaten by Sampdoria 2-3 in Serie A on Tuesday 5 January 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Roberto Soriano opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Genoa's goals came from Leonardo Pavoletti (69') and Leonardo Pavoletti (81'). Sampdoria scored through Roberto Soriano (18'), Éder (39') and Roberto Soriano (49').
Discipline: Genoa received 6 yellow cards; Sampdoria received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Genoa were 17th on 16 points from 17 and Sampdoria 14th on 20 points from 17. Genoa went on to finish that season 10th with 46 points, and Sampdoria 15th with 40.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sampdoria in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Leonardo Pavoletti of Genoa (9.2), ahead of Roberto Soriano (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Genoa wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sampdoria.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Sampdoria's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Roberto Soriano
- 39'Goal · Éder
- 48'Yellow card · Armando Izzo
- 49'Goal · Roberto Soriano
- 63'Yellow card · Luca Rigoni
- 69'Goal · Leonardo Pavoletti
- 71'Yellow card · Cristian Ansaldi
- 71'Yellow card · Fernando
- 78'Yellow card · Tomás Rincón
- 81'Goal · Leonardo Pavoletti
- 83'Yellow card · Leonardo Pavoletti
- 90+3'Yellow card · Nicolás Burdisso
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-4-3)
Mattia Perin, Cristian Ansaldi, Sebastien De Maio, Nicolás Burdisso, Armando Izzo, Blerim Džemaili, Tomás Rincón, Diego Laxalt, Olivier Ntcham, Leonardo Pavoletti, Darko Lazović
Sampdoria line-up (4-3-3)
Emiliano Viviano, Niklas Moisander, Vasco Regini, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Ervin Zukanović, Fernando, Édgar Barreto, Roberto Soriano, Éder, Carlos Carbonero, Antonio Cassano