Genoa 3-2 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 29 January 2012
Result
Genoa 3-2 Napoli
Serie A · Sunday 29 January 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Genoa 3-2 Napoli: match report
Genoa defeated Napoli 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 29 January 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Rodrigo Palacio opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Genoa's goals came from Rodrigo Palacio (31'), Alberto Gilardino (36') and Rodrigo Palacio (70'). Napoli scored through Edinson Cavani (81') and Ezequiel Lavezzi (82').
Discipline: Genoa received 4 yellow cards; Napoli received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 13th on 24 points from 19 and Napoli 7th on 29 points from 19. Genoa went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Napoli 5th with 61.
Genoa lined up in a 3-5-2 and Napoli in a 3-4-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Genoa wins, 1 draw and 3 for Napoli.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Napoli's D-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Juraj Kucka
- 4'Yellow card · Paolo Cannavaro
- 31'Goal · Rodrigo Palacio
- 36'Goal · Alberto Gilardino
- 41'Yellow card · Ezequiel Lavezzi
- 43'Yellow card · Giandomenico Mesto
- 50'Yellow card · Blerim Dzemaili
- 59'Yellow card · Bosko Jankovic
- 70'Goal · Rodrigo Palacio
- 81'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 82'Goal · Ezequiel Lavezzi
- 90'Yellow card · Rodrigo Palacio
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-5-2)
Sébastien Frey, Andreas Granqvist, Kakhaber Kaladze, Emiliano Moretti, Giandomenico Mesto, Juraj Kucka, Davide Biondini, Bosko Jankovic, Giuseppe Sculli, Rodrigo Palacio, Alberto Gilardino
Napoli line-up (3-4-3)
Morgan De Sanctis, Andrea Dossena, Hugo Campagnaro, Camilo Zúñiga, Paolo Cannavaro, Miguel Britos, Marek Hamšík, Blerim Džemaili, Walter Gargano, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Goran Pandev