Genoa 1-0 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 6 January 2018

Result

Genoa 1-0 Sassuolo

Serie A · Saturday 6 January 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Genoa · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Genoa 1-0 Sassuolo: match report

Genoa defeated Sassuolo 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday 6 January 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Andrey Galabinov of Genoa in the 80th minute.

Discipline: Genoa received 3 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Genoa were 16th on 18 points from 19 and Sassuolo 14th on 21 points from 19. Genoa went on to finish that season 12th with 41 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 43.

Genoa lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ervin Zukanović of Genoa (7.8), ahead of Luca Rossettini (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Genoa wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sassuolo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Luca RigoniGenoa
  • 68'Yellow card · Simone MissiroliSassuolo
  • 70'Yellow card · Ervin ZukanovicGenoa
  • 77'Yellow card · Andrey GalabinovGenoa
  • 80'Goal · Andrey GalabinovGenoa · 1-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Genoa 3, draws 2, Sassuolo 4.

Team news

Genoa line-up (3-5-1-1)

Mattia Perin, Nicolás Spolli, Luca Rossettini, Ervin Zukanović, Andrea Bertolacci, Davide Biraschi, Petar Brlek, Luca Rigoni, Diego Laxalt, Gianluca Lapadula, Goran Pandev

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Edoardo Goldaniga, Francesco Magnanelli, Simone Missiroli, Alfred Duncan, Diego Falcinelli, Matteo Politano, Domenico Berardi