Genoa vs Venezia 1-0

Genoa beat Venezia 1-0 at Luigi Ferraris, with Mikael Ellertsson's first-half strike deciding it. Venezia had more of the ball and more attempts, but Genoa kept their lead through the closing stages.

Ellertsson opened the scoring in the 25th minute from Stephan El Shaarawy's assist, and that remained the only goal before the break. Genoa led 1-0 at half-time.

Genoa made two changes on 62 minutes, with El Shaarawy going off as Lorenzo Colombo came on and Junior Messias replaced by Morten Frendrup. Sebastian Otoa, who had been booked on 55 minutes, was then replaced by Alessandro Marcandalli on 70 minutes. Venezia made two changes on 71 minutes and another two late on, but they never found an equaliser. Genoa also made two changes on 81 minutes as they saw out the closing spell.

The numbers leaned towards Venezia, who had 55% of the possession, 20 shots to Genoa's 7, 5 shots on target to 4, 10 corners to 2 and 547 passes to 465. Genoa posted 0.41 expected goals to Venezia's 1.73, while the visitors also had 5 saves against Genoa's 3 and finished with 0 offsides to Genoa's 1.

Sebastian Otoa was booked on 55 minutes. There were no red cards.