Genoa vs Fiorentina

19 August 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Giovanni Ayroldi

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

  • Davide Biraschi 58’
  • Cristiano Biraghi 5’
  • Giacomo Bonaventura 11’
  • Nicolás González 40’
  • Rolando Mandragora 56’

Match summary

Fiorentina won comfortably, 4-1 away at Genoa. Fiorentina led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Cristiano Biraghi put Fiorentina ahead in the 5th minute, set up by M'Bala Nzola, Giacomo Bonaventura made it 0-2 in the 11th minute, and Nicolás González made it 0-3 with a header in the 40th minute, set up by Cristiano Biraghi. In the second half, Rolando Mandragora made it 0-4 with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Giacomo Bonaventura and Davide Biraschi pulled one back to make it 1-4 from a corner in the 58th minute, set up by Morten Frendrup.

The chances backed that up: Fiorentina created 1.13 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Genoa's 0.80 from 4.

Match stats

Genoa Fiorentina
4 Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.80 xG 1.12
0.80 Non-penalty xG 1.12
5 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Genoa Fiorentina
Kick-off
5’
Cristiano Biraghi
Assist: M'Bala Nzola0-1 (Fiorentina)
11’
Giacomo Bonaventura0-2 (Fiorentina)
40’
Nicolás González
Assist: Cristiano Biraghi0-3 (Fiorentina)
Half-time0-3
56’
Rolando Mandragora
Assist: Giacomo Bonaventura0-4 (Fiorentina)
Davide Biraschi
Assist: Morten Frendrup1-4 (Genoa)
58’
Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Genoa
  • Mattia Bani
  • Mateo Retegui
Fiorentina
  • Nikola Milenkovic
  • Cristiano Biraghi
  • Giacomo Bonaventura

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 0.80 1.13 5’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), 0-1 5’ 11’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), 0-2 11’ 40’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 0-3 40’ 56’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), 0-4 56’ 58’ Davide Biraschi (Genoa), 1-4 58’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.80 1.13 5’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), 0-1 Biraghi 5’ 11’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), 0-2 Bonaventura 11’ 40’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 0-3 González 40’ 56’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), 0-4 Mandragora 56’ 58’ Davide Biraschi (Genoa), 1-4 Biraschi 58’
Genoa 0.80 xGFiorentina 1.13 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fiorentina attacking Genoa attacking 
11’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 56’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 58’ Davide Biraschi (Genoa), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 90+4’ Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 40’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 5’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 84’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ M'Bala Nzola (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Josip Brekalo (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Morten Thorsby (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 11’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 56’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 58’ Davide Biraschi (Genoa), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 90+4’ Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 40’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 5’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 84’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ M'Bala Nzola (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Josip Brekalo (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Morten Thorsby (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Josep Martínez GK900 0.000.000
Mattia Bani DEF900 0.000.000
Davide Biraschi DEF9011 0.420.000
Radu Dragusin DEF900 0.000.000
Silvan Hefti MID620 0.000.000
Aarón Martín MID610 0.000.000
Morten Frendrup MID9010 0.000.421
Morten Thorsby MID901 0.010.000
Milan Badelj MID610 0.000.000
Albert Gudmundsson FWD901 0.300.082
Mateo Retegui FWD901 0.070.000
Caleb Ekuban Sub290 0.000.301
Filip Jagiello Sub290 0.000.000
Johan Vásquez Sub280 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 29% Avg odds 3.27
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.25
Fiorentina win 41% Avg odds 2.34

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

Form going into the game

Genoa WLWLL
Fiorentina LWDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Fiorentina 6-0 Genoa, 17 Jan 22 Next meeting: Fiorentina 1-1 Genoa, 15 Apr 24  All Genoa vs Fiorentina 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.