Genoa 3-0 Torino: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 10 January 2009
Result
Genoa 3-0 Torino
Serie A · Saturday 10 January 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Genoa 3-0 Torino: match report
Genoa defeated Torino 3-0 in Serie A on Saturday 10 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
G. Biava opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Genoa's goals came from G. Biava (18'), Bosko Jankovic (48') and Thiago Motta (84'). Torino did not score.
Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards; Torino received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 6th on 29 points from 17 and Torino 17th on 15 points from 17. Genoa went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Torino 18th with 34.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Torino in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Genoa win, 1 draw and 0 for Torino.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read W-D-W-D-D and Torino's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 18'Goal · G. Biava
- 27'Yellow card · Blerim Dzemaili
- 33'Yellow card · Marco Pisano
- 34'Yellow card · Thiago Motta
- 38'Yellow card · Marco Di Loreto
- 45'Yellow card · Salvatore Bocchetti
- 48'Goal · Bosko Jankovic
- 84'Goal · Thiago Motta
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa expected line-up (3-4-3)
Rubinho, Domenico Criscito, Matteo Ferrari, Sokratis, Salvatore Bocchetti, Alessandro Lucarelli, Marco Rossi, Omar Milanetto, Giuseppe Sculli, Diego Milito, Thiago Motta
Torino line-up (4-4-2)
Matteo Sereni, Marco Pisano, Angelo Ogbonna, Cesare Natali, Ignazio Abate, Blerim Džemaili, Simone Barone, Alessandro Rosina, Nicola Amoruso, Rolando Bianchi, Marco Di Loreto