Genoa vs Verona

2 August 2020 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Massimiliano Irrati

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Antonio Sanabria 13’, 25’
  • Cristian Romero 44’

Match summary

Genoa won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Verona. Genoa led 3-0 at half-time.

Antonio Sanabria put Genoa ahead with a header in the 13th minute, set up by Lukas Lerager, Sanabria made it 2-0 in the 25th minute, set up by Goran Pandev, and Cristian Romero made it 3-0 with a header in the 44th minute, set up by Filip Jagiello.

There was little between the sides on chances: Genoa created 0.90 expected goals (xG) from 4 shots, Verona 0.98 from 18. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

Genoa Verona
4 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 9
4 Yellow Cards 0
2 Red Cards 1
0.90 xG 0.98
0.90 Non-penalty xG 0.98
1 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Genoa Verona
Kick-off
Antonio Sanabria
Assist: Lukas Lerager1-0 (Genoa)
13’
Antonio Sanabria
Assist: Goran Pandev2-0 (Genoa)
25’
Cristian Romero
Assist: Filip Jagiello3-0 (Genoa)
44’
Half-time3-0
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Genoa
  • Cristian Romero
  • Francesco Cassata
  • Andrea Masiello
  • Antonio Sanabria
Verona
  • Sofyan Amrabat

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 0.90 0.98 13’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), 1-0 13’ 25’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), 2-0 25’ 44’ Cristian Romero (Genoa), 3-0 44’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.90 0.98 13’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), 1-0 Sanabria 13’ 25’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), 2-0 Sanabria 25’ 44’ Cristian Romero (Genoa), 3-0 Romero 44’
Genoa 0.90 xGVerona 0.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Verona attacking Genoa attacking 
13’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 25’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 90+4’ Giampaolo Pazzini (Verona), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 42’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 58’ Giampaolo Pazzini (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 79’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 2’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 63’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Fabio Borini (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Cristian Romero (Genoa), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 55’ Fabio Borini (Verona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 40’ Amir Rrahmani (Verona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 73’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 65’ Koray Günter (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Darko Lazovic (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Amir Rrahmani (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Fabio Borini (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Miguel Veloso (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+6’ Amir Rrahmani (Verona), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Miguel Veloso (Verona), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 13’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 25’ Antonio Sanabria (Genoa), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 90+4’ Giampaolo Pazzini (Verona), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 42’ Goran Pandev (Genoa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 58’ Giampaolo Pazzini (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 79’ Eddie Salcedo (Verona), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 2’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 67’ Fabio Borini (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Cristian Romero (Genoa), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 55’ Fabio Borini (Verona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 40’ Amir Rrahmani (Verona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 73’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Federico Dimarco (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 65’ Koray Günter (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Darko Lazovic (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Amir Rrahmani (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Fabio Borini (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Miguel Veloso (Verona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+6’ Amir Rrahmani (Verona), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Miguel Veloso (Verona), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mattia Perin GK900 0.000.000
Cristian Zapata DEF900 0.000.000
Andrea Masiello DEF900 0.000.000
Cristian Romero DEF6611 0.050.000
Peter Ankersen MID900 0.000.000
Domenico Criscito MID220 0.000.000
Lukas Lerager MID9010 0.000.401
Valon Behrami MID900 0.000.000
Filip Jagiello MID8810 0.000.051
Goran Pandev FWD8811 0.080.381
Antonio Sanabria FWD6922 0.770.000
Antonio Barreca Sub680 0.000.081
Edoardo Goldaniga Sub210 0.000.000
Francesco Cassata Sub20 0.000.000
Andrea Pinamonti Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Genoa win 57% Avg odds 1.67
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.26
Verona win 21% Avg odds 4.62

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

Form going into the game

Genoa LWWLL
Verona LDDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Verona 2-1 Genoa, 12 Jan 20 Next meeting: Verona 0-0 Genoa, 19 Oct 20  All Genoa vs Verona 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.