Genoa 4-1 Ascoli: two goals before the break turn it around
Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 24 shots to 9 despite 39% possession
- Goals in the 42nd and 45th minutes flipped it
- Genoa led for 45 of the 90 minutes
Behind early, comfortable by the end
Genoa beat Ascoli 4-1 in the Coppa Italia Round of 64. They conceded first, yet turned it round inside the opening half and finished with 24 shots despite having just 39% of the ball.
Two goals before the break did the damage
Alessandro Marcandalli's 42nd-minute equaliser was worth +0.9 FN xPts, and Tommaso Baldanzi's goal in the 45th minute added +0.8. Those two first-half goals put Genoa in front for 45 minutes, and the strikes in the 61st and 80th minutes only stretched the lead.
Player of the match
Alessandro Marcandalli 8.6Dominant
The defender scored the equaliser and won all seven of his duels.
Marcandalli made four tackles and two blocks at the back, then scored the 42nd-minute equaliser himself. That goal opened the way for Baldanzi's strike three minutes into the final stretch of the half.
Game state
0-11-12-13-14-1
Genoa ahead 45 min · level 28 min · Ascoli ahead 17 min
- Elias Havel — off the bench 24 min · 1G 0A
- Samuel Wiafe — off the bench 12 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
25'
Andrea Silipo
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Simone D'Uffizi +0.2
+0.8
42'
Alessandro Marcandalli
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Mario Mitaj +0.3
+0.9
45'
Tommaso Baldanzi
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Brooke Norton-Cuffy +0.2
+0.8
61'
Lorenzo Colombo
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Morten Frendrup +0.1
+0.3
80'
Elias Havel
Goal · assist Samuel Wiafe
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Ascoli is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
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Match stats
GenoaAscoli
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Timeline
- 25'
Goal
Andrea Silipo assist Simone D'Uffizi
- 42'
Goal
Alessandro Marcandalli competition goal #1 assist Mario Mitaj
- 45'
Goal
Tommaso Baldanzi competition goal #1 assist Brooke Norton-Cuffy
- 46'
Sub
Sebastian Otoa → Leo Østigård
- 46'
Sub
Mario Mitaj → Djibril Sow
- 49'
Yellow
Leo Østigård
- 57'
Sub
Giovanni Corradini → Gennaro Acampora
- 57'
Sub
Gabriele Gori → Amine Chakir
- 61'
Goal
Lorenzo Colombo competition goal #1 assist Morten Frendrup
- 66'
Sub
Lorenzo Colombo → Elias Havel
- 75'
Sub
Samuele Damiani → Antonio Russo
- 75'
Sub
Tommaso Milanese → Andrea Oliveri
- 78'
Sub
Mikael Ellertsson → David Puczka
- 78'
Sub
Tommaso Baldanzi → Samuel Wiafe
- 80'
Sub
Simone D'Uffizi → Don Bolsius
- 80'
Goal
Elias Havel competition goal #1 assist Samuel Wiafe
- 85'
Yellow
Amine Chakir
Category leaders
- Key passesTommaso Baldanzi3
- Duels wonAlessandro Marcandalli7/7
- DribblesAndrea Silipo3/8
- Defensive actionsNicholas Rizzo9
- ShotsTommaso Baldanzi4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonTommaso Baldanzi3
#Genoa#Ascoli#Coppa Italia#Marcandalli#Baldanzi
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.