Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 7, 2026
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Genoa DWDWL 2
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Stadio Luigi Ferraris · 30,748 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Højlund, McTominay goals give Napoli thrilling win at Genoa

Rasmus Højlund scored a last-gasp penalty as 10-man Napoli won 3-2 at Genoa in Serie A on Saturday, keeping pressure on the top two clubs from Milan.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
2
60
Possession
40
14
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
2
Penalty Goals
2
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
421
Accurate Passes
250
501
Passes
313
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
47
31
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
6
32
Effective Clearances
12
32
Clearances
12

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

GEN · 3-5-2

  1. 16Justin BijlowG
  2. 5Leo ØstigardCD
  3. 22Johan VásquezCD-L
  4. 27Alessandro MarcandalliCD-R
  5. 77Mikael EllertssonCM-L
  6. 17Ruslan MalinovskyiCM-R
  7. 32Morten FrendrupAM
  8. 3Aarón MartínLM
  9. 15Brooke Norton-CuffyRM
  10. 29Lorenzo ColomboCF-L
  11. 9VitinhaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Jeff EkhatorSUB
  2. 4Alexsandro AmorimSUB
  3. 73Patrizio MasiniSUB
  4. 70Maxwel CornetSUB
  5. 1Nicola LealiSUB
  6. 10Junior MessiasSUB
  7. 18Caleb EkubanSUB
  8. 13Nils ZätterströmSUB
  9. 34Sebastian OtoaSUB
  10. 39Daniele SommarivaSUB
  11. 20Stefano SabelliSUB
  12. 14Jean OnanaSUB

NAP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 4Alessandro BuongiornoCD
  3. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  4. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  5. 8Scott McTominayCM-L
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM-R
  7. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  8. 3Miguel GutiérrezRM
  9. 19Rasmus HøjlundF
  10. 20Eljif ElmasCF-L
  11. 26Antonio VergaraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicSUB
  2. 95Vincenzo PriscoSUB
  3. 98Emmanuele De ChiaraSUB
  4. 23GiovaneSUB
  5. 27Alisson SantosSUB
  6. 31Sam BeukemaSUB
  7. 9Romelu LukakuSUB
  8. 14Nikita ContiniSUB
  9. 17Mathías OliveraSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Alex Meret (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 3' Goal! Genoa 1, Napoli 0. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  3. 20' Goal! Genoa 1, Napoli 1. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 21' Goal! Genoa 1, Napoli 2. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani.
  5. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Giovane replaces Scott McTominay because of an injury.
  6. 50' Johan Vásquez (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Goal! Genoa 2, Napoli 2. Lorenzo Colombo (Genoa) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 59' Juan Jesus (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 60' Substitution, Napoli. Sam Beukema replaces Alessandro Buongiorno.
  10. 64' Substitution, Genoa. Caleb Ekuban replaces Lorenzo Colombo.
  11. 74' Substitution, Genoa. Patrizio Masini replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  12. 74' Substitution, Genoa. Junior Messias replaces Aarón Martín.
  13. 76' Second yellow card to Juan Jesus (Napoli) for a bad foul.
  14. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Giovane.
  15. 82' Alessandro Marcandalli (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 89' Substitution, Genoa. Maxwel Cornet replaces Vítinha.
  17. 90'+5' Goal! Genoa 2, Napoli 3. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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