Genoa 2-1 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 2 May 2012

Result

Genoa 2-1 Cagliari

Serie A · Wednesday 2 May 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Genoa 2-1 Cagliari: match report

Genoa beat Cagliari 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 2 May 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Rodrigo Palacio opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Genoa's goals came from Rodrigo Palacio (12') and Bosko Jankovic (76'). Cagliari scored through Lorenzo Ariaudo (13').

Discipline: Genoa received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Genoa were 17th on 36 points from 35 and Cagliari 14th on 42 points from 35. Genoa went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Cagliari 15th with 43.

Genoa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Genoa wins, 0 draws and 4 for Cagliari.

Going into the match Genoa's last five read L-L-L-D-D and Cagliari's D-W-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Rodrigo PalacioGenoa · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Lorenzo AriaudoCagliari · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Bosko JankovicGenoa · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Miguel VelosoGenoa

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Genoa 5, draws 0, Cagliari 4.

Team news

Genoa line-up (4-4-2)

Sébastien Frey, Andreas Granqvist, Masahudu Alhassan, Emiliano Moretti, Marco Rossi, Giandomenico Mesto, Juraj Kucka, Davide Biondini, Giuseppe Sculli, Rodrigo Palacio, Alberto Gilardino

Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)

Michael Agazzi, Lorenzo Ariaudo, Davide Astori, Gabriele Perico, Alessandro Agostini, Radja Nainggolan, Daniele Conti, Andrea Cossu, Albin Ekdal, Víctor Ibarbo, Mauricio Pinilla