Serie A · Matchweek 32 · Apr 12

Genoa - Sassuolo

Genoa beat Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A (Matchweek 32). Goals: R. Malinovskyi 18'; C. Ekuban 84'; I. Kone 57'.

GenoaHOME

2 - 1

SassuoloAWAY

R. Malinovskyi 18'C. Ekuban 84'

⚽

I. Kone 57'

🏟 Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa 👤 Referee: A. Rapuano

Key events

5' 🟨 R. MalinovskyiYellow card Genoa

18' ⚽ R. Malinovskyi(1 - 0) · Assist: T. Baldanzi Genoa

20' 🟨 M. FrendrupYellow card Genoa

32' 🟨 J. DoigYellow card Sassuolo

40' 🟨 S. WalukiewiczYellow card Sassuolo

45+2' 🟥 M. E. EllertssonRed card Genoa

45+2' 🟥 D. BerardiRed card Sassuolo

57' ⚽ I. Kone(1 - 1) Sassuolo

84' ⚽ C. Ekuban(2 - 1) · Assist: Junior Messias Genoa

90+1' 🟨 T. MuharemovicYellow card Sassuolo

Quick stats

%53 Possession %47

1.35 Pre-match xG 1.17

14 Total shots 15

7 Shots on target 6

4 Shots off target 7

3 Blocked shots 2

7 Shots inside box 9

7 Shots outside box 6

5 Saves 5

Match timeline

First half

R. MalinovskyiYellow card🟨

R. Malinovskyi(1 - 0) · Assist: T. Baldanzi⚽

18'

M. FrendrupYellow card🟨

20'

32'

🟨J. DoigYellow card

40'

🟨S. WalukiewiczYellow card

M. E. EllertssonRed card🟥

45+2'

🟥D. BerardiRed card

HT 1 - 0

R. Malinovskyi ↔ P. MasiniSubstitution🔁

55'

T. Baldanzi ↔ A. MartinSubstitution🔁

55'

L. Colombo ↔ C. EkubanSubstitution🔁

55'

57'

⚽I. Kone(1 - 1)

67'

🔁S. Walukiewicz ↔ W. CoulibalySubstitution

67'

🔁N. Matic ↔ C. VolpatoSubstitution

Vitinha ↔ Junior MessiasSubstitution🔁

75'

81'

🔁J. Doig ↔ L. LipaniSubstitution

81'

🔁A. Pinamonti ↔ E. IannoniSubstitution

C. Ekuban(2 - 1) · Assist: Junior Messias⚽

84'

87'

🔁I. Kone ↔ L. MoroSubstitution

S. Sabelli ↔ S. OtoaSubstitution🔁

87'

90+1'

