Genoa vs Empoli

2 March 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Davide Massa

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Johan Vásquez 81’
  • Alberto Grassi 36’

Match summary

Genoa and Empoli shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Empoli led 1-0 at half-time.

Alberto Grassi put Empoli ahead from a corner in the 36th minute and Johan Vásquez equalised from a corner in the 81st minute, set up by Aarón Martín.

Empoli had the better of the chances, with 1.01 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Genoa's 0.23 from 4.

Match stats

Genoa Empoli
5 Shots 7
1 Shots on Target 1
3 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.23 xG 1.01
0.23 Non-penalty xG 1.01
2 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Genoa Empoli
Kick-off
36’
Alberto Grassi0-1 (Empoli)
Half-time0-1
Johan Vásquez
Assist: Aarón Martín1-1 (Genoa)
81’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Genoa
  • Alessandro Zanoli
Empoli
  • Liam Henderson
  • Youssef Maleh
  • Lorenzo Colombo

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 0.23 1.01 36’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), 0-1 36’ 81’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), 1-1 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.23 1.01 36’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), 0-1 Grassi 36’ 81’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), 1-1 Vásquez 81’
Genoa 0.23 xGEmpoli 1.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Genoa attacking 
15’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 60’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 19’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 50’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 76’ Maxwel Cornet (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 81’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 36’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 62’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Junior Messias (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 60’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 50’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 19’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 76’ Maxwel Cornet (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 81’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 36’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 62’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Junior Messias (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Nicola Leali GK900 0.000.000
Koni de Winter DEF900 0.000.000
Johan Vásquez DEF9012 0.140.000
Mattia Bani DEF560 0.000.000
Alessandro Zanoli MID530 0.000.000
Aarón Martín MID9010 0.000.142
Morten Frendrup MID900 0.000.071
Patrizio Masini MID680 0.000.000
Junior Messias MID681 0.020.000
Fabio Miretti MID530 0.000.021
Andrea Pinamonti FWD900 0.000.000
Jeff Ekhator Sub370 0.000.000
Maxwel Cornet Sub371 0.070.000
Stefano Sabelli Sub340 0.000.000
Jean Onana Sub220 0.000.000
Caleb Ekuban Sub220 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 50% Avg odds 1.92
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.22
Empoli win 20% Avg odds 4.68

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

Form going into the game

Genoa WLDWL
Empoli DLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Empoli 1-2 Genoa, 28 Dec 24 All Genoa vs Empoli 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.