Genoa vs Cagliari

24 January 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Marco Di Bello

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Mattia Destro 10’

Match summary

Genoa beat Cagliari 1-0. Genoa led 1-0 at half-time.

Mattia Destro put Genoa ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Kevin Strootman.

The chances backed that up: Genoa created 2.57 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Cagliari's 1.27 from 13.

Match stats

Genoa Cagliari
8 Shots 13
6 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.49 xG 1.27
2.49 Non-penalty xG 1.27
4 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Genoa Cagliari
Kick-off
Mattia Destro
Assist: Kevin Strootman1-0 (Genoa)
10’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Genoa
  • Mattia Destro
Cagliari
  • Gabriele Zappa
  • Nahitan Nández

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 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.57 1.27 10’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), 1-0 10’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.57 1.27 10’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), 1-0 Destro 10’
Genoa 2.57 xGCagliari 1.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Genoa attacking 
43’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 84’ Davide Zappacosta (Genoa), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 71’ Miha Zajc (Genoa), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 38’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 90’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 10’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 48’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 84’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 28’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 31’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 16’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 53’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 65’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 65’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+4’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Davide Zappacosta (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Andrea Masiello (Genoa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 17’ Ivan Radovanovic (Genoa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Alfred Duncan (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 84’ Davide Zappacosta (Genoa), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 71’ Miha Zajc (Genoa), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 38’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 90’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 10’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 48’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 84’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 28’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 31’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 16’ Mattia Destro (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 53’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 65’ Eldor Shomurodov (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 65’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+4’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Davide Zappacosta (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Andrea Masiello (Genoa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 58’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Ivan Radovanovic (Genoa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 60’ Alfred Duncan (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mattia Perin GK900 0.000.000
Domenico Criscito DEF900 0.000.000
Andrea Masiello DEF901 0.040.000
Ivan Radovanovic DEF901 0.020.000
Davide Zappacosta MID902 0.650.000
Lennart Czyborra MID560 0.000.071
Milan Badelj MID900 0.000.000
Miha Zajc MID771 0.530.000
Kevin Strootman MID6310 0.000.382
Eldor Shomurodov FWD773 0.800.531
Mattia Destro FWD6212 0.400.131
Jérôme Onguéné Sub340 0.000.000
Goran Pandev Sub281 0.130.000
Valon Behrami Sub270 0.000.000
Marko Pjaca Sub130 0.000.601
Filippo Melegoni Sub130 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 40% Avg odds 2.38
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.37
Cagliari win 32% Avg odds 3.02

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

Form going into the game

Genoa WDLWD
Cagliari LLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Genoa 1-0 Cagliari, 09 Feb 20 Next meeting: Cagliari 0-1 Genoa, 22 May 21  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.