Napoli 2-0 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Friday 10 February 2017
Result
Napoli 2-0 Genoa
Serie A · Friday 10 February 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Napoli 2-0 Genoa: match report
Napoli beat Genoa 2-0 in Serie A on Friday 10 February 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Napoli's goals came from Piotr Zielinski (50') and E. Giaccherini (68'). Genoa did not score.
Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Genoa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 48 points from 23 and Genoa 16th on 25 points from 23. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Genoa 16th with 36.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genoa in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.4), ahead of Piotr Zielinski (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Napoli wins, 4 draws and 1 for Genoa.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Genoa's L-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 50'Goal · Piotr Zielinski
- 67'Yellow card · Lucas Orbán
- 68'Goal · E. Giaccherini
- 80'Yellow card · Nicolás Burdisso
- 90+2'Yellow card · Marko Rog
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Christian Maggio, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Marek Hamšík, Piotr Zielinski, Amadou Diawara, Emanuele Giaccherini, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne
Genoa line-up (3-4-2-1)
Eugenio Lamanna, Santiago Gentiletti, Nicolás Burdisso, Ezequiel Muñoz, O. Hiljemark, Darko Lazović, Miguel Veloso, Diego Laxalt, Giovanni Simeone, Raffaele Palladino, Luca Rigoni