Genoa 2-3 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 25 October 2017
Result
Genoa 2-3 Napoli
Serie A · Wednesday 25 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Genoa 2-3 Napoli: match report
Genoa lost to Napoli 2-3 in Serie A on Wednesday 25 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.
A. Taarabt opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Genoa's goals came from A. Taarabt (4') and Armando Izzo (76'). Napoli scored through Dries Mertens (14'), Dries Mertens (30') and an own goal by Ervin Zukanovic (60').
Discipline: Genoa received 1 yellow card; Napoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Genoa were 14th on 6 points from 9 and Napoli 2nd on 25 points from 9. Genoa went on to finish that season 12th with 41 points, and Napoli 2nd with 91.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.9), ahead of Lorenzo Insigne (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Genoa wins, 4 draws and 6 for Napoli.
Key events
- 4'Goal · A. Taarabt
- 14'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 30'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 60'Own goal · Ervin Zukanovic
- 74'Yellow card · Ervin Zukanovic
- 76'Goal · Armando Izzo
- 86'Yellow card · Marko Rog
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mattia Perin, Armando Izzo, Luca Rossettini, Ervin Zukanović, Andrea Bertolacci, Darko Lazović, Miguel Veloso, Diego Laxalt, Adel Taarabt, Andrey Gălăbinov, Luca Rigoni
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Vlad Chiricheș, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Marek Hamšík, Piotr Zielinski, Amadou Diawara, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne