Lazio vs Genoa

Match summary

Lazio won 1-0 at home to Genoa. Lazio led 1-0 at half-time.

Davide Frattesi put Lazio ahead in the 25th minute, set up by Nuno Tavares.

The chances backed that up: Lazio created 2.12 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Genoa's 0.74 from 8.

Lazio secured a narrow victory over Genoa in their Serie A fixture, despite registering a lower possession share of forty-six percent compared to the visitors fifty-four percent. The home side controlled the territorial metrics and created a higher volume of opportunities, finishing with fifteen total shots, two shots on target, and ninety-two attacks against their opponents eighty-eight. Lazio also generated an expected goals total of 2.12 compared to Genoa at 0.74, while dominating dangerous attacks fifty to thirty-two. Discipline became a significant factor as Lazio committed eighteen fouls to Genoa's six, resulting in yellow cards for both teams across a hard-fought encounter.

The match saw its first major incident in the fourteenth minute when Genoa's Leo Østigård received a yellow card for a foul. The breakthrough arrived in the twenty-fifth minute through Davide Frattesi, who scored with a left-footed shot to give Lazio a one-nil lead that they maintained through half-time. Genoa's Daniele De Rossi was booked for argument in the thirty-six minute, immediately preceding a Lazio substitution forced by injury as Nicolò Rovella replaced Reda Belahyane. The second half featured numerous substitutions from both sides before late cautions were issued to Amorim and Mattia Zaccagni in the ninety-fifth minute for arguments.