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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Roberto SorianoSampdoria · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · ÉderSampdoria · 0-2
  • 48'Yellow card · Armando IzzoGenoa
  • 49'Goal · Roberto SorianoSampdoria · 0-3
  • 63'Yellow card · Luca RigoniGenoa
  • 69'Goal · Leonardo PavolettiGenoa · 1-3
  • 71'Yellow card · Cristian AnsaldiGenoa
  • 71'Yellow card · FernandoSampdoria
  • 78'Yellow card · Tomás RincónGenoa
  • 81'Goal · Leonardo PavolettiGenoa · 2-3
  • 83'Yellow card · Leonardo PavolettiGenoa
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nicolás BurdissoGenoa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genoa 4, draws 2, Sampdoria 4.

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