Lecce — Genoa 1:2

Lecce

1:2

Genoa

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Genoa was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Lecce	1	1.42	−0.4	1.03
Genoa	2	2.02	−0.0	1.76

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
10'	Milutin Osmajic	Genoa	0.47	Junior Messias
27'	Junior Messias	Genoa	0.24	Stephan El Shaarawy
39'	Youssef Maleh	Lecce	0.08

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
19'	Stephan El Shaarawy	Genoa	0.56	off target
46'	Nikola Stulic	Lecce	0.55	saved
10'	Milutin Osmajic	Genoa	0.47	goal

Shots: Lecce 18, Genoa 13; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 2 and 3.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Lecce 0.34, Genoa 1.39: a clear edge for Genoa. In the second half xG was Lecce 1.08, Genoa 0.63: a small edge for Lecce. The edge in chances passed from Genoa to Lecce.

How it fits the season

Lecce: +1.1 for the season (14 in the table). Genoa: +0.7 (13). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Como — Venezia 1:0Frosinone — Torino 2:0Lazio — Cagliari 2:1Juventus — Napoli 2:0

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