🟨T. MuharemovicYellow card

FT 2 - 1

Match statsGenoa · Sassuolo

Key stats

%53 Possession %47

1.35 Pre-match xG 1.17

Shots

14 Total shots 15

7 Shots on target 6

4 Shots off target 7

3 Blocked shots 2

7 Shots inside box 9

7 Shots outside box 6

5 Saves 5

Attacking

0 Attacks 0

0 Dangerous attacks 0

Passing

434 Total passes 390

376 Accurate passes 330

%87 Pass accuracy %85

Set pieces & discipline

5 Corners 3

1 Offsides 1

9 Fouls 12

Cards

2 Yellow cards 2

1 Red cards 1

By half

1 1st-half goals 0

1 2nd-half goals 1

Penalties

0 Penalties won 0

0 Penalty goals 0

LineupsGenoa 3-4-2-1Sassuolo 4-3-3

Bijlow 22

Vásquez 5

Østigård 27

Marcandalli 20

Sabelli 17

Malinovskyi 32

Frendrup 77

Ellertsson 9

Vitinha 8

Baldanzi 29

Colombo 49

Murić 3

Doig 80

Muharemović 21

Idzes 6

Walukiewicz 90

Koné 18

Matic 42

Thorstvedt 45

Laurienté 99

Pinamonti 10

Berardi

Genoa · Bench

39Daniele Sommariva39

3Aarón Martín3

21Jeff Ekhator21

80Jacopo Grossi80

13Nils Zätterström13

18Caleb Ekuban18

99Wedtoin Latif Ouedraogo99

34Sebastian Otoa34

10Junior Messias10

Coach: Daniele De Rossi

Sassuolo · Bench

24Luca Moro24

7Cristian Volpato7

35Luca Lipani35

8M'Bala Nzola8

12Giacomo Satalino12

16Gioele Zacchi16

44Edoardo Iannoni44

25Woyo Coulibaly25

66Pedro Felipe66

Coach: Fabio Grosso

HEAD TO HEAD7 meetings · 2021–2025

Genoa 3

Jan 6who was on topNov 3

Sassuolo 2

3 Genoa 2 draw 2 Sassuolo

Genoa won the last 3

GOALS IN THIS FIXTURE

3.0goals / match

11–10total goals

0/0clean sheets

2-1Genoa best win · Nov 3

2-1Sassuolo best win · May 9

Over 1.5 7/7

Over 2.5 6/7

Over 3.5 1/7

BTTS 7/7

DOES THE VENUE MATTER

Genoa at home3 matches

1W 1D 1L 5:5

Sassuolo at home4 matches

1W 1D 2L 5:6

Results are read from the side that hosted the match.

FORM COMPARISON

Last 5Last 10

Genoa2W 1D 2L Sassuolo2W 1D 2L

1.40 1.40 Points per game

4 6 Goals scored

6 5 Goals conceded

1.18 1.38 xG average

1.56 1.58 xGA average

%20 %40 Clean sheets

%40 %60 BTTS

%40 %60 Over 2.5

3.8 3.8 Corners

1.6 3.0 Cards

Genoa5W 1D 4L Sassuolo4W 2D 4L

1.60 1.40 Points per game

11 12 Goals scored

11 11 Goals conceded

1.25 1.17 xG average

1.31 1.76 xGA average

%30 %20 Clean sheets

%30 %70 BTTS

%40 %60 Over 2.5

3.4 4.1 Corners

1.2 2.7 Cards

SEASON COMPARISON

16Genoain the table41pts

38matches 10-11-17W-D-L 41:51goals -10diff

LLDDL

11Sassuoloin the table49pts

38matches 14-7-17W-D-L 46:50goals -4diff

LLLWD

Season profile · 2025/2026 · 24 matches

0.96 1.21 Points per game

1.25 1.23 xG average

1.48 1.63 xGA average

%17 %21 Clean sheets

%67 %46 BTTS

%63 %50 Over 2.5

3.4 3.6 Corners

2.2 2.2 Cards

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

Nov 3

Sassuolo 1-2 Genoa

Serie A

May 12

Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo

Serie A

Dec 22

Sassuolo 1-2 Genoa

Serie A

Jan 6

Sassuolo 1-1 Genoa

Serie A

Oct 17

Genoa 2-2 Sassuolo

Serie A

May 9

Genoa 1-2 Sassuolo

Serie A

Jan 6

Sassuolo 2-1 Genoa

Serie A

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Genoa dominated the ball53% possession

THE REFEREE17 matches on record

Antonio Rapuano

Strictness62 TEMPO48

Cards: ModerateFouls: ModeratePenalties: ModerateGoals: ModerateOver 2.5: Moderate

