Genoa vs Crotone

20 September 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Giovanni Ayroldi

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Mattia Destro 6’
Goran Pandev 9’
Davide Zappacosta 34’
Marko Pjaca 75’

Emmanuel Rivière 28’

Match summary

Genoa won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Crotone. Genoa led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mattia Destro put Genoa ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Paolo Ghiglione, Goran Pandev made it 2-0 in the 9th minute, set up by Edoardo Goldaniga, Emmanuel Rivière pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 28th minute, set up by Salvatore Molina, and Davide Zappacosta made it 3-1 in the 34th minute, set up by Milan Badelj. In the second half, Marko Pjaca made it 4-1 in the 75th minute, set up by Paolo Ghiglione.

The chances backed that up: Genoa created 2.23 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Crotone's 1.32 from 13.

Match stats

10 Shots 11

8 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 4

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.23 xG 1.32

2.23 Non-penalty xG 1.32

4 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Genoa Crotone

Kick-off

Mattia Destro
Assist: Paolo Ghiglione

1-0

6’

Goran Pandev
Assist: Edoardo Goldaniga

2-0

9’

28’

Emmanuel Rivière
Assist: Salvatore Molina2-1

Davide Zappacosta
Assist: Milan Badelj

3-1

34’

Half-time3-1

Marko Pjaca
Assist: Paolo Ghiglione

4-1

75’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Genoa

Paolo Ghiglione
Davide Zappacosta
Miha Zajc
Goran Pandev

Crotone

Salvatore Molina
Antonio Mazzotta

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.

Genoa 2.23 xGCrotone 1.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crotone attacking Genoa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mattia Perin	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Zapata	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Edoardo Goldaniga	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.34	1
Davide Biraschi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paolo Ghiglione	MID	90		2	1	0.32	0.94	3
Davide Zappacosta	MID	77	1		3	0.08	0.00	0
Lukas Lerager	MID	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miha Zajc	MID	77			2	0.05	0.03	1
Milan Badelj	MID	69		1	0	0.00	0.36	3
Mattia Destro	FWD	90	1		6	1.14	0.00	0
Goran Pandev	FWD	69	1		1	0.34	0.00	0
Marko Pjaca	Sub	21	1		1	0.31	0.32	1
Ivan Radovanovic	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.13	2
Valon Behrami	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lennart Czyborra	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Filippo Melegoni	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex Cordaz	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lisandro Magallán	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.09	2
Luca Marrone	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Golemic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Salvatore Molina	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.94	2
Luca Cigarini	MID	87			2	0.03	0.10	2
Niccolò Zanellato	MID	59			1	0.06	0.01	1
Antonio Mazzotta	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Messias	MID	90			3	0.05	0.00	0
Simy	FWD	90			3	0.51	0.00	0
Emmanuel Rivière	FWD	60	1		3	0.62	0.00	0
Andrea Rispoli	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.01	1
Eduardo Henrique	Sub	31			0	0.00	0.00	0
Augustus Kargbo	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tomislav Gomelt	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Dragus	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 39% Avg odds 2.46

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.23

Crotone win 31% Avg odds 3.04

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

Form going into the game

Genoa W W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

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