Genoa 1-1 Valencia: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 17 December 2009
Result
Genoa 1-1 Valencia
Europa League · Thursday 17 December 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Genoa 1-1 Valencia: match report
Genoa drew with Valencia 1-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 December 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Bruno Saltor opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Genoa's goal came from Hernán Crespo (51'). Valencia scored through Bruno Saltor (45') and David Villa (90').
Discipline: Genoa received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 67th on 7 points from 7 and Valencia 17th on 15 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Genoa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Genoa wins, 0 draws and 1 for Valencia.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read D-D-L-L-D and Valencia's W-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · David Villa
- 25'Yellow card · Ivan Juric
- 33'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 42'Yellow card · Giuseppe Sculli
- 45'Goal · Bruno Saltor
- 51'Goal · Hernán Crespo
- 70'Yellow card · Éver Banega
- 74'Yellow card · Moyà
- 85'Yellow card · Salvatore Bocchetti
- 86'Yellow card · Albelda
- 90'Goal · David Villa
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa expected line-up (4-3-3)
Emiliano Moretti, Giuseppe Biava, Omar Milanetto, Marco Rossi, Giandomenico Mesto, Raffaele Palladino, Francesco Modesto, Marco Amelia
Valencia expected line-up (4-4-2)
César, David Navarro, Bruno Saltor, Jérémy Mathieu, Dealbert, Pablo Hernández, Juan Mata, Éver Banega, Marchena, David Villa, Albelda