Benevento vs Genoa

20 December 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Antonio Giua

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Roberto Insigne 57’
  • Marco Sau 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Benevento beat Genoa 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Roberto Insigne put Benevento ahead in the 57th minute, set up by Perparim Hetemaj and Marco Sau made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Benevento created 1.55 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Genoa's 0.25 from 8.

Match stats

Benevento Genoa
10 Shots 6
3 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.55 xG 0.25
0.79 Non-penalty xG 0.25
6 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Benevento Genoa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Roberto Insigne
Assist: Perparim Hetemaj1-0 (Benevento)
57’
Marco Sau
Penalty2-0 (Benevento)
89’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Benevento
  • Gianluca Caprari
Genoa
  • Edoardo Goldaniga
  • Andrea Masiello
  • Mattia Bani

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 0.25 57’ Roberto Insigne (Benevento), 1-0 57’ 89’ Marco Sau (Benevento), 2-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 0.25 57’ Roberto Insigne (Benevento), 1-0 Insigne 57’ 89’ Marco Sau (Benevento), 2-0 Sau 89’
Benevento 1.55 xGGenoa 0.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Genoa attacking Benevento attacking 
89’ Marco Sau (Benevento), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 57’ Roberto Insigne (Benevento), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 14’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 23’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 25’ Alessandro Tuia (Benevento), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Gaetano Letizia (Benevento), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Roberto Insigne (Benevento), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 32’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Marko Pjaca (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Riccardo Improta (Benevento), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Marko Pjaca (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Paolo Ghiglione (Genoa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Lennart Czyborra (Genoa), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 85’ Davide Zappacosta (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Gaetano Letizia (Benevento), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Andrés Tello (Benevento), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 89’ Marco Sau (Benevento), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 57’ Roberto Insigne (Benevento), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 14’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 23’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 25’ Alessandro Tuia (Benevento), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Gaetano Letizia (Benevento), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Roberto Insigne (Benevento), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 32’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Riccardo Improta (Benevento), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 19’ Marko Pjaca (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Paolo Ghiglione (Genoa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Marko Pjaca (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Davide Zappacosta (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Gaetano Letizia (Benevento), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Lennart Czyborra (Genoa), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ Andrés Tello (Benevento), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lorenzo Montipò GK900 0.000.000
Gaetano Letizia DEF902 0.080.000
Kamil Glik DEF900 0.000.000
Alessandro Tuia DEF811 0.070.071
Federico Barba DEF900 0.000.000
Perparim Hetemaj MID9010 0.000.352
Riccardo Improta MID901 0.030.000
Artur Ionita MID900 0.000.000
Gianluca Caprari MID802 0.150.102
Roberto Insigne MID7512 0.350.000
Gianluca Lapadula FWD801 0.100.000
Andrés Tello Sub151 0.010.000
Giuseppe Di Serio Sub100 0.000.011
Marco Sau Sub1011 0.760.000
Daam Foulon Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Benevento win 48% Avg odds 1.99
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52
Genoa win 25% Avg odds 3.80

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Benevento WDDLD
Genoa LLDLD

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Genoa 2-2 Benevento, 21 Apr 21  All Benevento vs Genoa meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.