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58% Ball Possession GENOA and 42% Ball Possession HELLAS VERONA
Genoa 5 – 2 Hellas Verona 
10′ Alessandro Agostini (o.g.) 20′ Luca Toni
12′ M’baye Niang 57′ Luca Toni
30′ M’baye Niang
65′ Andrea Bertolacci
86′ Diego Perotti (G)
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 7th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Hellas Verona, 16th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -16
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Genoa | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 35:28 | 7 | 35 |
| 16 | Verona | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26:42 | -16 | 24 |
Super victory by Genoa defeating Hellas Verona at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Genoa crushing Verona with an astonishing 5-2!!! A great St. Valentine’s Day gift to the fans. Hero of the match is M’baye Niang scoring 2 goals leading the team to victory.
Things started badly for Hellas Verona since the 10th minute with the own goal by defender Alessandro Agostini. Verona in danger to fall down to the relegation zone.
Here is GENOA official starting lineup by coach Gian Piero Gasperini:
HELLAS VERONA (4-3-3): Benussi, Pisano, Marques, Moras, Agostini; Greco, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson; Lazaros, Toni, Gomez Taleb
Photo: facebook.com/serieatim
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Stats AFTER the match. Top scorer for GENOA: Forward Alessandro Matri with 7 goals
Top scorer for HELLAS VERONA: Forward Luca Toni with 9 goals
| Genoa | Goals | Goals | Hellas Verona |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matri, Alessandro | 7 | 9 | Toni, Luca |
| Falque, Iago | 5 | 4 | Lopez, Nicolas |
| Perotti, Diego | 3 | 3 | Tachtsidis, Panagiotis |
| Bertolacci, Andrea | 3 | 2 | Ionita, Artur |
| Pinilla, Mauricio | 3 | 1 | Sala, Jacopo |
Photo: facebook.com/genoaCFCofficial
2014 – 2015 Italian Serie A Week 23
Genoa 5 – 2 Hellas Verona
Sunday 15 February 2015
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Genoa, Italy
15:00
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: MARRAZZO – VUOTO
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: ORSATO
ADD2: MARESCA
Goals: 10′ Alessandro Agostini (own goal), 12′ M’baye Niang (G), 20′ Luca Toni (V), 30′ M’baye Niang (G), 57′ Luca Toni (V), 65′ Andrea Bertolacci (G), 86′ Diego Perotti (G)
Official formations – lineups:
Booked – Tachtsidis (V), Greco (V), Sorensen (V), Kucka (G), Laxalt (G), Pisano (V).
Match Stats
| Genoa | Match Stats | Hellas Verona |
| 5 | Goals | 2 |
| 11(6) | Shots (on goal) | 12(6) |
| 26 | Fouls | 30 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 5 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 58% | ball Possession | 42% |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |