Inter vs Genoa

21 December 2019 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Romelu Lukaku 31’, 71’
Roberto Gagliardini 32’
Sebastiano Esposito 64’ (pen)

Match summary

Inter won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Genoa. Inter led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Romelu Lukaku put Inter ahead with a header in the 31st minute, set up by Antonio Candreva and Roberto Gagliardini made it 2-0 in the 32nd minute, set up by Romelu Lukaku. In the second half, Sebastiano Esposito made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 64th minute and Lukaku made it 4-0 in the 71st minute, set up by Antonio Candreva.

The chances backed that up: Inter created 2.34 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Genoa's 0.29 from 9.

Match stats

12 Shots 7

9 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.34 xG 0.29

1.58 Non-penalty xG 0.29

6 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Inter Genoa

Kick-off

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Antonio Candreva

1-0

31’

Roberto Gagliardini
Assist: Romelu Lukaku

2-0

32’

Half-time2-0

Sebastiano Esposito
Penalty

3-0

64’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Antonio Candreva

4-0

71’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Inter

Alessandro Bastoni

Genoa

Cristian Romero
Francesco Cassata
Kevin Agudelo
Andrea Favilli

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.

Inter 2.34 xGGenoa 0.29 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Genoa attacking Inter 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
Samir Handanovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alessandro Bastoni	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Stefan de Vrij	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milan Skriniar	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.16	1
Antonio Candreva	MID	75		2	3	0.14	0.34	2
Cristiano Biraghi	MID	78			1	0.06	0.10	2
Borja Valero	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Matías Vecino	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Roberto Gagliardini	MID	71	1		3	0.17	0.05	1
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	90	2	1	5	1.03	0.06	1
Sebastiano Esposito	FWD	90	1		3	0.85	0.15	2
Stefano Sensi	Sub	19			2	0.09	0.00	0
Valentino Lazaro	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Dimarco	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ionut Radu	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Paolo Ghiglione	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Romero	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Davide Biraschi	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Domenico Criscito	DEF	90	2	0.08	0.01	1
Francesco Cassata	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ivan Radovanovic	MID	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Filip Jagiello	MID	62	0	0.00	0.03	2
Kevin Agudelo	MID	90	2	0.07	0.01	1
Antonio Sanabria	FWD	75	3	0.12	0.00	0
Andrea Pinamonti	FWD	71	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolo Rovella	Sub	28	1	0.02	0.00	0
Andrea Favilli	Sub	19	0	0.00	0.00	0
Denilho Cleonise	Sub	15	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Inter win 65% Avg odds 1.47

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.38

Genoa win 13% Avg odds 7.14

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

Form going into the game

Inter W W W D D

Genoa D D L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Genoa 0-4 Inter, 03 Apr 19 Next meeting: Genoa 0-3 Inter, 25 Jul 20 All Inter vs Genoa 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.