This match vs his average

Cards 64.6 +1.4

Fouls 2124.6 -3.6

Goals 32.4 +0.6

Corners 89.7 -1.7

THIS MATCH VS SEASON AVERAGE

GenoaSassuolo

Goals 2.01.1 +0.9

Shots 14.010.5 +3.5

On target 7.03.4 +3.6

Possession %53%49 +4.2

Corners 5.03.4 +1.6

Cards 3.01.9 +1.1

Conceded 1.01.4 -0.4

this matchseason average · 37 matches

Goals 1.01.2 -0.2

Shots 15.010.2 +4.8

On target 6.03.6 +2.4

Possession %47%46 +1.0

Corners 3.03.5 -0.5

Cards 3.03.0

Conceded 2.01.3 +0.7

this matchseason average · 37 matches

PLAYER RATINGS★ Ruslan Malinovskyi 7.70

Genoa6.82Sassuolo6.44

Starting XI

17 Ruslan Malinovskyi M · 55' 7.70

Goals1On target2/2Key pass2Interceptions1Fouls1Passes39 · %32

20 Stefano Sabelli M · 87' 7.50

Key pass4Dribbles1/2Tackles2Duels won6/10Fouls won3Passes40 · %31

8 Tommaso Baldanzi F · 55' 7.30

Assist1On target1/3Key pass3Tackles4Duels won4/5Fouls1Passes26 · %23

16 Justin Bijlow G · 87' 7.20

Saves5Passes30 · %28

29 Lorenzo Colombo F · 55' 6.90

On target1/1Duels won3/5Fouls won3Fouls1Passes9 · %6

32 Morten Frendrup M · 87' 6.70

Key pass1Tackles2Blocks1Duels won2/3Fouls1Passes42 · %39

27 Alessandro Marcandalli D · 87' 6.60

Interceptions1Duels won3/4Fouls1Passes45 · %40

5 Leo Østigård D · 87' 6.60

Interceptions1Blocks1Fouls2Passes73 · %69

9 Vitinha F · 75' 6.60

On target1/2Key pass1Tackles2Duels won5/9Fouls won3Passes13 · %11

22 Johan Vásquez D · 87' · K 6.30

Tackles2Interceptions1Duels won5/10Fouls won1Passes57 · %50

77 Mikael Ellertsson M · 47' 5.60

Passes14 · %12

Substitutes

10 Junior Messias F · 12' 7.70

Assist1Key pass1Passes5 · %5

18 Caleb Ekuban F · 32' 7.30

Goals1On target2/2Offside1Passes4 · %3

3 Aarón Martín D · 32' 6.50

Tackles1Duels won1/2Fouls1Passes11 · %9

73 Patrizio Masini M · 32' 6.20

Tackles1Interceptions1Duels won1/4Fouls1Passes16 · %13

Unused: Sebastian OtoaNicola LealiLukas KlisysAlexsandro AmorimDaniele SommarivaJeff EkhatorJacopo GrossiNils ZätterströmWedtoin Latif Ouedraogo

Starting XI

90 Ismael Koné M · 87' 7.30

Goals1On target1/2Key pass2Tackles2Interceptions1Duels won6/9Fouls won4Passes41 · %40

49 Arijanet Murić G · 87' 7.20

Saves5Passes22 · %14

21 Jay Idzes D · 87' 6.70

Key pass1Dribbles1/1Interceptions2Blocks1Duels won2/2Fouls won1Passes41 · %38

6 Sebastian Walukiewicz D · 67' 6.30

Tackles2Interceptions1Duels won3/7Fouls2Passes18 · %16

3 Josh Doig D · 81' 6.30

Key pass3Tackles1Duels won2/10Fouls won1Fouls2Passes33 · %31

18 Nemanja Matic M · 67' 6.30

Passes38 · %34

42 Kristian Thorstvedt M · 87' 6.20

On target1/1Dribbles1/2Tackles1Interceptions3Duels won2/5Fouls2Passes41 · %32

80 Tarik Muharemović D · 87' 6.20

On target1/1Interceptions1Blocks2Duels won1/3Fouls won1Fouls2Passes44 · %37

45 Armand Laurienté F · 87' 6.20

Key pass4Dribbles1/2Tackles1Interceptions1Duels won3/8Fouls won1Fouls3Passes39 · %33

99 Andrea Pinamonti F · 81' 6.20

Duels won2/5Offside1Passes13 · %11

10 Domenico Berardi F · 47' · K 5.90

On target3/3Key pass1Dribbles1/1Duels won2/3Passes13 · %7

Substitutes

7 Cristian Volpato M · 20' 6.60

Dribbles2/2Duels won3/3Fouls won1Passes10 · %6

25 Woyo Coulibaly D · 20' 6.50

Tackles1Duels won1/1Passes8 · %8

44 Edoardo Iannoni M · 6'

Passes1 · %1

35 Luca Lipani M · 6'

Duels won1/1Passes3 · %3

Unused: Gioele ZacchiLuca MoroAlieu FaderaStefano TuratiM'Bala NzolaPedro FelipeGiacomo SatalinoChristian Frangella

Win probabilityModel: X (%36) ✗

Genoa %32 Draw %36 Sassuolo %32

1.32Genoa xPuan

1.32Sassuolo xPuan

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