Genoa vs Napoli

10 November 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Rosario Abisso

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Christian Kouamé 20’

Fabián 62’
Davide Biraschi 86’ (og)

Match summary

Napoli came from behind to win 2-1 away at Genoa, with a late winner. Genoa led 1-0 at half-time.

Christian Kouamé put Genoa ahead with a header in the 20th minute, set up by Rômulo, Fabián equalised in the 62nd minute, set up by Dries Mertens, and Biraschi's own goal won it in the 86th minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Genoa's 0.88 from 9.

Match stats

8 Shots 13

3 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 7

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.88 xG 1.79

0.88 Non-penalty xG 1.79

6 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Genoa Napoli

Kick-off

Christian Kouamé
Assist: Rômulo

1-0

20’

Half-time1-0

62’

Fabián
Assist: Dries Mertens

1-1

86’

Davide Biraschi
Own goal

1-2

Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Genoa

Domenico Criscito
Daniel Bessa
Stephane Omeonga
Luca Mazzitelli

Napoli

Lorenzo Insigne
Kevin Malcuit

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 0.88 xGNapoli 1.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli 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
Ionut Radu	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Romero	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Davide Biraschi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Domenico Criscito	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miguel Veloso	MID	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rômulo	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.43	2
Daniel Bessa	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Oscar Hiljemark	MID	78			2	0.12	0.00	0
Darko Lazovic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	1
Krzysztof Piatek	FWD	90			4	0.29	0.06	1
Christian Kouamé	FWD	90	1		2	0.39	0.00	0
Stephane Omeonga	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.02	1
Luca Mazzitelli	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Goran Pandev	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.08	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Ospina	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	81			1	0.02	0.06	1
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mário Rui	DEF	90			3	0.11	0.11	2
José Callejón	MID	90			2	0.04	0.58	1
Allan	MID	90			2	0.10	0.04	2
Marek Hamsik	MID	90			2	0.07	0.05	2
Piotr Zielinski	MID	46			2	0.13	0.15	3
Lorenzo Insigne	FWD	90			3	0.10	0.15	3
Arkadiusz Milik	FWD	46			1	0.58	0.00	0
Dries Mertens	Sub	44		1	5	0.24	0.34	1
Fabián	Sub	44	1		2	0.39	0.16	4
Kevin Malcuit	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 13% Bet365 odds 7.00

Draw 21% Bet365 odds 4.50

Napoli win 66% Bet365 odds 1.44

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Genoa L D D L L

Napoli L W W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Napoli 1-1 Genoa, 07 Apr 19 All Genoa vs Napoli 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.