Result GENOA 2 – 3 NAPOLI, Wednesday 25 October 2017, Serie A Week 10


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Genoa CFC Genoa 2 – 3 Napoli SSC Napoli
4′ Adel Taarabt              14′ Dries Mertens
76′ Armando Izzo         30′ Dries Mertens
.                                           60′ Dries Mertens

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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 1st position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +21
Genoa, 14th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -5

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
1 Napoli 9 8 1 0 26:5 21 25
14 Genoa 9 1 3 5 8:13 -5 6

 

Mission accomplished! Napoli needed the victory to keep the first position reaching 28 points and it is followed by Inter with 26 points.   Pressure is for Genoa winning only 1 game this season while losing 6 games and 3 draws.

A brilliant game for Napoli forward Dries Mertens scoring a hat-trick against Genoa.    Napoli with this boost for the morale of the team ahead of their upcoming Champions League game against Manchester City on November 1.

  • There are 56 precedents between Genoa s Napoli in Genoa in all competitions (in 1973/74 the match was played on a neutral ground in Piacenza).  Stats showing Genoa with 23 wins, 20 draws, and Napoli with 13 wins.  Genoa scoring 92 goals and Napoli 69 goals.  The last time Genoa defeated Napoli at the Ferraris was on January 29, 2012 with a Genoa 3 – 2 Napoli.

Here is Genoa official starting lineup- formation by Coach IvanJuric:

GENOA (3-5-2): Perin; Izzo, Rossettini, Zukanović; Lazović, Rigoni, Veloso, Bertolacci, Laxalt; Taarabt, Galabinov.

Here is NAPOLI official starting lineup – formation by Coach Maurizio Sarri:

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Reina; Hisaj, Chiricheș, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Zieliński, Diawara, Hamšík; Callejón, Mertens, Insigne.

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Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of GENOA:  Pietro Pellegri and Andrey Galabinov with 2 goals each.

Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Dries Mertens with 7 goals

Genoa Goals Goals Napoli
Pellegri, Pietro 2 7 Mertens, Dries
Galabinov, Andrey 2 4 Callejon, Jose
Rigoni, Luca 1 3 Insigne, Lorenzo
Laxalt, Diego 1 2 Zielinski, Piotr
Taarabt, Adel 1 2 Koulibaly, Kalidou

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of GENOA:   1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

22/10/17 SA Milan Genoa 0:0 9
15/10/17 SA Cagliari Genoa 2:3 8
30/09/17 SA Genoa Bologna 0:1 7

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI:  1 win, 1 draw, 1lost

21/10/17 SA Napoli Inter 0:0 9
17/10/17 UCLG Man City Napoli 2:1 3
14/10/17 SA Roma Napoli 0:1 8

 

 

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Serie A tickets2017 – 2018 Italian Serie A Week 10

Genoa 2 – 3 Napoli
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Genova, Italy

20:45

Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: PRETI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: ILLUZZI
VAR: DOVERI
AVAR: ABBATTISTA

Goals: 4′ Adel Taarabt  (G), 14′ Dries Mertens (N),  30′ Dries Mertens (N), 60′ Dries Mertens (N), 76′ Armando Izzo (G)

Official lineups – formations:

GENOA (3-5-2): Perin; Izzo, Rossettini, Zukanović; Lazović, Rigoni, Veloso, Bertolacci, Laxalt; Taarabt, Galabinov.

Subs.: Lamanna, Gentiletti, Biraschi, Migliore, Briek, Omeonga, Lapadula, Pandev, Palladino, Ricci, Salcedo, Pellegri.

Coach: Ivan Jurić.

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Reina; Hisaj, Chiricheș, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Zieliński, Diawara, Hamšík; Callejón, Mertens, Insigne.

Subs: Rafael, Sepe, Albiol, Mário Rui, Maggio, Maksimović, Allan, Jorginho, Rog, Giaccherini, Ounas.

Coach: Maurizio Sarri.