Cagliari 2-1 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 2 March 2008
Result
Cagliari 2-1 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 2 March 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Cagliari 2-1 Genoa: match report
Cagliari beat Genoa 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 2 March 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
Alessandro Lucarelli opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Cagliari's goals came from Robert Acquafresca (29') and an own goal by Rubinho (45+1'). Genoa scored through Alessandro Lucarelli (15').
Discipline: Cagliari received 5 yellow cards; Genoa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cagliari were 20th on 18 points from 25 and Genoa 8th on 35 points from 25. Cagliari went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Genoa 10th with 48.
Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Genoa in a 3-4-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cagliari wins, 0 draws and 1 for Genoa.
Going into the match Cagliari's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Genoa's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Alessandro Lucarelli
- 18'Yellow card · Rubinho
- 29'Goal · Robert Acquafresca
- 29'Yellow card · Robert Acquafresca
- 35'Yellow card · Ivan Juric
- 39'Yellow card · Julío de León Dailey
- 45+1'Own goal · Rubinho
- 54'Yellow card · Francesco Pisano
- 69'Yellow card · Michele Canini
- 71'Yellow card · Luis López Breijo
- 75'Yellow card · Daniele Conti
Head-to-head
Team news
Cagliari line-up (4-3-2-1)
Marco Storari, Cristiano Del Grosso, Francesco Pisano, Michele Canini, Daniele Conti, Andrea Cossu, Andrea Parola, Michele Fini, Robert Acquafresca, Alessandro Matri, Paolo Bianco
Genoa expected line-up (3-4-3)
Rubinho, Abdoulay Konko, Fabiano Lima, Domenico Criscito, Cesare Bovo, Gleison, Omar Milanetto, Julío de León Dailey, Matteo Paro, Marco Borriello, Giuseppe Sculli