Napoli 6-1 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 21 December 2011

Result

Napoli 6-1 Genoa

Serie A · Wednesday 21 December 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 4-1

Napoli · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Napoli 6-1 Genoa: match report

Napoli won against Genoa 6-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 21 December 2011. The half-time score was 4-1.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Napoli's goals came from Edinson Cavani (12'), Marek Hamsik (17'), Edinson Cavani (24'), Goran Pandev (45'), W. Gargano (49') and Camilo Zúñiga (80'). Genoa scored through Cristobal Jorquera (27').

Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Genoa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Napoli were 7th on 21 points from 15 and Genoa 9th on 21 points from 15. Napoli went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Genoa 17th with 42.

Napoli lined up in a 3-4-3 and Genoa in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 5 for Genoa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Andreas GranqvistGenoa
  • 12'Goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Marek HamsikNapoli · 2-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Salvatore AronicaNapoli
  • 24'Goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 3-0
  • 27'Goal · Cristobal JorqueraGenoa · 3-1
  • 45'Goal · Goran PandevNapoli · 4-1
  • 49'Goal · W. GarganoNapoli · 5-1
  • 80'Goal · Camilo ZúñigaNapoli · 6-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Napoli 2, draws 1, Genoa 5.

Team news

Napoli line-up (3-4-3)

Morgan De Sanctis, Salvatore Aronica, Hugo Campagnaro, Camilo Zúñiga, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Gökhan Inler, Edinson Cavani, Christian Maggio, Goran Pandev

Genoa line-up (5-3-2)

Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Andreas Granqvist, Kakhaber Kaladze, Miguel Veloso, Marco Rossi, Felipe Seymour, Cristóbal Jorquera, Giandomenico Mesto, Lucas Pratto, Andrea Caracciolo