Sassuolo 5-3 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 2 September 2018
Result
Sassuolo 5-3 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 2 September 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 4-1
Sassuolo 5-3 Genoa: match report
Sassuolo won against Genoa 5-3 in Serie A on Sunday 2 September 2018. It was 4-1 at half-time.
Krzysztof Piatek opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Kevin-Prince Boateng (34'), Pol Lirola (38'), Khouma Babacar (41'), an own goal by Nicolás Spolli (45+1') and Gian Marco Ferrari (62'). Genoa scored through Krzysztof Piatek (27'), Goran Pandev (70') and Krzysztof Piatek (83').
Discipline: Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 3 yellow cards.
Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Genoa 17th with 38.
Sassuolo lined up in a 3-4-3 and Genoa in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Khouma Babacar of Sassuolo (8.6), level with Krzysztof Piatek (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sassuolo wins, 2 draws and 4 for Genoa.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Krzysztof Piatek
- 29'Yellow card · Krzysztof Piatek
- 31'Yellow card · Rogério
- 33'Yellow card · Giangiacomo Magnani
- 34'Goal · Kevin-Prince Boateng
- 38'Goal · Pol Lirola
- 41'Goal · Khouma Babacar
- 45+1'Own goal · Nicolás Spolli
- 52'Yellow card · Domenico Criscito
- 62'Goal · Gian Marco Ferrari
- 70'Goal · Goran Pandev
- 83'Goal · Krzysztof Piatek
- 90+1'Yellow card · D. Bessa
- 90+2'Yellow card · Alfred Duncan
Head-to-head
Team news
Sassuolo line-up (3-4-3)
Andrea Consigli, Mauricio Lemos, Giangiacomo Magnani, Gianmarco Ferrari, Pol Lirola, Manuel Locatelli, Alfred Duncan, Rogério, Domenico Berardi, Khouma Babacar, Kevin-Prince Boateng
Genoa line-up (3-4-1-2)
Federico Marchetti, Davide Biraschi, Nicolás Spolli, Ervin Zukanović, Darko Lazović, Rômulo, O. Hiljemark, Domenico Criscito, Goran Pandev, Krzysztof Piatek, Christian Kouamé