Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 12 April 2026, 10:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Genoa · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Genoa defeated Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 12 April 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ruslan Malinovskyi opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Genoa's goals came from Ruslan Malinovskyi (18') and Caleb Ekuban (84'). Sassuolo scored through Ismaël Koné (57').

Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Genoa were 14th on 33 points from 31 and Sassuolo 11th on 42 points from 31. Genoa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 49.

Genoa lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommaso Baldanzi of Genoa (7.7), level with Ruslan Malinovskyi (7.7).

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

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