Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 22 November 2015

Result

Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 22 November 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Genoa · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo: match report

Genoa won against Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 22 November 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Tomás Rincón opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Genoa's goals came from Tomás Rincón (51') and Leonardo Pavoletti (90+5'). Sassuolo scored through Francesco Acerbi (90+3').

Discipline: Genoa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sassuolo received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Genoa were 16th on 13 points from 12 and Sassuolo 5th on 22 points from 12. Genoa went on to finish that season 10th with 46 points, and Sassuolo 6th with 61.

Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Armando Izzo of Genoa (8.1), ahead of Leonardo Pavoletti (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Genoa win, 1 draw and 2 for Sassuolo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Tomás RincónGenoa
  • 41'Red card · Domenico BerardiSassuolo
  • 41'Red card · Diego PerottiGenoa
  • 42'Yellow card · M. PerinGenoa
  • 51'Goal · Tomás RincónGenoa · 1-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Nicolás BurdissoGenoa
  • 90+3'Goal · Francesco AcerbiSassuolo · 1-1
  • 90+5'Goal · Leonardo PavolettiGenoa · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Genoa 1, draws 1, Sassuolo 2.

Team news

Genoa line-up (3-4-3)

Mattia Perin, Cristian Ansaldi, Armando Izzo, Nicolás Burdisso, Diogo Figueiras, Tino Costa, Tomás Rincón, Diego Laxalt, Diego Perotti, Leonardo Pavoletti, Darko Lazović

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Šime Vrsaljko, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Paolo Cannavaro, Francesco Magnanelli, Simone Missiroli, Alfred Duncan, Nicola Sansone, Domenico Berardi, Grégoire Defrel