Genoa 3-1 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 21 August 2016

Result

Genoa 3-1 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 21 August 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Genoa · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Genoa 3-1 Cagliari: match report

Genoa won against Cagliari 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 21 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Marco Borriello opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Genoa's goals came from Olivier Ntcham (78'), Diego Laxalt (79') and Luca Rigoni (88'). Cagliari scored through Marco Borriello (66').

Discipline: Genoa received 4 yellow cards; Cagliari received 3 yellow cards.

Genoa went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Cagliari 12th with 47.

Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cagliari in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tomás Rincón of Genoa (8.0), level with Diego Laxalt (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Genoa wins, 1 draw and 5 for Cagliari.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Artur IonitaCagliari
  • 14'Yellow card · Armando IzzoGenoa
  • 28'Yellow card · Nicolás BurdissoGenoa
  • 36'Yellow card · Marco BorrielloCagliari
  • 66'Goal · Marco BorrielloCagliari · 0-1
  • 78'Goal · Olivier NtchamGenoa · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Diego LaxaltGenoa · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Miguel VelosoGenoa
  • 86'Yellow card · Gianni MunariCagliari
  • 88'Goal · Luca RigoniGenoa · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Luca RigoniGenoa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genoa 4, draws 1, Cagliari 5.

Team news

Genoa line-up (3-4-3)

Eugenio Lamanna, Santiago Gentiletti, Armando Izzo, Nicolás Burdisso, Darko Lazović, Miguel Veloso, Tomás Rincón, Diego Laxalt, Lucas Ocampos, Leonardo Pavoletti, Goran Pandev

Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)

Marco Storari, Bruno Alves, Luca Ceppitelli, Marco Capuano, Mauricio Isla, Davide Di Gennaro, Simone Padoin, Artur Ioniță, Nicola Murru, Marco Borriello, Marco Sau