Italian Serie A

Genoa vs Spezia, 2021-22 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Genoa
    FT
    0 - 1
    Spezia
    • 14': Simone Bastoni

    About

    Genoa are hosting Spezia at Luigi Ferraris, Genova, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Mattia Bani (Genoa).
    • 1': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Daniele Verde (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Leo Østigard (Genoa).
    • 4': Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Caleb Ekuban (Genoa).
    • 4': Caleb Ekuban (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 6': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Andrea Cambiaso.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Martin Erlic (Spezia) header from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Daniele Verde with a cross following a corner.
    • 11': Caleb Ekuban (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia).
    • 13': Attempt saved. Rey Manaj (Spezia) header from very close range is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi with a headed pass.
    • 14': Goal! Genoa 0, Spezia 1. Simone Bastoni (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniele Verde.
    • 16': Foul by Mattia Destro (Genoa).
    • 16': Martin Erlic (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Mattia Destro (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 17': Offside, Spezia. Arkadiusz Reca tries a through ball, but Daniele Verde is caught offside.
    • 18': Foul by Martin Erlic (Spezia).
    • 18': Mattia Destro (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Caleb Ekuban (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattia Destro.
    • 23': Foul by Milan Badelj (Genoa).
    • 23': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Rey Manaj with a through ball.
    • 24': Attempt saved. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Kelvin Amian (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 24': Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Genoa).
    • 24': Kelvin Amian (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Kelvin Amian (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Simone Bastoni.
    • 29': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Caleb Ekuban (Genoa) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Filippo Melegoni with a cross.
    • 29': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Kelvin Amian.
    • 29': Foul by Mattia Bani (Genoa).
    • 29': Martin Erlic (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Arkadiusz Reca.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Mattia Bani (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Rey Manaj (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kelvin Amian.
    • 34': Foul by Martin Erlic (Spezia).
    • 34': Mattia Destro (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Mattia Bani.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Giulio Maggiore.
    • 42': Foul by Filippo Melegoni (Genoa).
    • 42': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Rey Manaj (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 45': Foul by Mattia Bani (Genoa).
    • 45': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Genoa 0, Spezia 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Genoa 0, Spezia 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Genoa. Goran Pandev replaces Andrea Cambiaso.
    • 45': Substitution, Genoa. Nicolò Rovella replaces Filippo Melegoni.
    • 45': Substitution, Genoa. Silvan Hefti replaces Mattia Bani.
    • 48': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Dimitrios Nikolaou.
    • 50': Foul by Kelvin Amian (Spezia).
    • 50': Mattia Destro (Genoa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 51': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Simone Bastoni.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Mattia Destro (Genoa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Rovella with a cross following a corner.
    • 52': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Jakub Kiwior.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Mattia Destro (Genoa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Rovella with a cross.
    • 52': Foul by Johan Vásquez (Genoa).
    • 52': Ivan Provedel (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Foul by Leo Østigard (Genoa).
    • 53': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Foul by Rey Manaj (Spezia).
    • 54': Johan Vásquez (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Rey Manaj (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 55': Johan Vásquez (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
    • 56': Foul by Rey Manaj (Spezia).
    • 56': Johan Vásquez (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Mattia Destro (Genoa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolò Rovella.
    • 59': Foul by Simone Bastoni (Spezia).
    • 59': Stefano Sturaro (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Goran Pandev (Genoa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Milan Badelj.
    • 60': Foul by Milan Badelj (Genoa).
    • 60': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Simone Bastoni (Spezia).
    • 61': Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 62': Hand ball by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
    • 63': Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Genoa).
    • 63': Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Simone Bastoni (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jakub Kiwior.
    • 63': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Salvatore Sirigu.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Simone Bastoni (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 66': Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Spezia).
    • 66': Stefano Sturaro (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Giulio Maggiore.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Stefano Sturaro (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Caleb Ekuban.
    • 69': Foul by Giulio Maggiore (Spezia).
    • 69': Nicolò Rovella (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Substitution, Genoa. Felipe Caicedo replaces Caleb Ekuban.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Mattia Destro (Genoa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefano Sturaro with a cross.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Silvan Hefti (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Fares with a cross.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Felipe Caicedo (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 75': Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Genoa).
    • 75': Simone Bastoni (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Substitution, Spezia. M'Bala Nzola replaces Rey Manaj.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Nicolò Rovella (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Felipe Caicedo.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Simone Bastoni (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giulio Maggiore.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 80': Substitution, Genoa. Manolo Portanova replaces Milan Badelj.
    • 81': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Nicolò Rovella.
    • 82': Foul by Giulio Maggiore (Spezia).
    • 82': Mattia Destro (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 82': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 84': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
    • 84': Attempt saved. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 85': Foul by Manolo Portanova (Genoa).
    • 85': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Substitution, Spezia. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Giulio Maggiore.
    • 89': Foul by M'Bala Nzola (Spezia).
    • 89': Johan Vásquez (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Substitution, Spezia. Salvador Ferrer replaces Daniele Verde.
    • 89': Foul by Kelvin Amian (Spezia).
    • 89': Manolo Portanova (Genoa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Mattia Destro (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Goran Pandev following a set piece situation.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Leo Østigard (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Rovella.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Goran Pandev (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Felipe Caicedo.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 90'+3': Hand ball by Manolo Portanova (Genoa).
    • 90'+4': Foul by Kelvin Amian (Spezia).
    • 90'+4': Manolo Portanova (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Kelvin Amian (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Felipe Caicedo (Genoa).
    • 90'+4': Martin Erlic (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Genoa 0, Spezia 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Genoa 0, Spezia 1.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 17
    3 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    4 Corner Kicks 7
    2 Saves 8
    46.6 Possession 53.4
    17 SHOTS 15
    9 ON GOAL 2
    0.5 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    325 Accurate Passes 382
    423 Passes 477
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 10
    17 Crosses 24
    0.1 Cross % 0.4
    76 Long Balls 44
    36 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    3 Blocked Shots 6
    9 Effective Tackles 15
    19 Tackles 22
    0.5 Tackle % 0.7
    8 Interceptions 6
    17 Effective Clearances 16
    17 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Luigi Ferraris
    Location: Genova, Italy
    Attendance: 8,000

