Napoli 1-0 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 18 March 2018
Result
Napoli 1-0 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 18 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Napoli 1-0 Genoa: match report
Napoli defeated Genoa 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday 18 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Raúl Albiol of Napoli in the 72nd minute.
Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Genoa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 70 points from 28 and Genoa 13th on 30 points from 27. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Genoa 12th with 41.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genoa in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Raúl Albiol of Napoli (8.8), ahead of Davide Biraschi (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Napoli wins, 4 draws and 0 for Genoa.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Genoa's L-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 47'Yellow card · Diego Laxalt
- 72'Goal · Raúl Albiol
- 75'Yellow card · Piotr Zielinski
- 76'Yellow card · Aleandro Rosi
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne
Genoa line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mattia Perin, Nicolás Spolli, Davide Biraschi, Ervin Zukanović, Andrea Bertolacci, Aleandro Rosi, O. Hiljemark, Diego Laxalt, Andrey Gălăbinov, Goran Pandev, Darko Lazović