Genoa vs Juventus 2-0

Genoa beat Juventus 2-0 at Luigi Ferraris, with both goals in the first half and the visitors chasing the game from early on.

Kingsley Ehizibue opened the scoring in the 12th minute from Tommaso Baldanzi’s assist, and Baldanzi made it 2-0 on 28 minutes. That was the half-time score as Genoa took a two-goal lead into the break.

Juventus made two changes on 45 minutes and two more on 59, with Nick Woltemade, Edon Zhegrova, Juan Cabal and Jérémie Boga all sent on as they tried to change the pattern. Genoa answered with two changes on 69 minutes, taking off both scorers, Ehizibue and Baldanzi, before another double change on 82 minutes. Juventus did not get back into the contest, and Genoa protected the lead through the closing stages.

Juventus had 63% of the possession and 592 passes to Genoa’s 341, and they also had more shots, 16 to 14, more on target, 3 to 2, and more corners, 9 to 6. Genoa finished with the better xG, 1.01 to 0.88, and had three saves to Juventus’ none.

Edon Zhegrova was booked for Juventus in the 70th minute. There were no red cards.