Genoa vs Napoli, 2019-20 Italian Serie A
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A second-half goal from Hirving Lozano gave Napoli a 2-1 win at struggling Genoa in Serie A on Wednesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Edoardo Goldaniga.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 7': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 7': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mattia Perin.
- 7': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross following a corner.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz with a cross.
- 7': Hand ball by Kostas Manolas (Napoli).
- 7': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Eljif Elmas (Napoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 10': VAR Decision: No Goal Genoa 0-0 Napoli.
- 11': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Antonio Sanabria (Genoa).
- 12': Attempt saved. Andrea Pinamonti (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Francesco Cassata.
- 13': Foul by Fabián Ruiz (Napoli).
- 13': Lasse Schöne (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Kostas Manolas.
- 14': Attempt missed. Cristián Zapata (Genoa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lasse Schöne with a cross following a corner.
- 15': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mattia Perin.
- 16': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
- 16': Valon Behrami (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Francesco Cassata (Genoa).
- 17': Foul by Francesco Cassata (Genoa).
- 17': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 21': Foul by Antonio Sanabria (Genoa).
- 22': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 26': Davide Biraschi (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 30': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 31': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 31': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mattia Perin.
- 35': Attempt saved. Francesco Cassata (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 38': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Antonio Sanabria (Genoa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 38': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Nikola Maksimovic.
- 41': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Cristián Zapata.
- 41': Attempt missed. Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
- 45'+1': Goal! Genoa 0, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 45'+2': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 45'+3': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Genoa 0, Napoli 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Genoa 0, Napoli 1.
- 46': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 48': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Antonio Sanabria.
- 49': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Dries Mertens.
- 49': Goal! Genoa 1, Napoli 1. Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lasse Schöne with a cross following a corner.
- 50': Andrea Pinamonti (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 50': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
- 51': Attempt missed. Antonio Sanabria (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lasse Schöne with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 55': Attempt missed. Antonio Sanabria (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cristián Zapata.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 56': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 56': Foul by Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa).
- 58': Offside, Genoa. Andrea Masiello tries a through ball, but Andrea Pinamonti is caught offside.
- 60': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 62': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Foul by Francesco Cassata (Genoa).
- 63': Attempt missed. Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 64': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
- 64': Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
- 64': Substitution, Genoa. Lukas Lerager replaces Valon Behrami.
- 65': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lukas Lerager.
- 66': Goal! Genoa 1, Napoli 2. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz with a through ball.
- 69': Attempt saved. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 69': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mattia Perin.
- 70': Attempt missed. Kostas Manolas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz with a cross following a corner.
- 70': Substitution, Genoa. Iago Falque replaces Francesco Cassata.
- 71': Substitution, Genoa. Goran Pandev replaces Antonio Sanabria.
- 71': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Foul by Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa).
- 71': Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 72': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 73': Foul by Goran Pandev (Genoa).
- 73': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Foul by Lukas Lerager (Genoa).
- 75': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa).
- 76': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Cristián Zapata.
- 79': Offside, Genoa. Andrea Masiello tries a through ball, but Iago Falque is caught offside.
- 82': Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Foul by Cristián Zapata (Genoa).
- 82': Substitution, Genoa. Andrea Favilli replaces Andrea Pinamonti.
- 82': Substitution, Genoa. Paolo Ghiglione replaces Davide Biraschi.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Amin Younes replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Eljif Elmas.
- 85': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Mário Rui.
- 86': Foul by Paolo Ghiglione (Genoa).
- 86': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces Fabián Ruiz.
- 88': Offside, Genoa. Iago Falque tries a through ball, but Goran Pandev is caught offside.
- 89': Foul by Amin Younes (Napoli).
- 89': Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Amin Younes (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Andrea Favilli (Genoa).
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Genoa 1, Napoli 2.
- 0': Match ends, Genoa 1, Napoli 2.
Statistics
 NAP |
GEN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 13 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 2 | Saves | 8 |
| 66.3 | Possession | 33.7 |
| 20 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 592 | Accurate Passes | 254 |
| 667 | Passes | 325 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 21 | Crosses | 22 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 56 | Long Balls | 52 |
| 33 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 16 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 16 |
| 20 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 20 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 34 | +49 | 79 |
| 2 | Napoli | 34 | +19 | 69 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 34 | +21 | 67 |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | +28 | 64 |
Line-Ups
Genoa (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mattia Perin (GK) |
| 2 | Cristián Zapata |
| 55 | Andrea Masiello |
| 5 | Edoardo Goldaniga |
| 85 | Valon Behrami |
| 29 | Francesco Cassata |
| 20 | Lasse Schöne |
| 3 | Antonio Barreca |
| 14 | Davide Biraschi |
| 9 | Antonio Sanabria |
| 99 | Andrea Pinamonti |
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimovic |
| 44 | Kostas Manolas |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 12 | Eljif Elmas |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 14 | Dries Mertens |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
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