Napoli vs Genoa

27 September 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Juan Luca Sacchi

Full time 6 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Hirving Lozano 10’, 65’
Piotr Zielinski 46’
Dries Mertens 57’
Eljif Elmas 69’
Matteo Politano 72’

Match summary

Napoli won comfortably, 6-0 at home to Genoa. Napoli led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Hirving Lozano put Napoli ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Dries Mertens. In the second half, Piotr Zielinski made it 2-0 in the 46th minute, set up by Victor Osimhen, Dries Mertens made it 3-0 in the 57th minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski, Lozano made it 4-0 in the 65th minute, set up by Dries Mertens, Eljif Elmas made it 5-0 in the 69th minute, set up by Elseid Hysaj, and Matteo Politano made it 6-0 in the 72nd minute, set up by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.34 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Genoa's 0.27 from 6.

Match stats

18 Shots 3

11 Shots on Target 1

4 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.34 xG 0.27

2.34 Non-penalty xG 0.27

6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Napoli Genoa

Kick-off

Hirving Lozano
Assist: Dries Mertens

1-0

10’

Half-time1-0

Piotr Zielinski
Assist: Victor Osimhen

2-0

46’

Dries Mertens
Assist: Piotr Zielinski

3-0

57’

Hirving Lozano
Assist: Dries Mertens

4-0

65’

Eljif Elmas
Assist: Elseid Hysaj

5-0

69’

Matteo Politano
Assist: Giovanni Di Lorenzo

6-0

72’

Full-time6-0

Bookings

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

Napoli

Victor Osimhen

Genoa

Andrea Masiello
Mattia Destro

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.

Napoli 2.34 xGGenoa 0.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Genoa attacking Napoli 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
Alex Meret	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90		1	1	0.06	0.22	2
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kostas Manolas	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.16	1
Fabián	MID	90			2	0.06	0.05	1
Piotr Zielinski	MID	75	1	1	1	0.12	0.20	2
Hirving Lozano	MID	68	2		4	1.13	0.00	0
Dries Mertens	MID	68	1	2	1	0.11	1.14	4
Lorenzo Insigne	MID	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Osimhen	FWD	90		1	5	0.43	0.12	1
Eljif Elmas	Sub	68	1		2	0.28	0.06	1
Nikola Maksimovic	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matteo Politano	Sub	22	1		1	0.11	0.00	0
Stanislav Lobotka	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Faouzi Ghoulam	Sub	15			1	0.04	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Federico Marchetti	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Edoardo Goldaniga	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Davide Biraschi	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrea Masiello	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Davide Zappacosta	MID	90	3	0.09	0.00	0
Luca Pellegrini	MID	56	0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Lerager	MID	72	1	0.09	0.00	0
Milan Badelj	MID	66	1	0.01	0.00	0
Miha Zajc	MID	57	1	0.07	0.00	0
Mattia Destro	FWD	90	0	0.00	0.02	1
Marko Pjaca	FWD	72	0	0.00	0.02	1
Paolo Ghiglione	Sub	34	0	0.00	0.00	0
Goran Pandev	Sub	33	0	0.00	0.00	0
Valon Behrami	Sub	24	0	0.00	0.00	0
Filippo Melegoni	Sub	18	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ivan Radovanovic	Sub	18	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 78% Avg odds 1.22

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.47

Genoa win 7% Avg odds 12.76

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

Form going into the game

Napoli L W L W W

Genoa W L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Genoa 1-2 Napoli, 08 Jul 20 Next meeting: Genoa 2-1 Napoli, 06 Feb 21 All Napoli 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.