Sassuolo fumbled the lead for an unlucky 2-1 defeat away to Genoa that leaves them verging on relegation to Serie B.

The Grifone welcomed Albert Gudmundsson back after flu symptoms, but still missed Vitinha, Mattia Bani, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Junior Messias and Alan Matturro. Sassuolo gave themselves hope of staying up with a shock 1-0 win over Inter, though Gregoire Defrel, Samu Castillejo and Domenico Berardi were still sidelined.

The teams wore special edition jerseys with their maternal surnames on the back, in honour of Mother’s Day.

See how the game unfolded on the Liveblog.

Genoa had the ball in the net early on after some truly chaotic defending, as Andrea Consigli flapped at the Aaron Martin cross, Matheus Henrique’s clearance somehow went back towards goal rather than away from it, turning into an assist for the Morten Thorsby header. However, it was disallowed by VAR due to a handling offence.

Armand Lauriente went down in the box after Koni De Winter trod on the back of his foot, taking the boot off, so Andrea Pinamonti converted the resulting penalty to give Sassuolo the lead.

Lauriente’s free kick was palmed round the post, then his first touch let him down, unable to make the most of a Johan Vasquez slip on the Josh Doig cross.

Gudmundsson also had penalty appeals rejected as he crossed paths with Pedro Obiang and they collided.

Genoa equalised from a set play, as Thorsby flicked on the Martin corner and Milan Badelj was left unmarked to nod in at the back post.

The hosts turned it around with a classic counter-attack that started in their own penalty area, Gudmundsson spreading to Caleb Ekuban, the roll across beyond Retegui, but bouncing in by accident off Marash Kumbulla’s shin.

Genoa 2-1 Sassuolo

Pinamonti pen 31 (S), Badejl 56 (G), Kumbulla og 63 (G)

12-05-2024 14:00
MatchDay 36

Player statistic

1st half
    31' Penalty Andrea Pinamonti
2nd half
Morten Thorsby Yellow card 48'    
    50' Yellow card Pedro Obiang
Milan Badelj
(Assist: Morten Thorsby)
Goal 56'    
Marash Kumbulla Own Goal 63'    
    75' Yellow card Josh Doig

Match statistic

57
Possession %
43
8
Total shots
12
2
Shots on target
4
3
Shots off target
5
3
Blocked shots
3
3
Corners
7
3
Offsides
13
Fouls
10
Genoa
Sassuolo

Starting lineups

1
Goalkeeper
3
Defender
14
46'
22
Defender
4
Defender
20
Defender
46'
47
Midfielder
85'
32
Midfielder
2
Midfielder
11
75'
19
Attacker
88'
47
Goalkeeper
13
22
Defender
43
Defender
19
Defender
68'
5
Defender
87'
42
Midfielder
67'
7
Midfielder
87'
14
Midfielder
76'
9
Attacker
45
Attacker

Substitutes

23
55
Defender
39
Goalkeeper
16
Goalkeeper
33
Defender
18
Attacker
46'
90
Defender
46'
8
Midfielder
75'
5
Midfielder
85'
Attacker
88'
2
Defender
21
Defender
28
Goalkeeper
25
Goalkeeper
15
44
Defender
24
Midfielder
3
Defender
11
Midfielder
67'
23
Midfielder
68'
6
Midfielder
76'
8
87'
35
Midfielder
87'

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