Genoa 2-1 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 29 October 2008
Result
Genoa 2-1 Cagliari
Serie A · Wednesday 29 October 2008, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Genoa 2-1 Cagliari: match report
Genoa beat Cagliari 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 29 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Genoa's goals came from Sokratis Papastathopoulos (25') and Thiago Motta (56'). Cagliari scored through Paolo Bianco (66').
Discipline: Genoa received 5 yellow cards; Cagliari received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Genoa were 8th on 13 points from 8 and Cagliari 16th on 7 points from 8. Genoa went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Cagliari 9th with 53.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Genoa win, 0 draws and 1 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Cagliari's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · G. Biava
- 25'Goal · Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- 27'Yellow card · Diego Milito
- 29'Yellow card · Luis López Breijo
- 31'Yellow card · Daniele Conti
- 45'Yellow card · Alessandro Agostini
- 56'Goal · Thiago Motta
- 66'Goal · Paolo Bianco
- 70'Yellow card · Michele Fini
- 76'Second yellow · Michele Fini
- 77'Yellow card · Anthony Vanden Borre
- 83'Yellow card · Salvatore Bocchetti
- 88'Yellow card · Marco Rossi
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-4-3)
Rubinho, Domenico Criscito, Matteo Ferrari, Sokratis, Giuseppe Biava, Marco Rossi, Giandomenico Mesto, Giuseppe Sculli, Andrea Gasbarroni, Diego Milito, Thiago Motta
Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)
Federico Marchetti, Francesco Pisano, Alessandro Agostini, Daniele Conti, Andrea Lazzari, Andrea Parola, Michele Fini, Robert Acquafresca, Jeda, Luis Diego López Breijo, Paolo Bianco