Serie A · Sat, 22 Aug 2026 ·
Genoa vs Napoli — 0 - 2
Luigi Ferraris · Referee: Marco Di Bello, Italy
Match report
Napoli win 2-0 at Genoa
Genoa were beaten 2-0 by Napoli at Luigi Ferraris on Saturday, 22 August 2026 in Serie A matchday 1. K. De Bruyne (82') and A. Vergara (87') scored for Napoli. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Genoa had 46% of the ball and 11 shots (2 on target) against Napoli’s 13 (4 on target). Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Genoa 19th in the Serie A table on 1 point and Napoli 9th on 7.
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- -5'yellow cardStefano SabelliYellow Card
- -5'yellow cardLeo ØstigårdYellow Card
- 54'yellow cardMatteo PolitanoYellow Card
- 66'substitutionL. OstigardOff: S. Otoa
- 66'substitutionT. BaldanziOff: Junior Messias
- 66'substitutionAlisson SantosOff: N. Lang
- 67'substitutionF. AnguissaOff: K. De Bruyne
- 67'substitutionM. PolitanoOff: A. Vergara
- 74'substitutionL. ColomboOff: F. Meichtry
- 75'substitutionAmorimOff: D. Sow
- 78'substitutionR. HojlundOff: L. Lucca
- 81'substitutionR. MarinOff: M. Olivera
- 82'goalK. De BruyneAssist: A. Vergara
- 87'substitutionJ. VasquezOff: A. Zulevic
- 87'goalA. VergaraAssist: K. De Bruyne
Lineups
Genoa
Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Daniele De Rossi
Starting XI
- 1J. BijlowG
- 27A. MarcandalliD
- 5L. OstigardD
- 22J. VasquezD
- 15B. Norton-CuffyM
- 32M. FrendrupM
- 4AmorimM
- 77M. E. EllertssonM
- 8T. BaldanziF
- 9VitinhaF
- 29L. ColomboF
Substitutes
- 39D. SommarivaG
- 99F. StolzG
- 74M. DoucoureD
- 20S. SabelliD
- 3A. MartinD
- 2M. MitajD
- 31D. PuczkaD
- 34S. OtoaD
- 97D. SowM
- 11F. MeichtryM
- 10Junior MessiasF
- 80A. ZulevicF
- 71S. WiafeM
Napoli
Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Massimiliano Allegri
Starting XI
- 1A. MeretG
- 22G. Di LorenzoD
- 13A. RrahmaniD
- 16R. MarinD
- 37L. SpinazzolaD
- 99F. AnguissaM
- 68S. LobotkaM
- 8S. McTominayM
- 21M. PolitanoF
- 19R. HojlundF
- 27Alisson SantosF
Substitutes
- 32V. Milinkovic-SavicG
- 14N. ContiniG
- 17M. OliveraD
- 31S. BeukemaD
- 47C. GarofaloD
- 11K. De BruyneM
- 26A. VergaraM
- 6B. GilmourM
- 2C. FavasuliD
- 23GiovaneF
- 70N. LangF
- 7David NeresF
- 20L. LuccaF
Match statistics
- 46%Possession54%
- 0.67Expected goals (xG)0.77
- 11Total shots13
- 2Shots on target4
- 4Shots off target4
- 5Blocked shots5
- 7Shots inside the box4
- 4Shots outside the box9
- 5Corners5
- 1Offsides2
- 10Fouls8
- 2Yellow cards1
- –Red cards–
- 2Goalkeeper saves2
- 431Passes507
- 378Accurate passes453
- 88%Pass accuracy89%
- 0.02Goals prevented0.02
Player statistics
Genoa
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Justin BijlowG | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 5Leo ØstigårdD | 66 | 7.3 | ||
| 22Johan VásquezD | 87 | 5.9 | ||
| 27Alessandro MarcandalliD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 4Alexsandro AmorimM | 75 | 7.2 | ||
| 15Brooke Norton-CuffyM | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 32Morten FrendrupM | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| 77Mikael EllertssonM | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 8Tommaso BaldanziF | 66 | 6.6 | ||
| 9VitinhaF | 90 | 5.9 | ||
| 29Lorenzo ColomboF | 74 | 6.5 | ||
| 39Daniele SommarivaG | – | – | ||
| 99Franz StolzG | – | – | ||
| 2Mario MitajD | – | – | ||
| 3Aarón MartínD | – | – | ||
| 20Stefano SabelliD | – | – | ||
| 31David PuczkaD | – | – | ||
| 34Sebastian OtoaD | 24 | 6.2 | ||
| 74Mamedi DoucoureD | – | – | ||
| 11Franz-Ethan MeichtryM | 16 | 6.0 | ||
| 71Samuel WiafeM | – | – | ||
| 97Djibril SowM | 15 | 6.5 | ||
| 10Junior MessiasF | 24 | 7.5 | ||
| 80Adam ZulevicF | 9 | 6.5 |
Napoli
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alex MeretG | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| 13Amir RrahmaniDTop rated | 90 | 8.3 | ||
| 16Rafa MarínD | 81 | 7.2 | ||
| 22Giovanni Di LorenzoD | 90 | 7.7 | ||
| 37Leonardo SpinazzolaD | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 8Scott McTominayM | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| 68Stanislav LobotkaM | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 99Frank AnguissaM | 67 | 6.3 | ||
| 19Rasmus HøjlundF | 78 | 6.5 | ||
| 21Matteo PolitanoF | 67 | 6.3 | ||
| 27Alisson SantosF | 66 | 6.3 | ||
| 14Nikita ContiniG | – | – | ||
| 32Vanja Milinković-SavićG | – | – | ||
| 2Costantino FavasuliD | – | – | ||
| 17Mathías OliveraD | 9 | 6.7 | ||
| 31Sam BeukemaD | – | – | ||
| 47Christian GarofaloD | – | – | ||
| 6Billy GilmourM | – | – | ||
| 11Kevin De BruyneM | 23 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26Antonio VergaraM | 23 | 8.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 7David NeresF | – | – | ||
| 20Lorenzo LuccaF | 12 | 6.5 | ||
| 23GiovaneF | – | – | ||
| 70Noa LangF | 24 | 6.3 |