    Serie A Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Internazionale 28 +42 67
    2 AC Milan 28 +24 60
    3 Napoli 28 +14 56
    4 Como 28 +25 51
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    GEN Genoa (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    57 Salvatore Sirigu (GK)
    13 Mattia Bani
    15 Johan Vásquez Yellow Card
    55 Leo Østigard
    10 Filippo Melegoni
    27 Stefano Sturaro
    47 Milan Badelj
    93 Mohamed Fares
    50 Andrea Cambiaso
    23 Mattia Destro Yellow Card
    20 Caleb Ekuban Yellow Card
    Genoa Substitutes:
    Nicolò Rovella, Andrea Masiello, Zinho Vanheusden, Francesco Cassata, Manolo Portanova, Adrian Semper, Silvan Hefti, Paolo Ghiglione, Goran Pandev, Felipe Caicedo, Lorenzo Andrenacci, Hernani.

    SPE Spezia (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    94 Ivan Provedel (GK)
    43 Dimitris Nikolaou
    28 Martin Erlic
    13 Arkadiusz Reca
    27 Kelvin Amian Yellow Card
    14 Jakub Kiwior
    20 Simone Bastoni
    25 Giulio Maggiore Yellow Card
    9 Rey Manaj Yellow Card
    10 Daniele Verde
    11 Emmanuel Gyasi
    Spezia Substitutes:
    Aimar Sher, Janis Antiste, Salvador Ferrer, Mehdi Bourabia, Jeroen Zoet, M'Bala Nzola, Jacopo Sala, Petar Zovko, David Strelec, Viktor Kovalenko, Nicolò Bertola, Petko Hristov.

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