Genoa 3-0 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Monday 12 January 2026
Result
Genoa 3-0 Cagliari
Serie A · Monday 12 January 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Genoa 3-0 Cagliari: match report
Genoa won against Cagliari 3-0 in Serie A on Monday 12 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Lorenzo Colombo opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Genoa's goals came from Lorenzo Colombo (7'), Morten Frendrup (75') and Leo Østigård (78'). Cagliari did not score.
Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards; Cagliari received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 17th on 16 points from 19 and Cagliari 15th on 19 points from 19. Genoa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Cagliari 14th with 43.
Genoa lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cagliari in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sebastiano Esposito of Cagliari (8.3), ahead of Leo Østigård (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Genoa wins, 3 draws and 1 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read D-D-L-L-L and Cagliari's D-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Lorenzo Colombo
- 15'Yellow card · Juan Rodríguez
- 30'Yellow card · Morten Frendrup
- 42'Yellow card · Adam Obert
- 52'Yellow card · Patrizio Masini
- 54'Yellow card · Luca Mazzitelli
- 58'Yellow card · Michel Adopo
- 71'Yellow card · Sebastiano Luperto
- 75'Goal · Morten Frendrup
- 78'Goal · Leo Østigård
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-5-2)
Nicola Leali, Alessandro Marcandalli, Leo Østigård, Johan Vásquez, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Morten Frendrup, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Aarón Martín, Vitinha, Lorenzo Colombo
Cagliari line-up (4-3-3)
Elia Caprile, Marco Palestra, Sebastiano Luperto, Juan Rodríguez, Adam Obert, Michel Adopo, Matteo Prati, Luca Mazzitelli, Zito Luvumbo, Semih Kılıçsoy, Sebastiano Esposito