Genoa vs Sassuolo

5 January 2020 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Massimiliano Irrati

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Domenico Criscito 29’ (pen)
  • Goran Pandev 86’
  • Pedro Obiang 33’

Match summary

Genoa beat Sassuolo 2-1, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Domenico Criscito put Genoa ahead from the penalty spot in the 29th minute, Pedro Obiang equalised in the 33rd minute, set up by Manuel Locatelli, and Goran Pandev won it with a header in the 86th minute.

The chances backed that up: Genoa created 3.90 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Sassuolo's 0.86 from 11.

Match stats

Genoa Sassuolo
10 Shots 6
7 Shots on Target 3
1 Corners 6
4 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 0
3.10 xG 0.86
2.34 Non-penalty xG 0.86
9 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Genoa Sassuolo
Kick-off
Domenico Criscito
Penalty1-0 (Genoa)
29’
33’
Pedro Obiang
Assist: Manuel Locatelli1-1 (Sassuolo)
Half-time1-1
Goran Pandev2-1 (Genoa)
86’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Genoa
  • Domenico Criscito
  • Davide Biraschi
  • Stefano Sturaro
  • Antonio Sanabria
Sassuolo
  • Domenico Berardi
  • Jeremy Toljan
  • Filippo Romagna
  • Manuel Locatelli
  • Pedro Obiang
  • Alfred Duncan

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.90 0.86 29’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), 1-0 29’ 33’ Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo), 1-1 33’ 86’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), 2-1 86’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.90 0.86 29’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), 1-0 Criscito 29’ 33’ Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo), 1-1 Obiang 33’ 86’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), 2-1 Pandev 86’
Genoa 3.90 xGSassuolo 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sassuolo attacking Genoa attacking 
86’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), open play, 0.95 xG, goal 29’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 86’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), open play, 0.67 xG, saved 36’ Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 36’ Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 6’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 89’ Andrea Favilli (Genoa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 18’ Gianmarco Ferrari (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 58’ Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 32’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 53’ Filip Jagiello (Genoa), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 71’ Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 16’ Marko Pajac (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 65’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 53’ Peter Ankersen (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 62’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 43’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 74’ Andrea Favilli (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 75’ Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 42’ Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Andrea Favilli (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 53’ Cristian Romero (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 86’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), open play, 0.95 xG, goal 29’ Domenico Criscito (Genoa), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 86’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), open play, 0.67 xG, saved 36’ Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 36’ Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 6’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 89’ Andrea Favilli (Genoa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 18’ Gianmarco Ferrari (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 58’ Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 32’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 53’ Filip Jagiello (Genoa), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 71’ Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 65’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 16’ Marko Pajac (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 53’ Peter Ankersen (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 62’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 74’ Andrea Favilli (Genoa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 75’ Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 42’ Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Andrea Favilli (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 53’ Cristian Romero (Genoa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mattia Perin GK900 0.000.000
Cristian Romero DEF901 0.010.000
Domenico Criscito DEF9011 0.760.071
Davide Biraschi DEF900 0.000.000
Ivan Radovanovic MID900 0.000.000
Peter Ankersen MID901 0.070.000
Stefano Sturaro MID793 0.870.011
Filip Jagiello MID721 0.090.462
Marko Pajac MID901 0.080.000
Goran Pandev FWD9012 1.620.374
Antonio Sanabria FWD692 0.170.000
Andrea Favilli Sub213 0.210.671
Valon Behrami Sub180 0.000.000
Francesco Cassata Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 43% Avg odds 2.20
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.44
Sassuolo win 29% Avg odds 3.25

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

Form going into the game

Genoa DLDLL
Sassuolo DDDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Genoa 1-1 Sassuolo, 03 Feb 19 Next meeting: Sassuolo 5-0 Genoa, 29 Jul 20  All Genoa vs Sassuolo 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.