Napoli 3-1 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 20 March 2016

Result

Napoli 3-1 Genoa

Serie A · Sunday 20 March 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Napoli · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Napoli 3-1 Genoa: match report

Napoli beat Genoa 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 20 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Tomás Rincón opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Napoli's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (51'), Gonzalo Higuaín (81') and Omar El Kaddouri (90+1'). Genoa scored through Tomás Rincón (10').

Discipline: Napoli received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 64 points from 29 and Genoa 12th on 34 points from 29. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Genoa 10th with 46.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genoa in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gonzalo Higuaín of Napoli (8.9), ahead of Marek Hamšík (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Napoli wins, 3 draws and 1 for Genoa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Tomás RincónGenoa · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
  • 36'Yellow card · JorginhoNapoli
  • 43'Yellow card · Riccardo FiamozziGenoa
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli
  • 51'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Blerim DzemailiGenoa
  • 90+1'Goal · Omar El KaddouriNapoli · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Napoli 6, draws 3, Genoa 1.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lorenzo Insigne

Genoa line-up (3-5-2)

Mattia Perin, Sebastien De Maio, Armando Izzo, Nicolás Burdisso, Luca Rigoni, Blerim Džemaili, Gabriel Silva, Tomás Rincón, Diego Laxalt, Leonardo Pavoletti, Goran Pandev