Genoa vs Napoli

Match summary

Napoli beat Genoa 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne put Napoli ahead in the 82nd minute, set up by Antonio Vergara and Antonio Vergara made it 0-2 in the 87th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.16 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Genoa's 0.50 from 11.

Napoli secured a two-goal victory away against Genoa in this Serie A fixture after dominating the territorial battle and registering superior attacking statistics. The visitors controlled fifty-four percent of possession and completed five hundred and seven passes with an eighty-nine per cent accuracy rate, compared to four hundred and thirty-one passes from Genoa. Napoli accumulated thirteen total shots with four on target, generating an expected goals figure of one point one six. Genoa managed eleven shots with two on target and an expected goals total of zero point five zero. Both sides earned five corners, while disciplinary counts reached two yellow cards for Genoa and one for Napoli.

Following a goalless first half, the match remained deadlocked through the hour mark alongside a series of tactical substitutions from both managers. The deadlock was finally broken in the eighty-first minute when Kevin De Bruyne struck with a right footed shot to put the visitors ahead. Shortly before this breakthrough, Mathías Olivera departed due to injury in the eighty-first minute. Following cautions shown to Leo Østigård and an unnamed Genoa player for arguments in the eighty-fifth minute, Napoli secured the win when Antonio Vergara scored with a left footed shot in the eighty-seventh minute to finalise the score at zero to two.