Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 5 January 2020

Result

Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 5 January 2020, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo: match report

Genoa beat Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 5 January 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Domenico Criscito opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Genoa's goals came from Domenico Criscito (29', penalty) and Goran Pandev (86'). Sassuolo scored through Pedro Obiang (33').

Discipline: Genoa received 4 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Genoa were 20th on 11 points from 17 and Sassuolo 13th on 19 points from 17. Genoa went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Sassuolo 8th with 51.

Genoa lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Sassuolo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Domenico Criscito of Genoa (7.8), ahead of Cristian Romero (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Genoa wins, 3 draws and 4 for Sassuolo.

Going into the match Genoa's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Sassuolo's L-W-D-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

19'Yellow card · Alfred DuncanSassuolo
20'Yellow card · Domenico CriscitoGenoa
23'Yellow card · Manuel LocatelliSassuolo
29'Penalty goal · Domenico CriscitoGenoa · 1-0
33'Goal · Pedro ObiangSassuolo · 1-1
36'Yellow card · Stefano SturaroGenoa
51'Yellow card · Antonio SanabriaGenoa
76'Yellow card · F. RomagnaSassuolo
85'Yellow card · Jeremy ToljanSassuolo
86'Goal · Goran PandevGenoa · 2-1
90+1'Yellow card · Pedro ObiangSassuolo
90+6'Yellow card · Davide BiraschiGenoa
90+7'Red card · Domenico BerardiSassuolo

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genoa 3, draws 3, Sassuolo 4.

Genoa 1-1 SassuoloSerie A · 3 Feb 2019
Sassuolo 5-3 GenoaSerie A · 2 Sep 2018
Genoa 1-0 SassuoloSerie A · 6 Jan 2018
Sassuolo 0-0 GenoaSerie A · 20 Aug 2017
Genoa 0-1 SassuoloSerie A · 5 Feb 2017
Sassuolo 2-0 GenoaSerie A · 18 Sep 2016

Team news

Unavailable

Enrico BrignolaSassuolo · injury (Muscle Injury)
Christian KouaméGenoa · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
RogérioSassuolo · injury (Foot Injury)
Iago FalqueGenoa · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Grégoire DefrelSassuolo · injury (Distortion of the ankle)
Vlad ChiricheșSassuolo · injury (Biceps femoris muscle injury)
MarlonSassuolo · injury (Biceps femoris muscle injury)
Andrea PinamontiGenoa · injury (Back Trouble)
Lukas LeragerGenoa · injury (Tear in the abductor muscle)

Genoa line-up (3-1-4-2)

Mattia Perin, Davide Biraschi, Cristian Romero, Domenico Criscito, Ivan Radovanović, Peter Ankersen, Filip Jagiełło, Stefano Sturaro, Marko Pajac, Antonio Sanabria, Goran Pandev

Sassuolo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Filippo Romagna, Gianmarco Ferrari, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Pedro Obiang, Manuel Locatelli, Jérémie Boga, Alfred Duncan, Hamed Traoré, Francesco Caputo