Genoa 2-2 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 25 March 2012
Result
Genoa 2-2 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 25 March 2012, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Genoa 2-2 Fiorentina: match report
Genoa drew with Fiorentina 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 25 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
F. Belluschi opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Genoa's goals came from F. Belluschi (21') and Rodrigo Palacio (89'). Fiorentina scored through Riccardo Montolivo (31') and Cesare Natali (69').
Discipline: Genoa received no yellow cards; Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 14th on 33 points from 28 and Fiorentina 16th on 32 points from 28. Genoa went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Fiorentina 13th with 46.
Genoa lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Fiorentina in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Genoa win, 3 draws and 5 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read L-D-D-D-L and Fiorentina's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · F. Belluschi
- 31'Goal · Riccardo Montolivo
- 54'Yellow card · Hajime Moriyasu
- 61'Yellow card · Alessandro Gamberini
- 69'Goal · Cesare Natali
- 85'Yellow card · Artur Boruc
- 86'Yellow card · Manuel Pasqual
- 89'Goal · Rodrigo Palacio
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sébastien Frey, Roger Carvalho, Kakhaber Kaladze, Emiliano Moretti, Miguel Veloso, Marco Rossi, Giandomenico Mesto, Fernando Belluschi, Davide Biondini, Rodrigo Palacio, Alberto Gilardino
Fiorentina expected line-up (4-3-3)
Cesare Natali, Manuel Pasqual, Juan Manuel Vargas, Mattia Cassani, Andrea Lazzari, Riccardo Montolivo, Amauri, Alessio Cerci, Artur Boruc