Genoa vs Cagliari

24 April 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Paolo Valeri

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Milan Badelj 89’

Match summary

Genoa saw off Cagliari 1-0, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Milan Badelj put Genoa ahead in the 89th minute, set up by Kelvin Yeboah.

There was little between the sides on chances: Genoa created 0.73 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Cagliari 0.95 from 11.

Match stats

Genoa Cagliari
13 Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 1
2 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.73 xG 0.92
0.73 Non-penalty xG 0.92
10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Genoa Cagliari
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Milan Badelj
Assist: Kelvin Yeboah1-0 (Genoa)
89’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Genoa
  • Morten Frendrup
  • Stefano Sturaro
  • Mattia Destro
Cagliari
  • Alberto Grassi
  • João Pedro

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 0.95 89’ Milan Badelj (Genoa), 1-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 0.95 89’ Milan Badelj (Genoa), 1-0 Badelj 89’
Genoa 0.73 xGCagliari 0.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Genoa attacking 
63’ Keita (Cagliari), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 89’ Milan Badelj (Genoa), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 86’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 39’ João Pedro (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 89’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 45’ Keita (Cagliari), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 58’ Manolo Portanova (Genoa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 80’ Marko Rog (Cagliari), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 87’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 30’ Nadiem Amiri (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 67’ João Pedro (Cagliari), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 84’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Manolo Portanova (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Manolo Portanova (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Mattia Bani (Genoa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 63’ Keita (Cagliari), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 89’ Milan Badelj (Genoa), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 86’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 39’ João Pedro (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 89’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 45’ Keita (Cagliari), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 58’ Manolo Portanova (Genoa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 80’ Marko Rog (Cagliari), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 87’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 30’ Nadiem Amiri (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 38’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 67’ João Pedro (Cagliari), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 84’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Manolo Portanova (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Manolo Portanova (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Mattia Bani (Genoa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Salvatore Sirigu GK900 0.000.000
Morten Frendrup DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia Bani DEF901 0.020.000
Leo Østigard DEF900 0.000.000
Johan Vásquez DEF902 0.090.000
Milan Badelj MID9011 0.120.011
Stefano Sturaro MID810 0.000.000
Nadiem Amiri MID461 0.060.073
Pablo Galdames MID900 0.000.224
Manolo Portanova MID603 0.130.000
Caleb Ekuban FWD601 0.030.081
Mattia Destro Sub444 0.280.000
Albert Gudmundsson Sub300 0.000.000
Filippo Melegoni Sub300 0.000.202
Kelvin Yeboah Sub910 0.000.121
Hernani Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 46% Avg odds 2.09
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27
Cagliari win 25% Avg odds 3.85

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

Form going into the game

Genoa DWLLL
Cagliari LLLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Cagliari 2-3 Genoa, 12 Sep 21 Next meeting: Cagliari 2-1 Genoa, 05 Nov 23  All Genoa vs Cagliari 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.