Torino 2-1 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 2 December 2018
Result
Torino 2-1 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 2 December 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Torino 2-1 Genoa: match report
Torino beat Genoa 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 2 December 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.
C. Kouamé opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Torino's goals came from Cristian Ansaldi (45+2') and Andrea Belotti (45+5', penalty). Genoa scored through C. Kouamé (36').
Discipline: Torino received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Torino were 12th on 18 points from 13 and Genoa 14th on 15 points from 13. Torino went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Genoa 17th with 38.
Torino lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Genoa in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Iago Falque of Torino (8.1), ahead of Cristian Ansaldi (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Torino wins, 3 draws and 3 for Genoa.
Going into the match Torino's last five read D-L-W-D-D and Genoa's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Rômulo
- 28'Second yellow · Rômulo
- 36'Goal · C. Kouamé
- 45+2'Goal · Cristian Ansaldi
- 45+5'Penalty goal · Andrea Belotti
- 65'Yellow card · Soualiho Meïté
- 75'Yellow card · Nicolas N'Koulou
- 76'Yellow card · Davide Biraschi
- 86'Yellow card · D. Bessa
- 88'Yellow card · Simone Zaza
Head-to-head
Team news
Torino line-up (3-4-1-2)
Salvatore Sirigu, Armando Izzo, Nicolas N'Koulou, Koffi Djidji, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Tomás Rincón, Soualiho Meïté, Cristian Ansaldi, Iago Falque, Andrea Belotti, Simone Zaza
Genoa line-up (3-1-4-2)
Ionuț Radu, Davide Biraschi, Cristian Romero, Domenico Criscito, Sandro, Rômulo, O. Hiljemark, Daniel Bessa, Darko Lazović, Krzysztof Piatek, Christian Kouamé