Napoli vs Genoa, 2025-26 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ARasmus Højlund scores again to send Napoli to top of Serie A
Napoli returned to winning ways in Serie A by coming from behind to beat struggling Genoa 2-1.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Morten Frendrup (Genoa).
- 1': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 2': Foul by Patrizio Masini (Genoa).
- 2': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Stefano Sabelli.
- 5': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 5': Vítinha (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Attempt missed. Johan Vásquez (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Brooke Norton-Cuffy.
- 8': Offside, Napoli. Scott McTominay is caught offside.
- 10': Attempt missed. Jeff Ekhator (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi.
- 11': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right.
- 13': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mikael Ellertsson.
- 14': Foul by Sam Beukema (Napoli).
- 14': Nicola Leali (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 16': Johan Vásquez (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Frank Anguissa (Napoli).
- 21': Morten Frendrup (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Foul by Alessandro Marcandalli (Genoa).
- 23': Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa).
- 24': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Foul by Alessandro Marcandalli (Genoa).
- 27': Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Alessandro Marcandalli (Genoa).
- 28': Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 28': Alessandro Marcandalli (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
- 31': Jeff Ekhator (Genoa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 33': Goal! Napoli 0, Genoa 1. Jeff Ekhator (Genoa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brooke Norton-Cuffy with a cross.
- 35': Offside, Genoa. Jeff Ekhator is caught offside.
- 38': Foul by Jeff Ekhator (Genoa).
- 38': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
- 39': Foul by Mathías Olivera (Napoli).
- 39': Stefano Sabelli (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Sam Beukema.
- 41': Attempt missed. Vítinha (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 43': Delay in match because of an injury Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
- 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 44': Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka because of an injury.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Vítinha (Genoa).
- 45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Genoa 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Napoli 0, Genoa 1.
- 45': Substitution, Genoa. Sebastian Otoa replaces Alessandro Marcandalli.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Vítinha (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeff Ekhator.
- 46': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 47': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 47': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Rasmus Højlund.
- 48': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
- 50': Delay in match because of an injury Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 50': Substitution, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Mathías Olivera.
- 50': Substitution, Napoli. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Matteo Politano because of an injury.
- 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 52': Handball by Vítinha (Genoa).
- 52': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rasmus Højlund.
- 55': Foul by David Neres (Napoli).
- 55': Stefano Sabelli (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': David Neres (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Sam Beukema.
- 56': Foul by David Neres (Napoli).
- 56': Morten Frendrup (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Offside, Genoa. Jeff Ekhator is caught offside.
- 57': Goal! Napoli 1, Genoa 1. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
- 59': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
- 59': Patrizio Masini (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Spinazzola (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Frank Anguissa with a cross.
- 61': Substitution, Genoa. Morten Thorsby replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
- 61': Substitution, Genoa. Caleb Ekuban replaces Jeff Ekhator.
- 62': Foul by Rasmus Højlund (Napoli).
- 62': Johan Vásquez (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Sebastian Otoa (Genoa).
- 63': Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Sebastian Otoa (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Attempt blocked. David Neres (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
- 65': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Johan Vásquez.
- 65': Attempt saved. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nicola Leali (Genoa).
- 65': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
- 65': Nicola Leali (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Rasmus Højlund (Napoli).
- 67': Stefano Sabelli (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Attempt missed. David Neres (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 72': Offside, Napoli. Kevin De Bruyne is caught offside.
- 74': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Sebastian Otoa.
- 74': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) hits the left post with a header from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
- 75': Attempt saved. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nicola Leali (Genoa). Assisted by Scott McTominay.
- 75': Goal! Napoli 2, Genoa 1. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 76': Substitution, Genoa. Lorenzo Colombo replaces Vítinha.
- 76': Substitution, Genoa. Valentín Carboni replaces Stefano Sabelli.
- 77': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
- 77': Patrizio Masini (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Handball by Lorenzo Colombo (Genoa).
- 80': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Napoli).
- 80': Morten Thorsby (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Colombo (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Caleb Ekuban.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Miguel Gutiérrez replaces David Neres.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Rasmus Højlund.
- 83': Foul by Lorenzo Colombo (Genoa).
- 83': Juan Jesus (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Miguel Gutiérrez (Napoli).
- 83': Valentín Carboni (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli).
- 84': Patrizio Masini (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Foul by Patrizio Masini (Genoa).
- 86': Miguel Gutiérrez (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Patrizio Masini (Genoa).
- 88': Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Genoa).
- 89': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner by Nicola Leali (Genoa). Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 90': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nicola Leali.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Brooke Norton-Cuffy.
- 90'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mikael Ellertsson.
- 90'+4': Foul by Morten Frendrup (Genoa).
- 90'+4': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Napoli 2, Genoa 1.
- 0': Match ends, Napoli 2, Genoa 1.
Statistics
 GEN |
NAP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 16 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 3 | Saves | 0 |
| 31 | Possession | 69 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 168 | Accurate Passes | 462 |
| 245 | Passes | 554 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 12 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 50 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 14 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 15 | Tackles | 13 |
| 1.0 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 34 | Effective Clearances | 22 |
| 34 | Clearances | 22 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 50,000
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 50,000
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AC Milan | 7 | +7 | 16 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 7 | +10 | 15 |
| 3 | Napoli | 7 | +5 | 15 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 7 | +4 | 15 |
Line-Ups
Napoli (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 32 | Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (GK) |
| 5 | Juan Jesus |
| 31 | Sam Beukema |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 17 | Mathías Olivera |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 8 | Scott McTominay |
| 99 | Frank Anguissa |
| 7 | David Neres  |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
| 19 | Rasmus Højlund |
Genoa (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nicola Leali (GK) |
| 22 | Johan Vásquez |
| 27 | Alessandro Marcandalli |
| 77 | Mikael Egill Ellertsson |
| 20 | Stefano Sabelli |
| 17 | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
| 32 | Morten Frendrup |
| 73 | Patrizio Masini |
| 21 | Jeff Ekhator |
| 9 | Vitinha |
| 15 | Brooke Norton-Cuffy |
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