Sassuolo 2-0 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 18 September 2016

Result

Sassuolo 2-0 Genoa

Serie A · Sunday 18 September 2016, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sassuolo · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Sassuolo 2-0 Genoa: match report

Sassuolo won against Genoa 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 18 September 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Matteo Politano opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Matteo Politano (58', penalty) and Grégoire Defrel (66'). Genoa did not score.

Discipline: Sassuolo received no yellow cards; Genoa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 8th on 6 points from 3 and Genoa 6th on 6 points from 2. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Genoa 16th with 36.

Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genoa in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Grégoire Defrel of Sassuolo (9.1), ahead of Andrea Consigli (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sassuolo wins, 1 draw and 3 for Genoa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Yellow card · Leonardo PavolettiGenoa
  • 58'Penalty goal · Matteo PolitanoSassuolo · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · Grégoire DefrelSassuolo · 2-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Lucas OrbánGenoa
  • 86'Red card · Miguel VelosoGenoa
  • 86'Yellow card · Miguel VelosoGenoa

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sassuolo 2, draws 1, Genoa 3.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Luca Antei, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Francesco Magnanelli, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Alfred Duncan, Grégoire Defrel, Matteo Politano, Antonino Ragusa

Genoa line-up (3-4-3)

Mattia Perin, Armando Izzo, Nicolás Burdisso, Lucas Orbán, Darko Lazović, Miguel Veloso, Tomás Rincón, Diego Laxalt, Serge Gakpé, Leonardo Pavoletti, Luca Rigoni