Genoa vs Lecce

28 January 2024 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Mateo Retegui 70’
  • Caleb Ekuban 76’
  • Nikola Krstovic 31’

Match summary

Genoa came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Lecce. Lecce led 1-0 at half-time.

Nikola Krstovic put Lecce ahead in the 31st minute, set up by Valentin Gendrey, Mateo Retegui equalised with a header in the 70th minute, and Caleb Ekuban won it in the 76th minute, set up by Mateo Retegui.

Lecce can feel hard done by, creating 2.64 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Genoa's 2.09 from 19. Nikola Krstovic had a penalty saved for Lecce.

Match stats

Genoa Lecce
19 Shots 19
7 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 8
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.09 xG 2.30
2.09 Non-penalty xG 1.45
2 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Genoa Lecce
Kick-off
31’
Nikola Krstovic
Assist: Valentin Gendrey0-1 (Lecce)
Half-time0-1
Mateo Retegui1-1 (Genoa)
70’
Caleb Ekuban
Assist: Mateo Retegui2-1 (Genoa)
76’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Lecce
  • Ylber Ramadani
  • Nikola Krstovic

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 2.09 2.64 31’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), 0-1 31’ 70’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), 1-1 70’ 76’ Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), 2-1 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.09 2.64 31’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), 0-1 Krstovic 31’ 70’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), 1-1 Retegui 70’ 76’ Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), 2-1 Ekuban 76’
Genoa 2.09 xGLecce 2.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lecce attacking Genoa attacking 
18’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 70’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), set piece, 0.50 xG, goal 74’ Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), set piece, 0.46 xG, saved 18’ Federico Baschirotto (Lecce), set piece, 0.38 xG, off target 51’ Nicola Sansone (Lecce), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 37’ Mohamed Kaba (Lecce), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 21’ Mattia Bani (Genoa), from a corner, 0.35 xG, off target 37’ Pontus Almqvist (Lecce), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 74’ Mattia Bani (Genoa), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 8’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 76’ Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 14’ Federico Baschirotto (Lecce), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 50’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 80’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 35’ Remi Oudin (Lecce), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 51’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 89’ Valentin Gendrey (Lecce), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 10’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Nicola Sansone (Lecce), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 72’ Lameck Banda (Lecce), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 6’ Pontus Almqvist (Lecce), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 76’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Ylber Ramadani (Lecce), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 16’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Valentin Gendrey (Lecce), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+1’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Pontus Almqvist (Lecce), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 66’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 45’ Antonino Gallo (Lecce), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 63’ Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Ylber Ramadani (Lecce), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 18’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 70’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), set piece, 0.50 xG, goal 74’ Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), set piece, 0.46 xG, saved 18’ Federico Baschirotto (Lecce), set piece, 0.38 xG, off target 51’ Nicola Sansone (Lecce), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 37’ Mohamed Kaba (Lecce), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 21’ Mattia Bani (Genoa), from a corner, 0.35 xG, off target 37’ Pontus Almqvist (Lecce), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 74’ Mattia Bani (Genoa), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 8’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 76’ Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 14’ Federico Baschirotto (Lecce), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 50’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 80’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 47’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 51’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 35’ Remi Oudin (Lecce), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Valentin Gendrey (Lecce), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 10’ Mateo Retegui (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 70’ Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 72’ Lameck Banda (Lecce), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Nicola Sansone (Lecce), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 76’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 6’ Pontus Almqvist (Lecce), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Ylber Ramadani (Lecce), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 16’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Valentin Gendrey (Lecce), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Johan Vásquez (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+1’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Pontus Almqvist (Lecce), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Nikola Krstovic (Lecce), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 66’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Antonino Gallo (Lecce), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 30’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Genoa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Ylber Ramadani (Lecce), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Josep Martínez GK900 0.000.000
Koni de Winter DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia Bani DEF902 0.470.000
Johan Vásquez DEF903 0.140.351
Alessandro Vogliacco MID900 0.000.000
Djed Spence MID460 0.000.000
Kevin Strootman MID900 0.000.203
Ruslan Malinovskiy MID906 0.120.051
Morten Thorsby MID460 0.000.000
Albert Gudmundsson FWD902 0.060.195
Mateo Retegui FWD90114 0.740.101
Caleb Ekuban Sub4412 0.560.062
Stefano Sabelli Sub440 0.000.000
Emil Bohinen Sub10 0.000.000
Alan Matturro Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 44% Avg odds 2.15
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.09
Lecce win 25% Avg odds 3.88

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

Form going into the game

Genoa WDDDW
Lecce LLDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lecce 1-0 Genoa, 22 Sep 23 Next meeting: Lecce 0-0 Genoa, 05 Jan 25  All Genoa vs Lecce 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.