Genoa 3-2 Juventus: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 11 April 2009
Result
Genoa 3-2 Juventus
Serie A · Saturday 11 April 2009, 18:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Genoa 3-2 Juventus: match report
Genoa defeated Juventus 3-2 in Serie A on Saturday 11 April 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.
Thiago Motta opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Genoa's goals came from Thiago Motta (29'), Thiago Motta (45+3') and Raffaele Palladino (88'). Juventus scored through Alessandro Del Piero (45', penalty) and Vincenzo Iaquinta (84').
Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards; Juventus received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Genoa were 5th on 54 points from 30 and Juventus 2nd on 63 points from 30. Genoa went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Juventus 3rd with 74.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Juventus in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Genoa wins, 0 draws and 3 for Juventus.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Juventus's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Thiago Motta
- 45'Yellow card · Matteo Ferrari
- 45'Penalty goal · Alessandro Del Piero
- 45+3'Goal · Thiago Motta
- 54'Yellow card · Jonathan Zebina
- 65'Red card · Mauro Camoranesi
- 76'Yellow card · Zdenek Grygera
- 79'Yellow card · Salvatore Bocchetti
- 84'Goal · Vincenzo Iaquinta
- 85'Yellow card · Marco Marchionni
- 88'Goal · Raffaele Palladino
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa expected line-up (3-4-3)
Rubinho, Matteo Ferrari, Domenico Criscito, Salvatore Bocchetti, Sokratis, Marco Rossi, Omar Milanetto, Giandomenico Mesto, Diego Milito, Thiago Motta
Juventus line-up (4-4-2)
Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Jonathan Zebina, Pavel Nedved, Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen, Claudio Marchisio, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Alessandro Del Piero, Mauro Germán Camoranesi, Cristian Molinaro, Nicola Legrottaglie