Pescara 2-0 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 9 December 2012
Result
Pescara 2-0 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 9 December 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Pescara 2-0 Genoa: match report
Pescara won against Genoa 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 9 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Elvis Abbruscato opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Pescara's goals came from Elvis Abbruscato (53') and Ante Vukušić (74'). Genoa did not score.
Discipline: Pescara received 2 yellow cards; Genoa received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Pescara were 20th on 11 points from 15 and Genoa 19th on 12 points from 15. Pescara went on to finish that season 20th with 22 points, and Genoa 17th with 39.
Pescara lined up in a 4-4-2 and Genoa in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Birkir Bjarnason of Pescara (8.1), ahead of Antonio Balzano (7.8).
Going into the match Pescara's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Genoa's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Togni
- 53'Goal · Elvis Abbruscato
- 59'Yellow card · Juraj Kucka
- 68'Yellow card · Mario Sampirisi
- 74'Goal · Ante Vukušić
- 74'Yellow card · Ante Vukušić
- 82'Yellow card · Juan Manuel Vargas
- 90+2'Yellow card · Felipe Seymour
Team news
Pescara line-up (4-4-2)
Mattia Perin, Antonio Balzano, Jorge Ribolzi, Christian Terlizzi, Birkir Bjarnason, Matti Lund Nielsen, Togni, Elvis Abbruscato, Vladimír Weiss, A. Vukušić, Francesco Modesto
Genoa line-up (4-1-4-1)
Sébastien Frey, Juan Manuel Vargas, Michele Canini, Emiliano Moretti, Mario Sampirisi, Alexander Merkel, Dániel Tőzsér, Juraj Kucka, Bosko Jankovic, Marco Borriello, Andreas Granqvist