Italian Serie A

FT Monday, January 26, 2015
Genoa LLDLD 1
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Napoli WWLWW 2
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Diego Armando Maradona · 39,321 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain scores two controversial goal as Napoli beat Genoa

Two goals from Gonzalo Higuain allowed Napoli to regain third spot in Serie A, although their 2-1 win over Genoa was not without its share of controversy.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
4
50.4
Possession
49.6
12
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
365
Accurate Passes
343
433
Passes
428
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
72
26
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
14
15
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
19
23
Clearances
19

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 88Gökhan InlerLM
  8. 19David LópezRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 6Jonathan de GuzmánAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

GEN · 3-4-3

  1. 1Mattia PerinG
  2. 8Nicolás BurdissoCD
  3. 4Sebastian De MaioCD-L
  4. 14Facundo RoncagliaCD-R
  5. 91Andrea BertolacciCM-L
  6. 88Tomás RincónCM-R
  7. 13Luca AntonelliLM
  8. 21EdenilsonRM
  9. 18Ioannis FetfatzidisF
  10. 10Diego PerottiCF-L
  11. 24Iago FalqueCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Napoli 1, Genoa 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  2. 25' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 40' Andrea Bertolacci (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 53' Substitution, Genoa. M'Baye Niang replaces Ioannis Fetfatzidis.
  5. 56' Goal! Napoli 1, Genoa 1. Iago Falque (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Bertolacci.
  6. 60' Luca Antonelli (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 68' Substitution, Genoa. Juraj Kucka replaces Tomás Rincón.
  8. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Jonathan de Guzmán.
  9. 75' Goal! Napoli 2, Genoa 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  10. 79' Substitution, Genoa. Maxime Lestienne replaces Sebastien De Maio.
  11. 80' Juraj Kucka (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Miguel Britos replaces Ivan Strinic.
  14. 88' Gökhan Inler (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90' Substitution, Napoli. Duván Zapata replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  16. 90'+1' M'Baye Niang (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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